Units

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It is not uncommon to see a Belews Creek coal train come in with 5 to 6 
locos, needed for braking and poower distribution on the Punkin Vine. 
Usually four units take the emptys back  and leave two in the North Yard 
where they add to what is there. Cal Reynolds.
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Subject: Re: Units



> This is common on the pumpkin vine from Winston-Salem. It is not unusual 

> to see surplus power being brought back to Roanoke on these trains. I find 

> it interesting that they end up with so many extra engines in 

> Winston-Salem that they need to bring them  back all at one time in a big 

> block like that.

>

> Ron Davis

>

> At 05:09 PM 9/20/2010, you wrote:

>>It was 11 mostly dash 9s and one or two sd70s I think. I work near the top 

>>of the Wachovia tower and saw them come up the punkin vine leading a train 

>>of empty hoppers.

>>

>>Eric Shelton

>>

>>On Sep 20, 2010, at 4:45 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> 

>>wrote:

>>

>> > At about 4:45 p.m. this afternoon I tuned in the Roanoke Rail Cam

>> just in time to see an empty hopper train headed by eleven (or maybe, 

>> twelve) diesel units.

>> >

>> > Gordon Hamilton

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