Train Speeds

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I was coming West on US 460 one day and the Pocahantas passed me. I  
tried to catch up, got up to 80 MPH and it was still pulling away!!

Walter Gay
Grumpy ex-car knocker





On Aug 2, 2010, at 10:22 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:


> From Norfolk to Cincinnati the Powhatan Arrow averaged a little over  

> 44 miles an hour, including stops. In Virginia, the top speeds were  

> between Suffolk and Petersburg, where the average for the Arrow was  

> over 60 miles per hour (maybe 65, I don't remember for sure).  

> Anyway, nowhere else did N&W have a scheduled run abode 60 station  

> to station. Top speeds, of course, were higher.     Jim Nichols

>

> From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

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> Sent: Sun, August 1, 2010 6:37:35 PM

> Subject: Train Speeds

>

> I heard today on a radio news program that 90mph trains have  

> preliminary approval for some time in the future in Virginia!  In  

> the heyday of N&W steam operations, what were the average speeds of  

> the Norfolk-Cincinnati trains and those on the Shenandoah Division.  

> Where and what were the top speeds?

>

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> Bernie Hylton

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