Pullman Service to New York via N&W

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In Richard Prince's book "Norfolk Southern Railroad Old Dominion Lines and
Connections" there is a picture at the bottom of page 54 showing Box Cab
No. 3 with part of the Virginia Beach-New York sleeper shown.

John Imbert
Columbia, SC

On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 3:56 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Harry,
>
> Thanks for this very interesting information; I'm not sure of the era the
> member was inquiring about, but he did specify the routes he was interested
> in.  Wow, what an interesting photo it would be to see a sleeper hauled by
> a box-cab!
>
> Jim Brewer
>
> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 11:25 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
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>>
>>
>>
>> Jim:
>> Unfortunately I can't give you the configuration of the Pullman and it
>> may be from an era earlier than you're looking for.   Nos. 21-22
>> handled a New York-Virginia Beach sleeper into the mid-1930s.
>> Beyond Norfolk Terminal Station it was handled on Norfolk Southern
>> *Railroad's* Electric Division and laid over during the day at the
>> Cavalier Hotel.  The sleeper was hauled by a box-cab electric.
>>                                                   Harry Bundy
>>
>>
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