N&W moving coal

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And this one may not be in the article but I have  heard that 
through-freights would fill out their tonnage with coal... Which end  of the train would 
the hoppers most likely be on or in the middle?

N&W did add a coal filler to certain   through-freights.  In N&W terms, 
they were "Bull  Dogs".

   N&W's "Freight Train Schedules and Classifications" will  show you the 
priority and the
   position of the coal.(I can't find mine) for certain  scheduled freight 
trains
.
   From Scioto Division Time Table No. 10 (eff.  4/29/56),   the fair 
weather tonnage rating for
   A;s, Y-5's and Y-6's was 6500 tons Williamson to  Portsmouth,  but for 
Bull Dogs and No. 89,
   it was increased to 10,000  tons.                    Harry Bundy

 
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