The Hilltopper

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Perhaps by the time you rode the train the "wye track" had been rebuilt that
ran behind the old N&W Yard Office in Petersburg to accommodate the
Hilltopper, and the train ran straight through to Petersburg from the SCL
mainline at Dunlop, thus eliminating the Seacoast connection.

Herman Wilkins

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> I remember riding the Hilltopper from Washington to Christiansburg. One
> trip was in the summer of 1979. I thought the other trip was in the spring
> of 1980, but two people have mentioned it stopped running in the fall of
1979.
>
> The train was one coach and a cafe car. The coach was at most 2/3 full
> leaving Washington and less than 1/2 full after Petersburg. There was
> almost as many crew members as there were passengers. The station in
> Roanoke was an Amshack. The western terminus was at Catlettsburg, KY
around
> 1:30am with a 6 hour wait for a connection with the westbound Cardinal.
> Thus I never rode it west of Christiansburg.
>
> Harry, I do not recall operating in reverse from Richmond to Secoast.
>
> Ron Davis
>
>
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