Virginian in 1909--1st coal trains

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
January 24, 1909
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*Virginian Railway to be Open From Deepwater to Norfolk*
 
    Norfolk, Va., Jan. 23--The Virginian Railway Company will next week, 
should weather conditions not interfere with the prosecution of the work 
of completing the line, run through freight trains from Deepwater, the 
western end of the road, and Norfolk, the eastern terminal.
    Vice President and General Manager Raymond DuPuyt, who returned 
yesterday from New York made this announcement yesterday evening and 
added that while the freight service wall necessarily be somewhat slow 
until the road bed is shaken down, they expect to be able to handle 
traffic from the start with fair dispatch and to be able to at least 
bring down coal enough for their own use by some time next week and also 
some little general freight which is accumulated up the line.
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[/But, wait for the "rest of the story."/]
 
Gordon Hamilton
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