Anyone know what train this is?

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This may be No. 9, the nameless mail and express local that ran between Roanoke and Bristol until about 1958.  It left Roanoke behind No. 41 (the Pelican) and stopped at almost every station between Roanoke and Bristol. Until the early 1950s, it actually originated at Monroe (north of Lynchburg on the Southern) and moved to the N&W at Montview/Kinny.

   Ray Smoot

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/DUPLICATE-RAILROAD-SLIDE-NORFOLK-WESTERN-RAILWAY-604-Radford-VIRGINIA-steam-/132061718429?hash=item1ebf7de79d:g:QrYAAOSw-0xYdq3X
I have never seen anything on the idea of the N&W running a mail and express train but this shot has shown up on eBay so I have to ask... does anyone know what the identity (name... number?) of this train?  Really curious that it is heavy with head-end cars and only one coach.
TIA
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