N&W in 1911--Engineers take a ride

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
July 6, 1911

FOUR DAYS OF FUN
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Number of Local Engineers and Wives Anticipate Enjoyable Ride

    It is expected that seventy-five engineers and their wives will leave this morning on train No. 5 for St. Paul, Va., on a special car.  >From that point they will go to Spartanburg, S. C., where they will spend two or three days as the guests of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and officials of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio.  A special train tendered by the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio will meet the party at St. Paul and take them over the new road.  The picnic and trip is given in return for the kindnesses shown by the local division of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to the lodge established on the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio.  At Spartanburg a picnic and other forms of amusement will be provided and all those who are planning the trip look forward to four days of fun.
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[How did the N&W keep running with this many engineers gone for four days?]

Gordon Hamilton
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