1950's N&W Steam excursions

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Hey Jim -

I was around Bristol for the last few years of the small 4-8-0s, and I never 
heard anyone refer to them as Mollies.  They were "M"s down there.  Maybe 
that term applied elsewhere on the railroad, but the only folks I know of 
that called them "Mollies" were railfans years after they were gone . . .

EdKing

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Subject: 1950's N&W Steam excursions

Does anyone have a list of steam excursions operated by N&W in the
1950's that show the dates, places and locomotives used?
I'm currently working on some video with some of these trips but I
don't know any details of them.
For instance, I have footage of the following trips:

A double headed run on the Abingdon branch where part of the train
looks to be a work extra and part was the regular mixed with a couple
of rider gondolas attached.
Actually, the train wasn't a true double header in that the mixed,
with it's Mollie, is coupled behind the work train which had a
different Mollie on the point.

Another excursion with a K1 and also carrying rider gons on the back.
I think this one went to or from Bristol.

The doubleheaded excursion from Bluefield to Norton with Pacifics.

There are possibly others that I will find as I go through this film.

Thanks for any assistance.

-Jim Herron
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