N&W Train No. 18

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Thats a pretty good clip. I imagine on flat terrain #18 could have made the 
Bristol-Roanoke run faster. And it certain was faster at the time than 
taking a bus or driving a car!

Bob Welsh

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> Harry Bundy  calculates that N&W passenger train No. 18 ran the 151 miles

> between Bristol and Roanoke in  207 minutes.  The ACL had several name

> trains such as  Nos. 1 and 2, the East Coast Champion, that routinely ran 

> the

> 172 miles between South Rocky Mount, N.C. and Florence, S.C. in  160

> minutes, or two hours and 40 minutes.  You tell me who the speed merchant

> was in this  situation.  Bill Sellers

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