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In a message dated 5/4/2012 6:58:02 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

On the trains I saw growing up they were always filled out with coal on  
the rear. Once the coal cars showed up in the train it was coal all the  way 
to the caboose.
 
Thanks,
 
Richard D. Shell
Troutville, VA
 
In a message dated 5/3/2012 5:03:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

 
 
And this one may not be in the  article but I have heard that 
through-freights would fill out their tonnage  with coal... Which end of the train would 
the hoppers most likely be on or  in the  middle?


 

>From N&W's "Freight Train Classifications for Yards and Terminals" --  

Booklet #8, dated
February, 1945, here are some examples of the classifications and positions 
 riding in trains.
 
                               Norton  Yard - Pocahontas Division
                                          (Clinch Valley District)
                                              Norton to Bluefield
                                               Train 84, 86, or 88
1- Loads and empties for Richlands and Dry Fork  Branch.
2- Loads and empties for Clinchfield R.R. via St.  Paul.
3- Live stock for Bluefield and beyond.
4- Perishables for Bluefield and beyond.
5- Other time freight loads and empties for Bluefield and  beyond.
6- Coal loads for Bluefield and beyond (As Tonnage  Filler).
 
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                                         Williamson  Yard-Scioto Division
                                                     Williamson Yard
                                                      "Bull Dog Run"
1- Loads and empties for Kenova proper and  connections.
2- Loads and empties for Ironton proper  and connections.
3- Loads, other than coal, and all empties for Portsmouth and  beyond.
4- Coal loads for Portsmouth and beyond (As Tonnage   Filler). 
                                                                     Harry 
Bundy
 
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