FW: Cannonball

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All, 
     I forwarded some of the discussions about "Cannonball" to one of my fellow Blue Ridge Chapter, NRHS members Mr. Lee Hawkins. Here's Lee's colorful first hand recollections of riding this famous or infamous passenger train during his days attending Bluefield College in the 1960's. It may make you laugh as much as it did me. This is good stuff guys! Ha!
Norris Deyerle 
Lynchburg, Va.     



Subject: RE: Cannonball
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:16:39 -0500
To: railcow at msn.com
From: ilhawkins at babcock.com








Interesting tidbit from the memory of Railhawk:
Of course the Cavalier only had one ratty dirty coach on the rear, few passengers, if any, and dozen or more mail express cars in the later days. 
In the mid 60’s the Cavalier and Powhatan Arrow were the same train west of Bluefield.  

>From what I remember, around 6 pm, Bluefield time, the combo train would arrive from the west disconnect all the mail and express cars and head east with the few remaining coaches (including a dome and a diner) and one engine. Then around 9.30 pm the remaining  Cavalier would leave Bluefield head east with mail and express cars plus that one ratty dirty coach on the rear. I rode the Cavalier one time that was all I needed. It got to Lynchburg in the early early morning hours. I then learned why no one was crazy enough to ride the Cavalier…”Give me a dome or give me death”…. 

 
This is probably why the Cannonball and Cavalier were combined In Petersburg there were no crazy passengers or crew left on the Cavalier 
in that one ratty, dirty coach on the rear.
 


From: NORRIS DEYERLE [mailto:railcow at msn.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 12:05 PM
To: Hawkins, I. Lee
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Subject: Re: Cannonball
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:09:21 -0500
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Harry,

 

    That is odd and interesting! Thanks.

 

Walt

 


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Was the  official name of the N&W passenger train that ran from Norfolk to New York the Cannonball? Walt Gay  Walt:In later years, the Cannonball was combined with the Cavalier betweenbetween Petersburg and Norfolk.  Although shown as Cannonball-Cavalierin public timetables, No. 16, the eastbound Cavalier, terminated atPetersburg and cars were handed over to No. 22 for the last leg to Norfolk.  Kinda odd, but the crew from Crewe went off duty at Petersburgand the crew from Richmond handled the train to Norfolk. PRR also hada train named The Cavalier.  Harry Bundy      




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