N&W and Virginian in 1909

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
June 24, 1909

VIRGINIAN RAILROAD [sic] FEAT
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    The Virginian Railway, H. H. Rogers' road, surpassed its recent notable freight hauling feat and hauled into Norfolk on Tuesday evening from Roanoke 243 miles, with a single mikado locomotive, 90 steel cars, each loaded with 50 tons of coal, or 4,500 tons of fuel.
    The weight of the train, including its load, approximates 7,000 tons.
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CAMP IN BOX CARS
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Sixty Men Building Two Mile Connection for Norfolk and Western

    The Norfolk and Western railway company has a gang of sixty men in camp in box cars on the west side of the county infirmary farm, says the Columbus Press-Post.  It is believed they will be there for some time.  The men are building a connection of about two miles in length south of Livingston avenue to the T. & O. C. tracks.  For a mile south of Livingston the new track will be on the west side of the double; below that point it will be on the east side.  By this means a lot of grading will be dispensed with.
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Gordon Hamilton
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