K locomotives on the N&W main line

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Wasn’t there a period when the 120 was widely know for being the power for the Cannonball (which I rode once in the ‘50s)?

pete groom
> On Dec 7, 2015, at 8:42 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> C K Marsh Jr. has a good article in current issue of Classic Trains "Before the J" , may have info you're looking for . Ron H
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> On Sunday, December 6, 2015 7:46 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Hello, all
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> Other than the K engines that ran between Norfolk and Richmond Broad Street, how often were K locomotives used in passenger service elsewhere on the main line?  I had the impression that J-class locomotives were used and that K engines were relegated to branch lines to Durham, Winston-Salem, Hagerstown, and elsewhere.  I have attached a picture of N&W 124 at Farmville, unknown year.
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> Happy holidays to all,
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> Frank Scheer
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