Monroe, VA Southern and N&W steam

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In a message dated 10/29/2007 12:57:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

I expect the ending of the steam facilities in Monore was extended beyond  
other places on the Southern because of N&W's steam engines coming and  going on 
the three joint Southern-N&W passenger  trains.



Until 1953 or so, there were four  J-powered trains  that went
to Monroe.  Passenger trains ?  Well not exactly.   Nos. 9 + 10
were primarily mail and express trains, but they did  provide
passenger service as far as Kemper Street Station,  Lynchburg.
Passengers vacated the coach there.  No. 10 became  Southern's
No. 142 at Montview and ran through to D.C.  No. 141 from  D.C.
became N&W's No. 9 at Montview.  Passenger service on 
Nos. 9 and 10 was cut back to Bristol-Roanoke in the  mid-50's.
Since these were intrastate trains only, N&W applied to  the
State Commerce Commission and they were cancelled 
. . . . .for lack of passenger patronage.
 
N&W's engines probably weren't coaled at Monroe . .  .
N&W didn't want to pay Southern's price.  In the cycle  of
J's,  No. 18 would stop at Vicker  for coal, and go to  Monroe,
before returning to Shaffers Crossing for service.  The  J
assigned to No. 10 out of Bristol would coal at  Vicker,  
because at Roanoke, it would protect No. 3 Roanoke  to
Cincinnati with only an hour, twenty-five minute layover  ..
provided that No. 10 was on  time.



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