Crewe Question

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Abram,

Quoting from *Norfolk & Western Railway, Pocahontas Coal Carrier, *by
Richard Prince, page 94:

"CREWE, VA., was established in 1888 as the new engine terminal and
division point between Norfolk and Roanoke, replacing both Petersburg and
Lynchburg. A 21-stall roundhouse complete with 60-ft. turntable was built
that year at Crewe. In 1910 an 85-ft  turntable was installed to turn the
early Mallet locomotives. The roundhouse was completely rebuilt in 1914
with stalls lengthened for Mallets, and number increased to 25. Finally, in
1919 an 115-ft. turntable was installed. A small back shop and machine shop
were also located at Crewe."

Hope this helps.

Jim Brewer

On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 12:23 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Today I was looking at an 1873 map of the C&O RR, in the Library of
> Congress collection.
>
> A few miles south of the C&O, down in N&W territory, that map did not show
> Crewe, Virginia.  Interesting.  The stations were Nottoway Court House to
> the east, and Burkeville to the west.  No Crewe.  Missing.
>
> This makes sense, since the railroad companies of that time (and their men
> and equipment) ran only Norfolk to Petersburg, and Petersburg to Lynchburg.
>
> So it would appear that there was no infrastructure (to use a trendy word
> popularized by the elites) at Crewe until the Norfolk & Petersburg and the
> Southside Rail Roads were merged and combined their operations.
>
> And that leads to my question:  When were Crewe Yard and its appurtenances
> (a juicy lawyer word)  build, and when did Crewe begin to function as an
> engine terminal and crew terminal?  I have never seen this mentioned or
> discussed anywhere.
>
> Begging you to indulge my ignorance.  I have lived a sheltered life...
>
> -- abram burnett
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