The "VASCO"

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I always knew it as "Tidewater Supply Co."

Jimmy Lisle


On 6/22/2016 11:29 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> Today I was taking a Google Maps "street view" drive around Shafers Crossing and noticed how much the "VASCO" (railroad beanery) has been cleaned up from the grungy dump it used to be.
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> This raised some questions:
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> 1.) When was the Vasco building built? It appears to be circa-1940s construction.
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> 2.) Before the VASCO was built at 24th Street, what and where was the railroad eatery in that area?
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> 3.) The acronyn "VASCO" stood for "Virginia Supply Company," and if memory serves me correctly, there were several others on the N&W system. Was not the Virginia Supply Company owned by several N&W officials?
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> 4.)  Is the Virginia Supply Company still in business.  If so, who owns it?  If now, what happened to it?
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> 5.) I know for a fact that the VASCO supplied food for the diners on the wreck trains, because I overheard conversations relating to Shop Track employees being sent there in company trucks to fetch a "wreck order" or a "double wreck order." Extrapolating upon this, I am wondering if the VASCO did not somehow have its hand in supplying food to the MW camp outfits. And (not that I am in the least bit cynical,) but did the VASCO also function as a "silent middleman" for the Dining Car Department's purchases, perhaps never taking physical possession of those supplies, but handling the paperwork and taking a small cut on each transaction?
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> Does anyone know the "back story" on the VASCO and the 24th Street building?
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> -- abram burnett
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