Virginian Coal Cars

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It seems to me that as a boy, I saw a lot of Virginian coal cars, along with N&W coal cars, being pulled into Norfolk during the late 50s and early 60s.  Do I remember this correctly?  Did N&W also pull a lot of Virginian coal cars? Jack:After the N&W/VGN merger hoppers from both roads  would be mixed in the same train.  Before themerger I'm not sure.  If VGN delivered a car to N&W at Portlock for dumping at Lamberts Point, theonly revenue N&W would receive was a switching charge (About $17.60 in 1960 prices) and N&W wouldwind up paying VGN per diem (About $2.16 a car per day), performing switching, etc.  One possibilitythough -- if VGN interchanged the load to N&W at Roanoke, N&W would get a a percentage of thelong-haul rate.                                                                Harry Bundy
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