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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tunga>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>July 15,
1910</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>FAST TRAIN PROBABLE</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Norfolk and Western to Make Bid for Through Passenger
Service</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> There is a rumor in railroad circles that
within a year Bluefield will have a fast train running from Columbus to Norfolk
which will compete with the passenger trains on other roads which make more of a
specialty of carrying passengers. The rumor states that as soon as the
double track work and tunnel work is completed on the western division and the
extension of the Winston-Salem line to connect with the Atlantic Coast Line is
finished a train will be run from Columbus to Norfolk which will have a southern
connection over the Winston-Salem route. This train will have the best
cars to be secured and will give a short route to the south from the north and
west. One rumor has it that there will be a solid vestibule train which
will make stops only at important points and will run direct to the south, while
another states there will be a vestibule train from Roanoke on, part of the
train going into Norfolk. The Chesapeake and Ohio calls its fast trains
the Fast Flying Virginian, but the Norfolk and Western train should be known as
the "Sunny South Route." Everyone in the north talks about the Sunny South
and the southerners like it. The traveling men would like to see chair
cars on some of the trains the road now has as it is pretty hot riding though
the coalfield these days.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>