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The telegraph call for Cooper was MC. Does anyone know the old call
for North Fork?<br><br>
Jim Blackstock<br><br>
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At 08:26 PM 2/12/2009, you wrote:<br>
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph<br>
March 17, 1909<br>
</font> <br>
<div align="center"><font size=4>TWO MORE TELEGRAPH OFFICES TO BE
CLOSED<br>
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<b>Were Among First to be Opened With Building of the Norfolk and
Western<br>
</b></div>
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The Norfolk and Western railroad will, it is said,
within the next few days close two more telegraph and block offices on
the Pocahontas division, Cooper and Northfork. These offices were
among the first to be opened with the building of the line and the
announcement of their abandonment will, no doubt, come as a surprise,
especially to railroad men. North fork has been operated for years
as a terminal where yard crews were maintained for the purpose of making
up trains for the through crews and to do the shifting for the
mines. A number of men who are now located at Northfork will be
transferred to Bluefield after the change takes effect and the former
point in so far as the Norfolk and Western is concerned will be little
more than a way station on their road.<br>
The absolute block system for passenger trains which,
by the way, was immediately put into effect after the big rear end
collision which happened to the World's Fair limited just east of Welch
some sixteen years ago in which several lives were lost has apparently
been superceded on the western general division by the system which
allows passenger trains to follow each other over some portions of the
road, as for instance, between this city and Graham where what is called
"hugging" each other is practiced.<br>
The Norfolk and Western has a most enviable record in
the number of accidents to its passenger trains during the last dozen
years and it heard that the new order of things on the western division
proves effective as the old.<br>
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[<i>Does anyone have any details of the World's Fair limited accident
1893? This fair was the Chicago World's Fair, aka World's Columbian
Exposition.</i>]<br>
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<font face="Script, Zapf Chancery" size=6>Gordon Hamilton<br>
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