N&W Train No. 18

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Harry Bundy  calculates that N&W passenger train No. 18 ran the 151 miles
between Bristol and Roanoke in  207 minutes.  The ACL had several name
trains such as  Nos. 1 and 2, the East Coast Champion, that routinely ran the
172 miles between South Rocky Mount, N.C. and Florence, S.C. in  160
minutes, or two hours and 40 minutes.  You tell me who the speed merchant
was in this  situation.  Bill Sellers