1957 - Steam Power Ends In Another N&W Railroad District

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Roanoke Times - February 20, 1957

Steam Power Ends in Another N&W Railroad District

    Last steam engine to make a regular run on the Norfolk and 
Western Railway's Shenandoah District is scheduled to chug into the 
Roanoke station this morning at 9:10.
    Train No. 1 from Hagerstown will be the last steam engine over 
the Roanoke to Hagerstown route before the diesels take over.
    The N&W's Lynchburg-to-Durham line has been converted more than a 
year. Diesels are handling all trains except passengers in the 
Cincinnati District.
    Diesel units will pull all trains on the Roanoke-to-Winston-Salem 
line soon and they are in use on the Clinch Valley line.
    Steam engines handle all traffic on the main line from Norfolk to 
Columbus, from Radford to Bristol and branches and in the coal fields.

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[Per Jimmy Lisle's request. This was considered such a minor event, 
it was printed on page 4, next to City Realty Transfers]

- Ron Davis, Roger Link