Where Was N&W's First Interlocking?

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Abe:
Up front, I'll tell you I don't know where N&W's first interlocking was  
located.
The chronology of the Norfolk & Petersburg would indicate that  probably
Southern Branch Bridge(now known as Bridge VII)  had some  elementary
form of interlocking.  There was an incident there in April, 1863 -  the USM 
RR
"Colonel D. C. McCallum" hauling seven cars went through the open  draw.
Since the ICC did not issue a report on this accident,  it's difficult  to 
determine IF indeed Southern Branch was interlocked at that  time.
 
Eastern Branch draw bridge came later, 1860  I think.  Circa  1945, two
light engines (Class W's I think) went through the open draw.  The  ICC
didn't issue a report on that one either.
                                                                 Harry Bundy
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