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Probably, the reason WM units were on those trains: There is a  military 
depot, Letterkenny, near Chambersburg, PA. WM had a locomotive working  that 
facility most everyday & the depot is connected to the WM  main. We 
occasionally see a DOD train in the CSX yard in Hagerstown, MD going to  a military 
facility. The cars are either enclosed or covered with a tarp unless  they 
are hauling vehicles/tanks, they are on the open flat cars. Usually there  is 
a DOD caboose (with  guards).                Terry Marshall
 
 
In a message dated 2/5/2015 4:26:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

Just got our standing order of the Arrow for the  shop and was interested 
to see the WM F units in N&W consists in the 70's!  When I was working as a 
Car Knocker at Collier Yard we got numerous N&W  trains coming up into the 
yard for interchange. During the Operation  Linebacker 2 in Viet Nam we would 
get solid trains of bombs, class 'A'  explosives, going to Cherry Point. One 
train had two N&W GP9's leading an  A-B set of WM F-7's. Going back light 
the F-7A was leading, but of course no  camera. The cars all had plain 
bearings so we had to make sure they were  well oiled!!!
 
Walt Gay
Petersburg,  VA


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