"Takin' Twenty" with the Virginian Brethren by Skip Salmon

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I seem to recall that there is a place along US 360 between Simplicity and  
Meherrin where the N&W, Southern, and Virginian converged and were  within 
sight of each other. Could this be the stretch that is in question?  You  
can find it on GoogleEarth.
 
Greg Harrod
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In a message dated 4/11/2010 8:09:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

Jim –   
There’s about a mile  of thick, thick swamp separating the N&W line from 
the VGN and SAL lines  in the vicinity of Algren; there’s absolutely no way to 
see the N&W from  the VGN other along there. 
I would be interested  to know if there were any instances of N&W passenger 
trains bypassing  Farmville on the belt line.  I believe, as you indicate, 
that passenger  traffic was typically routed over the old “High Bridge” 
line through  Farmville, and the belt line, with its more favorable grades was 
used mainly  for heavier tonnage.  Nevertheless, since the Powhatan Arrow 
did not make  any intermediate stops between Norfolk and  Roanoke, I would 
suppose  routing it over the belt line around Farmville would not pose a 
problem for  passengers.  


 
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