Long trains rollin'

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That must've been something to see.  How did you know it was  coming?  Did 
N&W announce that they were going to try this beforehand  or did word spread up 
the line preceeding the train?
 
Chuck Stewart
Bahama
 
In a message dated 8/6/2006 8:27:58 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

I was  there, but don't recall the date, just a hot summer day.. Alongside
the  double main at Coal Grove, OH. It was something else, 500 loads of WV
coal  with ( I recall) 3 sets of power, front, midtrain and rear. I timed it
and  it took 13 minutes and 33 seconds to clear the Ford Brothers  (trucking)
crossing. What they did with it after arriving in Portsmouth, OH  yard I
don't remember. On thing, they didn't try it again.


Oakie  G. Ford
IRONTON, OH





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