Virginian Railway Electrification/Riding the N&W Steam Clips

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PRR investigated electrification west of Harrisburg but the capital costs were deemed too high at the time. 



>From N&W's Twenty-Ninth Annual Report (1924):

"Construction of foundations for overhead structures in connection with the further
 extension of the electrified district from Iaeger to Williamson, W, Va. is under way."

Electrification from Iaeger to Williamson never happened, but the foundations were
completed.  Those familiar with N&W's p.r. photos may recall one showing a west-
bound coal train with the caboose  in a curve along the Tug River at White, WV
(near McCarr Branch).  It's almost inconspicuous, but one of the foundations appears
on the right-of-way.                            Harry Bundy  
  

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