Lynchburg & Durham Star Route

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Ran across these on eBay just this week and thought of sharing on this
thread.

Stephen Warren, Roanoke.



On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 4:42 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> I believe the last name of the contractor was Bailey. The route was
> handled by a truck. The only “mail bus” I recall from Lynchburg in that era
> was a Richmond/Lynchburg route.
>
>     Ray Smoot
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Feb 18, 2021, at 1:57 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> >
> >  Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:05:38 -0500
> >
> > Frank,
> >
> > Thank you for the information. I am interested in learning more about
> the bus route. Roxboro N C is my home town and I live in Bahama in Durham
> County. Can you direct me to more information.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > Chuck Stewart
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > Hello, Chuck:
> >
> > I am reattaching the 1955 schedule for the LYNCHBURG & DURHAM SR.  Two
> contract numbers are shown and so there may have been two different
> contractors.  Trips 1 through 4 are assigned to one contract while trips 5
> through 8 are covered by the other contract.  All that is shown are the
> contract numbers and not the transportation service provider names.  That
> identity information would appear in postal contract records that are not
> available to me.
> >
> > You mentioned a bus route but it is more likely that these Star Route
> (SR) contract services were performed by a box truck and not a bus.  Bus
> companies did handle some SR contracts but I think it was unlikely for the
> LYNCHBURG & DURHAM SR.  If you can locate a Russell's Guide for 1955, you
> can check whether any scheduled services correspond to the times show in
> the attached timetable.
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Frank Scheer
> > f_scheer at yahoo.com
> > <03587073_LYNCHBURG_&_DURHAM_SR_1955.jpg>
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