N&W Cavalier on ex Virginia Trackage

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The signal number on the left is very clear to me as 3760W and while less clear, the right is probably 3760E. Using a system many railroads used, that would be mile 376, the 0 indicates eastbound (eastbound even, westbound odd, just like train numbers) and might be the mile to within two-tenths of a miles (so between 375.0 and 376.1) and the E and W indicate the track (eastbound and westbound).

One source I found says Mullens was MP 376.7 so this would be just east of Mullens. I don’t know that area very well but from looking at maps, I can’t see what an N&W detour would be doing in Mullens.

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Larry Stone
lstone19 at stonejongleux.com





> On Oct 16, 2023, at 1:47 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Good afternoon:
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> The attached picture is said to be the Cavalier on Virginian trackage. The number on the signal bridge appears to be 376 with two letters after the digits. Perhaps this was a detour movement and has a negative number at the lower right of the image. Does anyone have further details or insights?
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> Thank you,
> 
> Frank Scheer
> f_scheer at yahoo.com
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