ACL Passenger Service

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Well, Bill, you're correct.  It was No. 91 that derailed at Rennert,  not No. 
8.
 
About the wreck at Maples -- as I recollect the lead unit was 533, one of  the
"purple people-eaters" that ACL leased to N&W to dispel the J's.   After it
struck the gapped switch, I've heard it went end-over-end.  Any truth  to 
that ?
 
And about ACL passenger service -- sure there were a lotta sun-seekers  that
rode the trains.  While assigned at Chocowinity, one evening I went to  Wilson
and rode No. 375 to Selma.  The local lothario boarded the train  and harassed
the women.  The conductor threw him off at Selma.  I rode No. 76  back to
Wilson.  There, the police were on hand to take Mr. Make Out into  custody.
He'd ridden the blinds from Selma to Wilson on a very cold  night.  N&W
had a better clientele.
                                                              Harry Bundy  
 
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