Durham District in the '50s?

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Fred,
 
The Lynchburg and Durham Railroad and the Durham District of N&W is an  
interest of mine and I can give you a little information.  Hopefully some  of the 
N&W veterans out there can add to what little I know or will correct  any 
mistakes.
 
There exists in the N&W Archives a copy of the 1926 track map for the  line 
from Lynchburg to Durham.  It was revised last in 1968.  At  milepost L-70 
there is a notation on the map of " A. & D. Ry -  O.H. Xing".  The A&D goes over 
the L&D (I think.....I will  have to check that out) and there is no 
interchange.
 
Also in the Archives are a number of pictures taken in Durham in the  1940s 
and 1950s of various freight locomotives, including Classes  Y6, Y3, Y4, and 
Z1b, all steam.  Passenger locomotives pictures  include E2, E2a, K1 and K2 
locomotives. The diesels were introduced in late  1956.  Only 8 RS-3s were 
purchased and initially 4 were quietly put to  use in the Durham District. N&W went 
on to purchased many more EMD GP9s  and Alco RS-11s in 1956 and 1957 and used 
them with  the RS-3s.  I do not yet know when the RS-3s were taken out of  
service, but they were not the only diesels for very long.
 
On August 28, 1954 regular 1st class passenger service ended between  
Lynchburg and Durham when trains No. 35 and 36 were discontinued.   N&W upgraded 
local freight trains No. 71 and 72 to mixed train  status by puting a combine on 
the end.  Both the steam and diesel  locomotives pulled these trains until the 
end of 1957, when the mixed service  was discontinued and trains 71 and 72 
went back to 4th class local  freight.  I hope this is helpful.
 
Chuck Stewart
Bahama (just north of Durham) NC.
 
 
In a message dated 3/21/05 9:35:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

Folks,
I'm modeling the Atlantic & Danville Rwy.  Does anybody know how much 
interchange useage was made between the N&W and  the A&D at (Denniston?)off the L&D 
line in the 50's? Also what type of  traffic was interchanged? Also what type 
of power did the N&W use for  there frts say from 1955 to 1960? I think the N&W 
used RS-3's to dieselize  this line, but not sure when and how long they were 
the only power? Anybody  have a map of the trackage in this area?
Thanks for any help,
Fred  Mullins




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