N&W in 1908 -- Cincinnati line

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Ah, but Gary, the New Castle Cutoff would  never
have come to fruition had it not been for  the
perseverance of one N&WHS member.   Some
N&W folks just weren't buying the  plan.
 
En route from New York on Amtrak one  night,
the conductor checking my pass asked  me
what road I worked for.  Minutes later,  along
comes W. Graham Claytor and sits  down
beside me.  We talked about Navy mine  sweepers
and how he'd ridden Norfolk Southern #1 to 
take command of his first ship at the  shipyard
where "Pop" worked during World War II.   Then
things turned to railroading.  His interest in  N&W
was a  route from Gest Street to  Chicago.
And all the time, the department was  crunching
numbers on diverting Chattanooga -  Potomac
Yard traffic from New Line, TN to Bristol,  N&W
to Lynchburg, then back to  Southern.
 
Of course CSX just couldn't handle any  addi-
tional traffic on their line north of Gest  Street.
So men from the Transportation  Department
went to Cincinnati and camped out in a  city
park overlooking CSX.  They recorded  train
movements 24 hours a day and  were
approached by the city cops only  once.
 
Perseverance -- that's what it  took.
                                         Harry Bundy



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