Durham division

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Larry,

We are dealing with two "discontinuances" here.  First is the date of 
discontinuance of regular passenger service on the Durham line and the 
second is the date of discontinuance of the replacement mixed train 
service.  Apparently the arrangement with the Virginia Stage Lines 
replaced the latter service.  I have an October 1960 Official Guide that 
has a note that reads essentially the same as the one you cite from the 
June 1958 TT.  This indicates that the arrangement with Virginia Stage 
Lines lasted at least 28 months.  I hope someone can still come up with 
the precise dates of the above service changes.

Gordon Hamilton

On 9/21/2020 5:53 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> I have a 6/15/1958 public TT which lists the Durham District but says "Freight Service Only" with a note “Tickets reading from or to points marked with a pyramid (which was most but not all of the listed stations) reading via Norfolk and Western Railway Company will be honored via Virginia Stage Lines, Inc. Baggage may be checked from and to these points and will be handled by Box Express Car on a tri-weekly basis leaving Lynchburg on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and leaving Durham on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays”.
>
> That the line was still listed in the public TT suggests it had been recently discontinued and the company had yet to go through the work of revising the format of the public TT. Likewise, that it notes arrangements for passengers and baggage ticketed via N&W to be handled by bus and express car also suggests recent discontinuance as protection for tickets issued before discontinuance was authorized.
>
> A 1946 TT has two passenger trains each way. 36 departed Durham at 7:30am and 38 departed Durham at 2:45pm. Southbound trains 35 and 37 were timed to be turns from the northbound trains and departed Lynchburg at 11:59am and 8:10pm respectively.
>

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