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Harry
Thanks for the update. 
Yes, moving tonnage down the favorable grade from Roanoke on the former Virginian to “Brookneal” to change over to the “L&D” is pretty common & makes sense. 
There is a FB group, “Lynchburg Area Rails” , that posts lots of current photos & videos of mostly daily NS rail traffic & related items. A recent video was of a SB coal drag going over “Falwell trestle” near Rustburg.  Evidently there is still “some” coal traffic that comes through Lynchburg. Not sure of its origin & if it arrives in Lynchburg via former N&W, Southern, or C&O. 
Thanks to you & everyone who have contributed answers to my questions about “double-heading” on the Durham Line. Sharing your knowledge & personal experiences are invaluable & appreciated. 
Herb Edwards


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> Herb:
> Regarding the Hyco/Mayo traffic -- on the Durham
> District, Lynchburg Tunnel won't clear a Plate C
> hopper, so an mty train returning from the utility
> plants with a Plate C car must turn west onto the
> ex-Virginian and buck the eastbound traffic.  Plans
> were to build a connection from the Old Main Line
> near Posm to the Durham District south of Lynch-
> burg Tunnel, but it never materialized -- too much
> money to provide an over/underpass on U.S. 501.
>                                                  Harry Bundy 
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