Locomotive Sand

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> Using bagged sand, transported in boxcars, seems too expensive a 

> proposition for the ever frugal N&W. 

>       On this general subject, I think there were occasions when even 

> N&W must have used bagged sand. During the late '40's and early '50's  

> I could watch from my front window  while they serviced the engines on 

> eastbounds stopped at the Bluefield passenger station. (J's and K2's 

> mostly). I can remember watching them add sand (by hand) to the sand 

> dome sometimes. Never thought about it much, but guess  they sometimes 

> used a lot of sand coming up the Elkhorn grade. This was probably 

> something they checked every time they serviced an engine at the 

> passenger station, (They also lubricated the side rods, shook the 

> grates, and took water.)  and now and then they decided to add some 

> sand for the run to Roanoke. I don't have a clear memory of how they 

> got the sand up there, but they must have been transporting it from 

> the ground in paper bags or something similar.  Hope this helps the 

> discussion.   Jim Nichols

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