Petersburg Questions - 2 of 'em

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The attached maps, with my notations, may help with the answer to #2
question. The Norfolk & Petersburg, City Point RR, & South Side RR all
connected  in the area of downtown Petersburg.
Herman Wilkins

On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 12:18 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Can anyone answer a couple of Petersburg questions for me?
>
>
> 1. The first question concerns the Petersburg Old Line (Poe to Jack,
> through town.)  Is it still operated as a main track?  What kind of traffic
> does it see?
>
>
> 2.  According to the engineering (i.e. real estate) records, where in
> Petersburg did the Norfolk & Petersburg RR make physical junction with the
> South Side RR?
>
>
> As a reward for anyone who can give this information, here are some dates
> for the closing of Norfolk Division agencies, taken from a book kept by my
> father:
>
>
> Jack - 2-1-1960
>
> Concord 2-1-1960
>
> Forest 12-1-1960
>
> Montvale 12-1-1960
>
> Naruna 2-1-1960
>
>
> Given that there was a slew of agency closings in early 1960, across the
> system, my guess is that was the date the railroad got out of the LCL
> freight business.
>
>
>              -- abram burnett,
>
> night watchman in the turnip patch
>
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