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Ford closed the plant in 2007. Before that, flat cars with F150 chassis could be seen passing through Roanoke. 
We toured the plant twice (once with NWHS). It was really neat to see how they built trucks. They had a lot of pride in what they did. 

Norfolk Assembly - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_Assembly#cite_note-vpilot66-5> 
Phil Miller

 

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How long has N&W serviced the Ford plant in Norfolk? Since the steam era?

Sincerely,

Joseph Congemi





On Sep 16, 2021, at 17:29, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> > wrote:

 I once saw several box cars on the end of the Arrow at Christiansburg on a Sunday evening about 1967. I suspect  they were for the Ford plant. I was surprised by the box cars, as well as a train of about 7 passenger cars. 

 

    Ray Smoot

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On Sep 16, 2021, at 7:40 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> > wrote:

 

Harry

I have seen a special train with two units perhaps 3 cars and a caboose passing the station headed to the Ford plant .  I would guess that was more power than necessary.  Must have been insurance for a potential mechanical power break down on a hot train. That train could make Norfolk in less time than the Arrow.

Jim Blackstock

On 9/16/2021 4:43 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List wrote:





 The story was that it was a hot load of something-or-other paint destined to the Ford plant at Norfolk.  

 

Ford scheduled arrival of auto parts at its Norfolk plant with little leeway for delays. A car might

be bad-ordered en route and failure to arrive as scheduled might lead to the plant shutting down, say

for lack of engine blocks.  Known as "shut-down cars", they were frequently handled on the rear

of No. 4.  Revenue on auto parts cars exceeded revenue on finished automobiles.  Harry Bundy





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