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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tunga>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>December 18,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>TRAIN MILE LONG</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Virginian Railway Hauls 120 Hoppers Each Carrying
Fifty Tons of Coal</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> Roanoke World: The Virginian railway
broke all known records today by sending a loaded train one mile and six feet in
length to the east.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> The train was made up of 120 steel hoppers,
forty-four feet in length and the same height* each loaded with fifty tons of
coal.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> The coal is valued at $18,000.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> The train was made up here, and left for the
east at 8:15 a.m.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> While it was not generally known, many people
were attracted to the depot to see the longest loaded train in the world** pull
out for the coast.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> It is understood that the train was made up
at this time in view of the fact that it will pass officials of the road
who are coming to Roanoke tonight. Among the officials who will be here
will be H. H. Rogers, Jr.; President Broughton; General Manager Raymond DuPuy,
and Assistant General Manager H. P. Reigert.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>[<EM>*I presume that the reporter meant that each hopper was the
same height, not that the hoppers were forty-four feet in height! **But,
stay tuned for a subsequent article on this matter.</EM>]</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>