passenger exchg: N&W-PRR

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I always thought that during the "steam era," the N&W diner operated from Roanoke to Shenandoah, as the last car in the train No. 2.  It was removed at Shenandoah where it was held for southbound No. 1.

According to Mr. Newton's book, I believe, the regular diner was 1015 until it was retired to be made into a business car.

I understand that thereafter, 1017 was the diner assigned to this route on a regular basis.

Anyone have any more details on this?

Jim Brewer
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  Re: N&W 1 & 2

  Apparently it was not unusual for the diner to be a PRR diner (in which case he'd eat at the station in Roanoke!), so it's entirely possible that the diner just shut down after Shenandoah but stayed in the train. 

  This is news to me!!!  I never heard or saw of this.  Can anyone else verify?  Not unheard of for another road to lease diners on occasion, but the cars were staffed by the leasing road.  

  Jim Brewer is correct.  Trains 1 & 2 were essentially N&W equipped with an engine change to PRR at Hagerstown.  The only PRR car that ran on a regular basis was a B-60 baggage car that operated Harrisburg to Roanoke.  The N&W postal-baggage was set out at Hagerstown.  After about 1959-60 with express volume declining, the full baggage car was dropped, and the N&W car ran through to Harrisburg.  The postal crew worked only to Hagerstown and the mail portion of the car ran "closed pouch" to Harrisburg.

  Rick Morrison



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