Last Train 18

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There has been discussion before as to whether there was an 18 of 5/1/71. By the Amtrak law, there shouldn’t have been except the Southern did need to run 18 Lynchburg to Washington and with 17 of 4/30 having run to Bristol, there would have been no equipment in Lynchburg for it. So it makes some sense that the equipment in Bristol moved to Lynchburg, either as an 18 of 5/1 or as an extra. But even if it moved as 18, it might have done so without passengers.

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Larry Stone
lstone19 at stonejongleux.com





> On Nov 20, 2022, at 2:19 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> Who's posting?
> 
> Do you mean No.18 of April 30th 1971?
> 
> John Garner
> 
> 
> Probably not as interesting as N&W Nos. 3 and 4, here is the last No. 18, The Birmingham Special  of May 1, 1971
> 
> Conductor W. V. Turner and Engineer T. C. Angle
> Eng 515
> Sou 530
> Sou 1016 Coach
> Sou   840 Coach
> N&W 502 Coach
> 
> Total - 4 cars
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