ex NKP & Wabash passenger cars

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Harry and Ken,

 

Thanks for this good info on the final day of passenger train operation on the N&W. Where did No. 18 originate and terminate that day (5-1-71)? When was it scheduled to go through Roanoke? I watched No.4 leave but didn’t know No.18 also ran that day. I assume that was the last Southern train through Roanoke, correct?

 

John Garner

 

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Harry,  Would you happen to have the consist of 1st 4 from Roanoke on May 1, 1971? If I’m not mistaken Mr. Carter’s Business Car 101 carried the markers.   John Garner

 

Ken Miller is correct --  the train headed by NKP 759 was ID'ed as No. 4 and the

train handling N&W 101 was ID'ed as a passenger extra with units 516-501.

Conductor J. C. McKenney and Engineer D. F. Clark on duty at 9:45 AM.

 

Car #101 brought much misery to the N&W.  After the demise of Nos. 3 and 4,

the way to get the car westbound was to  forwarded it on the rear of half-a-train of empties (about 90 cars). Then later on in the 1970s, a politician running for Governor of Virginia, boarded the car without permission near the Lamberts Point passenger station and showed a television crew how the well-to-do spent their  time.  After that, #101 was moved to Roanoke and when Carter needed to go west, the car had to be moved to

Lamberts Point first.

 

You didn't ask, but here's No. 18 for the same date:

Eng 515

Conductor Turner and Engineer Tom Angle  on duty 1:00 PM

SOU   510 -  Lynchburg (Kemper Street)

SOU 1016 -        "              "              "

SOU  840  -        "              "              "

N&W 502  -        "              "              " 

                                                              Harry Bundy

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