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Harry

I have seen a special train with two units perhaps 3 cars and a caboose 
passing the station headed to the Ford plant .  I would guess that was 
more power than necessary.  Must have been insurance for a potential 
mechanical power break down on a hot train. That train could make 
Norfolk in less time than the Arrow.

Jim Blackstock

On 9/16/2021 4:43 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List wrote:
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>  The story was that it was a hot load of something-or-other paint 
> destined to the Ford plant at Norfolk.
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> Ford scheduled arrival of auto parts at its Norfolk plant with little 
> leeway for delays. A car might
> be bad-ordered en route and failure to arrive as scheduled might lead 
> to the plant shutting down, say
> for lack of engine blocks.  Known as "shut-down cars", they were 
> frequently handled on the rear
> of No. 4.  Revenue on auto parts cars exceeded revenue on finished 
> automobiles.  Harry Bundy
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