"Roanoke Has New Coal Road"

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Today I went to the Roanoke City Library and searched for the first 
Virginian Railway "through train to Roanoke". The January 24, 1909 "The 
Roanoke Times" front page has an article "Roanoke Has New Coal Road". This 
article indicated that the previous day, January 23, 1909, Roanoke saw "the 
first through train from Norfolk to the coal fields over the Virginian 
railroad reached the Magic City. The train had aboard General Manager Depuy 
and Chief Engineer Fernstorm. Soon after their arrival in the city the 
officials left for Deepwater, W. Va. It was stated that the last touches 
had just been given to the New River bridge the completion of which had 
been =======(word not readable) for many months." Copy attached.

Skip Salmon



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