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-----Also, I was transferring some video to DVD the other night and I came across the News 7 story about the first day of the Conrail takeover. The big news was the expected traffic on the valley line was supposed to triple. They put up all the signs that said, "warning, increased train traffic..." and after a year or so they took them down. I was looking forward to the extra traffic myself!

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???? Beginning with the N&W/Southern merger, the policy-makers at Southern seemed to dominate.? Southern

had a run-through Potomac Yard to Sheffield, AL.?via Salisbury-Atlanta-B'ham -950 miles. Via?Montview-

N&W-Bristol-Knoxville, the mileage would have been 770 miles.? When the new NS came along, was the

run-through rerouted ?? NO!?? When?traffic shifted to Hagerstown, rather than move traffic down the

Shenanoah Division, the new NS elected?to haul it over Manassas Gap.? It's been improved, but the

Manassas Gap line?was "dark" territory and had one short passing siding.? A GP9 was rated at 900 tons.

It's also interesting to note that NS has (or had ?) trackage rights on CSX Glasgow to Lynchburg - 29.8

miles.? How about hauling traffic down the Valley to Glasgow, then CSX to Lynchburg (Durmid) and

NS to Spencer ?? It's 24 mi. shorter than the Manassas Gap route.? Nothin' doing - trains are incurring

an hour delay (average) on CSX.? But now there's a new route proposed -? a 30 or 40 mi. cut-off from

Linden (near Front Royal) to Culpeper.?? It'll reduce the mileage via?Manassas.? Several routes are

proposed.? One involves a tunnel (about two mi. long).?? Harry Bundy

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???? Beginning with the N&W/Southern merger, the policy-makers at Southern seemed to dominate.? Southern
had a run-through Potomac Yard to Sheffield, AL.?via Salisbury-Atlanta-B'ham -950 miles. Via?Montview-

N&W-Bristol-Knoxville, the mileage would have been 770 miles.? When the new NS came along, was the

run-through rerouted ?? NO!?? When?traffic shifted to Hagerstown, rather than move traffic down the

Shenanoah Division, the new NS elected?to haul it over Manassas Gap.? It's been improved, but the

Manassas Gap line?was "dark" territory and had one short passing siding.? A GP9 was rated at 900 tons.

It's also interesting to note that NS has (or had ?) trackage rights on CSX Glasgow to Lynchburg - 29.8

miles.? How about hauling traffic down the Valley to Glasgow, then CSX to Lynchburg (Durmid) and

NS to Spencer ?? It's 24 mi. shorter than the Manassas Gap route.? Nothin' doing - trains are incurring

an hour delay (average) on CSX.? But now there's a new route proposed -? a 30 or 40 mi. cut-off from

Linden (near Front Royal) to Culpeper.?? It'll reduce the mileage via?Manassas.? Several routes are

proposed.? One involves a tunnel (about two mi. long).?? Harry Bundy

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