Lamberts Point

Thu Mar 12 10:12:08 EDT 2020

The figure of 24,000-car capacity for Norfolk Terminal needs some
clarification.  What does the Norfolk Terminal include?  In 1948, N&W listed
"Lamberts Point coal terminal" as its third largest yard with a capacity of
6,200 cars. There were the other yards and terminals in the Norfolk area and
this 24,000-car figure seems high to me.

Bud Jeffries

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Harry - Was the 24,000-car Norfolk Terminal storage facility at Sewell's
Point or Lamberts Point? Jack Fletcher

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The N&W coal piers at Lamberts Point and the Virginian coal piers at Sewells
Point were several miles apart (maybe 3 to 5 miles apart).    Maybe someone
else can give a more accurate figure on the spacing.

Gordon:

Geographically, the piers were approximately 3 miles apart, but by the
railroad connection, they

were more like 15 miles apart.  Remember that before Mr. Fishwick's "permit
system",  coal could

be shipped to Lamberts Point without ever having been sold.  The shippers
even got 10 days

before demurrage was charged.   About one in very three trains of Tidewater
coal went to Sewells

Point and coal was stored there, but eventually transferred to Lamberts
Point in  180-car cuts.  From memory,

it's about 9 miles from Sewells Point to South Norfolk on the former VGN and
there it continued on the N&W.

Sorry I didn't bring my timetables to the library.   N&W was barred from
operating the transfers during

"rush hours".  It was possible to be headed west on Berkley Avenue in an
automobile, only  to be

stopped by the approaching coal transfer. After the train cleared, drive
another 8 or 10 blocks and

get stopped by the same train. Norfolk Terminal had the capacity to hold
24,000 cars in storage.  Harry Bundy

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