Tonnage rating in the Durham District, 1919.

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The March 9,1919 Employee Time Table for the Norfolk Division (thank you  
Gordon Hamilton) gives the Tonnage Rating of Locomotives in the Durham District  
for locomotive classes T (620), G (520), and F (470).  Ratings for classes  
Z1, M, M2 and W are listed for the rest of that Division.  Are the  numbers in 
the ( ) measures of tons and the total weight of the locomotive?  This suggests 
to me that the class Ms and Z1s and heavier  locomotives were not seen in the 
Durham District during that time.  Is that  a correct assumption?  Also what 
class locomotives would be used for  passenger service in 1919?  At the time 
there were scheduled passenger  and mixed trains each day.  Were the class V, E 
and  E1s used in passenger service along this light weight line and not the  
K1s?
 
I am interested in operations and the nature of the Durham District during  
this time period.  It is an important period of development in the area and  in 
my own family history.
 
Thank you, 
Chuck Stewart
Bahama, NC
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