Automatic train control - Shenandoah Division

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The Class J’s were taken off main line passenger service on July 20,1958.  ^04 was retire in late 1958 and the other 13 were retired from January to October 1959.  All J’s received annual heavy repairs until that stopped in July 1958.  Any used in mostly local freight service were technically “running out miles” after July ’58.

 

Bud Jeffries

 

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1956 is too early for a J to be running out its remaining time. 1957 saw the dropping of the main line locals like 7-8 and 9-10, and The Cavalier was cut back west of Williamson. January 1958 saw Southern diesels take over the Lynchburg-Bristol runs.  By then the J's were fitted with brakeman's dog house to run in freight service.  Lewis Newton has written about how successful the J's performed in main line freight service.  I would put late 1958 to early 1959 when J's began to be stricken from the roster and /or put into local freight service to run out their last miles.

 

-Rick Morrison

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On 8/21/2019 4:15 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

It lists J 606 on June 15, 1956 running as an “extra” with engineer R.P. Preddy and conductor A.R. St. Clair. I assume it was working in over the road shifter duties, running out remaining time on the locomotive.

I wouldn't assume that by any means. Steam was not dead on the Valley yet. And, if I am not mistaken the J's had yet to be taken off of passenger service on the other mainlines.  I would think it more likely a K2 had problems and there were no others in Roanoke to take its place. Engines were changed in Shenandoah, so, that would be as far as a J needed to go.

Jimmy Lisle

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