President Roosevelt special train, 1934

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Frank

On October 19, 1934, the six car train came from Washington, DC via the Southern to Lynchburg, hence the N&W to Roanoke, arrival at 3:30 pm. Roosevelt paraded through the City from Jefferson Street to the new Veterans Hospital at Salem, where he did the dedication. Meanwhile, the train had been turned, and backed to Salem, where Roosevelt reboarded, and the train went east at 6:00 pm to Petersburg where it was handed over to the Atlantic Coast Line, who then took it to the C&O, I assume at Richmond for its final destination of Williamsburg at 2:00 am on the 20th. Roosevelt was there for receipt of honorary degree from William and Mary, installation of new president at 10:00 am. The motorcaded to Yorktown where he took the USS Sequoia back to Washington.

Ken Miller

> On Mar 29, 2021, at 12:10 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> This is a menu from a special train that operated during 1934:  https://www.ebay.com/itm/303936614106?_trksid=p11021.c100851.m5053&_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20170803121420%26meid%3Dfb5430ab64544b40a4ebd3cfdb1ee63d%26pid%3D100851%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D4%26mehot%3Dnone%26b%3D1%26sd%3D324543634885%26itm%3D303936614106%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D11021%26algv%3DDefaultOrganic&ul_noapp=true   If the link does not work, the eBay item number is 303936614106.
> 
> Is there information about how President Roosevelt traveled to Roanoke and the purpose of that trip, as well as the routing of the train from Roanoke to Williamsburg?
> 
> Best wishes for Spring,
> 
> Frank Scheer
> f_scheer at yahoo.com 
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