[Spam] RE: The Pocahontas Image

Thu Sep 24 07:40:40 EDT 2015

As I understand it, 9 and 10 got Js except for that period in 1956 when Js were used on 77 and 78 on the Columbus District; then 9 and 10 got K2s.  When the Js were replaced by As on the “Valley” there got to be enough to cover 9 and 10 again.

I always wondered if all those express cars on 9 and 10 were empty.  I don’t remember seeing them being loaded or unloaded at Bristol . . .

EdKing

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Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 11:03 PM
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Okay, I give up. The car in the shadow of the bridge is a BMf, so this is the Pocahontas. Please disregard all my previous posts!

Jim Nichols

On Wednesday, September 23, 2015 6:15 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

Jim,

After the last J’s were built in 1950, I only saw J’s powering 9 and 10.  My observation is corroborated by the 9/1/54 assignment chart that shows that the J’s were assigned to them then.  I think that this J-train in the photo could possibly have been 9 or 10, too.

Bud Jeffries

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Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 11:38 AM
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That is not a BMf in the shadow of the bridge. Looks like a Pg. Besides, the RPO on #4 would be the first car behind the engine, and it should have been an M1. Apparently the M1 came off at Roanoke and was replaced by a BMf, but photos imply that this was not always the case. I still think it looks like #24. 9 and 10 generally ran behind a K2.

Jim Nichols

On Wednesday, September 23, 2015 6:10 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

The timetable I have closest to the date is October 1953.  This is not train 
46, The Tennessean which was due Roanoke 2:02 pm.  The consist does not 
match.  Train 9 would arrive 5:40 pm.  The Pocahontas was due 11:05 am.  The 
photo  looks like the eastbound Pocahontas in that time frame which was 
heavy with headend cars arriving Roanoke.  Is the car in the shadow of the 
bridge a BMf postal-baggage? The Pocahontas acquired a M1 full length RPO 
after 1954.  I could not find a listing for trains 23 & 24 in my timetable.

For a photo of the eastbound Pocohontas in 1954 see page 36 "Norfolk & 
Western Passenger Service 1946-1971" by Warden, revised by Ken Miller.

For a photo of the Tennessean in this time frame:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=300917&skip=2

--Rick Morrison

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Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 11:33 AM
Subject: [Spam] RE: The Pocahontas Image

> Based on the sun angle on the GOB South building (just see a little sun on
> those east facing window sills) it's 1:20 in the afternoon.
> http://suncalc.net/#/37.2737,-79.941,18/2013.07.15/13:24
>
> Could this be a local? #4 usually had an RPO and he'd be running late. 
> Does
> seem like a lot of NW equip for #46. I don't have access to a 1954 
> timetable
> at the moment.
>
> John Garner
> Newport VA
>
> From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> Subject: The Pocahontas Image
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> Hello,
> I was searching railpictures.net and found this one photo of Class J 605
> arriving in Roanoke from the west and in the caption it said it was 
> leading
> "The Tennessean". The first seven visible cars in the picture are all N&W
> cars, 5 of which are head end cars. This leads me to believe it is the
> "Pocahontas". Can I get some clarification on this please?
> Very Respectfully,
> Joseph Congemi
>
> Moderator:
>  http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=388798
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