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I remember when I came to the N&W as Assistant Superintendent, after  the 
"merger" in June 1982., we had irregular unit train movements of combat  
military equipment coming from various locations west of Roanoke via the  N&W, 
and then on the olde VGN line to Sewell Point into NOB.   These were mostly 
active duty reserve Army units to be loaded aboard USN  ships.  Although we 
also had capability at Little Creek, we rarely received  equipment there.  I 
went on to the Eastern Division at Greensboro in  1988, and we also received 
similar trains of Army equipment via the olde  A&EC destine for interchange 
with the Beaufort and Moorehead City at the  latter with a final 
destination of Radio Island for loading on ships.  My  most vivid memories are 
reserved for the CSX movements of Army equipment in unit  trains that we received 
in downtown Fayetteville, N.C.  That was truly  ugly.  Sewed up the entire 
town.  But I would drive down there  everytime that movement occurred, just to 
make sure CSX didn't screw us!
 
Cheers and Happy Holidays!
 
Bill Browder 
 
 
In a message dated 10/27/2015 2:39:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

 
The Belt Line serves the  Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, VA.  The 
shipyard has it's own  railroad operation on base.



Don Reventlow




 
  
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Subject: Re: Military  Bases Served


IIRC, there  was a US Navy (?) supply installation very near the Norfolk 
terminal of the  N&PBL.  

pete groom (who briefly lived  near the junction of the Belt’s line to the 
Norfolk terminal and the VGN)




> On Oct 21, 2015, at  8:47 PM, NW Mailing List <_nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org_ 
(mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org) >  wrote:
> 
> I have no doubt that you saw  N&W motive power delivering coal in the 
60's.
> To the  best of my knowledge, the N&W tracks did not go to the Naval Base.
> They stopped at Lamberts Point.  The Virginian tracks  went closest to the
> base at Sewall's Point, where their  coal pier was located.  According to
> Aubrey Wiley's  book, the Virginian had a track that went into the base 
about
> where the base's power plant was located.  Once the  Virginian and N&W 
merged
> in 1959, the N&W would  have had access to the base over the Virginian
>  tracks.  
> 
> Skip Sledge
> Have a nice day - it is much better than a bad one!
> 
> 
> I was on the NOB from  1963 to 1967 and remember seeing N&W delivering  
coal
> to the base. Alan Cox
> 
>  
> In a message dated 10/21/2015 11:02:03 A.M. Eastern  Daylight Time,
> _nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org_ (mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org)   writes:
> 
> I don't  think the N&W  served the Norfolk Naval Base. I believe it was
> served  by  the Norfolk Portsmouth Beltline.  The N&W would have served  
the
> Radford Ordnance Works and Fort Pickett in addition to  Fort  Lee.
> . . .

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