VGN AFE's

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Sam, Paul-
Probably it's worth knowing the significance of  AFE's.
Generally, it was a form used to show costs of a  project.

>From memory, the VGN AFE for replacing the  wood

towers at Coleman, Tidewater, and South Norfolk  with
one-story stucco structures was about $68,000  (1945
prices).  As time went by, there was more  back-up to
substantiate the expenditures.  It's  this data that adds
to the importance of the AFE's.  In some cases,  there
are mechanical drawings, pictures, even  structure
diagrams.  
 
N&W had three categories of AFE's depending  on
costs, importance - General Manager AFE, Vice  President
AFE and President  AFE.  AFE's were numbered sequentially,
but unfortunately one number might cover purchase  of
an automobile for Norfolk Terminal and the next  would
cover  500 covered hoppers for  system  use.
That makes it difficult to classify AFE's.  So if  you're
interested in say,  replacement of wood  ties  with concrete
ties at Kumis, you just have to thumb  thru the index, then
search to see if  the AFE is on hand.   
 
Sometime after the '64 merger, there were so many  AFE's
being issued that the N&W came up with a  modified
zip code method of numbering.  The first two  digits identified
the district for the project and the last three  digits WERE
the AFE number.  AFE's starting with  "34" might cover
improvements on the Blue Ridge District, for  example.
                                                   Harry Bundy   



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