1907 - Many New Engines

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Roanoke Times - December 4, 1907

MANY NEW ENGINES

Nearly a Score of Them Now on Hand at the Shops

   The Norfolk and Western Railroad is receiving at its shops here a 
large consignment of new engines. It is stated that there will be a 
hundred of them altogether, fifty of them from the locomotive works 
at Richmond and fifty from the Baldwin works at Philadelphia. They 
are of the very latest design, and are capable of developing large 
power. There are at present between fifteen and twenty of them at the 
shops and more of them are expected every day. They are beautiful 
specimens of machinery, and, judging by their appearance, they will 
prove useful and valuable additions to the Norfolk and Western's 
equipment. And from all accounts, the company will find plenty of 
work for them to do. It is stated that the railroad from one end to 
the other is just as busy as it can be, and although the hours of the 
men at the shops were recently reduced from ten to eight hours, there 
does not seem to be any diminution in the volume of work that is 
coming in. It is whispered around that it will not be long before the 
old schedule of hours will be restored.

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- Ron Davis, Roger Link