Train Speeds

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>From Norfolk to Cincinnati the Powhatan Arrow averaged a little over 44 miles an 

hour, including stops. In Virginia, the top speeds were between Suffolk and 
Petersburg, where the average for the Arrow was over 60 miles per hour (maybe 
65, I don't remember for sure). Anyway, nowhere else did N&W have a scheduled 
run abode 60 station to station. Top speeds, of course, were higher.     Jim 
Nichols




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Sent: Sun, August 1, 2010 6:37:35 PM
Subject: Train Speeds

I heard today on a radio news program that 90mph trains have preliminary 
approval for some time in the future in Virginia!  In the heyday of N&W steam 
operations, what were the average speeds of the Norfolk-Cincinnati trains and 
those on the Shenandoah Division. Where and what were the top speeds?

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Bernie Hylton
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