SR - N&W merger

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Thank you very much, Harry.  Not quite the answer that I had hoped for, but the Southern in those days was a pretty good operation, too, I understand.  I do like that the N&W had the “mechanical” file, (as the Brits would say).

pete groom
> On Aug 11, 2015, at 6:57 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>  
> Pete:
> At the time of the pending merger, there was consideration
> for where to put the general office so that the merger
> wouldn't appear biased.  Lynchburg and Manassas were
> two locations that were "possibles".
>  
> Although the NS was not to be dominated by either company,
> the departments within were.   Mechanical was dominated
> by N&W personnel.  Transportation was dominated by Southern
> personnel.  Engineering/Maintenance was Southern.
>  
> That Transportation (the policy-making branch of the Operating
> Department) was Southern-controlled became pretty evident.
> The NS had a run-through freight from Hagerstown to
> Sheffield, AL.  The route ?  Not Roanoke-Bristol-Chattanooga,
> but Manassas, Salisbury, Greenville-Atlanta-Sheffield. From
> memory, a GP9 was rated at 900 tons over Manassas Gap on
> the former Southern. 
>                                                               Harry Bundy 
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