FW: Single engine

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Just think, guys!

Back in the fifties and earlier you could see single engines all over the 
railroad doing all kinds of jobs . . .

Ed King
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> Actually on my way bck from Williamson today, around Iaeger I saw a long 

> string of empty hoppers behind a single locomotive heading east. I also 

> saw, in that same general area, a string of three locomotives racing west 

> without anything, which I assume means they were pushers heading back to 

> stand by for more work....

>

> Bob Welsh

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>> Ray:

>> You wrote: >Has anyone else seen through freights in the mountains with 

>> one engine?<

>>

>> Yes. Quite often while visiting the in-laws in Vicker. I think the train 

>> is maybe Norfolk train, NS 29G.

>> Charlie Long

>> Lynchburg

>>

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>>>From: Smoot, Ray

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>>>At 6:15pm I happened to be at Cambria (Christiansburg) as a freight went 

>>>east. The lone engine was 9622 and was pulling 46 auto racks. It crested 

>>>the eastbound grade at about 15mph. This is the first time in lots of 

>>>train watching at Christiansburg that I have seen a train (other than the 

>>>local freight or work trains) with one engine.

>>>

>>>Has anyone else seen through freights in the mountains with one engine?

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