Cattle shipments

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I can't tell you  to much but I am  starting some research on this as my Dad was a  fireman on the jobs. The trains had 10 to 13 cars. No6 survives in Roanoke Va  and no7 is in Bluefield. I have some funny storiesabout this topic too. Contact me at taylor at nwhs.org Thanks Dean Taylor 


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-------- Original message --------From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> Date: 4/11/17  5:34 AM  (GMT-05:00) To: NWHS Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> Subject: Cattle shipments 

I remember reading that engines 6 and 7 were kept on the roster until the end of the steam era in order to service cattle shipments out of Honaker.  I would like to know more about those operations.



How often did those trains run?  



How many stock cars would make up an average train?



Where were they shipped to  (more specifically,  what was the destination for the cars)?  Did they travel off line?



What was done with 6 and 7 between cattle shipping seasonso?



and, did these shipments continue at all in the diesel era?



Thanks !

Brent 

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Dr. J. Brent Greer

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