N&W in 1911--Engineers take a ride

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That must have been some special car... 75 engineers and their wives if  
they were all married would require 150 seats!
 
Thanks,
 
Richard D. Shell
 
 
In a message dated 2/26/2011 11:55:20 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

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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