Virginian PA Speed

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Just found this while moving my timetable collection this afternoon.

N&W Norfolk Division Timetable No. 16, effective 12:01 am, Tuesday, December 1, 1959

Page N-26
Maximum Permissible Speed Table listed
Portlock to South Roanoke
Engines Class DE-S and DE-RS, Passenger Trains; 55 mph, Time and Local Freight Trains, 45 mph; Other Trains, 35mph
Engines Class DE-38, Passenger Trains, 55 mph; Time and Local Freight Trains 45 mph;  Other Trains, 35mph
Engines Class PA and BA, Passenger Trains, 55 mph; Time and Local Freight Trains, 45 mph; Other Trains, 35mph

I thought that was pretty interesting, I only listed the top three lines, but that would have to be the only place that Virginian steam was listed in an N&W employee timetable.

Hard to imagine that stuff that had been out of service for over three and a half years would even have been listed.

Best
Ken Miller