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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tunga>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>August 11,
1910</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>STEEL EQUIPMENT</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Norfolk and Western Fast Trains Must Come up to
Pennsylvania Requirements</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> Roanoke Times: When the Hudson river
tubes of the Pennsylvania are opened next month giving an all rail entrance into
New York, a new order of things in construction of trains will have taken
place. After the formal opening no trains will be allowed to enter the
tubes unless they are constructed of steel throughout and are hauled by
electrically propelled engines.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> This will require new equipment for every
train entering the metropolis. For months the Pennsylvania and the Pullman
company have been preparing for the new order and they are ready to run solid
trains of steel coaches, baggage cars and Pullmans.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> The Norfolk and Western will enter New York
through the tubes. For the present but two trains will be constructed to
meet the requirements of the Pennsylvania. They are the Memphis special
[<EM>sic</EM>] and the Washington and Chattanooga vestibule, commonly known as
"41" and "42." Over a year ago steel equipment was ordered for these
trains and it is now ready and will be in use when the tubes are opened.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> L. E. Johnson, president of the Norfolk and
Western, is having a steel private car built for use when traveling to New
York. It is to be one of the handsomest in the east, and a model for
others. It is only a matter of time when all of the private cars of the
Norfolk and Western officials will be so constructed, as the tubes after
piercing Manhattan island will continue under the East River and on to Boston
and New England cities.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> Under the plans of the Pennsylvania the point
of landing of the big ocean liners will be the end of Long Island, and from
there passengers will be taken, without a change of cars, to any point, even so
far as San Francisco.</DIV>
<DIV align=left>[<EM>N&W MP Dept. Data Book No. I from the 1950's shows
Class XO Business Car No. 100 built 1911 at a cost of $38,162.55 by
Pullman. Could this have been the car mentioned above as being built for
President L. E. Johnson (not President Lyndon Johnson--he came
later!)?</EM>]</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>