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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>April 21,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>VIRGINIAN TAKES ANOTHER STRIDE
WESTWARD</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Enters Into Arrangement to Run Trains Over Chesapeake
and Ohio Tracks to St. Albans</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> The Virginian Railway has taken another
stride westward.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> It is announced from the general offices at
Norfolk that an arrangement has been effected with the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway through which the Virginian trains will, not later than May 15th, run
over the Chesapeake and Ohio tracks to St. Albans.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> St. Albans is twelve miles west of Charleston
and forty-four miles west of Deepwater, the recent junction point of the
Virginian and the Chesapeake and Ohio. Under the new arrangement the
Virginian trains will go through Charleston and on to St. Albans. The
reason for their going to the last named station is that there are turn tables
there and facilities for turning the Virginian trains around.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> It was further said that on or before May 15
a through daylight passenger service will be operated between St. Albans and
Roanoke and observation cafe cars will be run. The passenger service
between Roanoke and Norfolk is expected to be in complete operation before the
other named.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> Of the new locomotives ordered by the
Virginian, twelve of the Mikado type are due to be delivered by the Baldwin
works on May 1; four Mallette [<EM>sic</EM>] type by the Richmond works on June
1. The latter company are scheduled to deliver three heavy switch engines
on April 25th.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Script size=6>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>