Trailers on the Shenandoah Division From the Chesapeake Western

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Mason,
  Why did the have to shove from harrisonburg to staunton? Couldn't they have run around the cars in the staunton yard??
Fred Mullins
modeling the Atlantic & Danville
remember "For Service See......the A&D!"
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  Yes David, 
      This was in concert with C&O, near the end of passenger service. As I understood it the trailers were shoved cabbose first from Harrisonburg to Staunton and attached to the rear of a C&O train during the stop at that point. The service ended with Amtrak, although the headlights remained on the caboose for some time.     Mason Cooper

      
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    It is my understanding that the Chesapeake Western had a ramp just north of Staunton and that they ran a train at night.  I take that is was in a similar time frame.  They shoved the train one direction, I do not know which.  That is why they had a headlight on one of their cabooses.  Can someone speak to the connection with the parent road, the N&W, and how that worked?

    David Ray

    nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org wrote:
      Harry - 

      Yes.  Briefly.  Trains 58 and 59 were put on to operate out of Bristol; a ramp was built in the vicinity of the new boiler house at the east end of the station, and I believe it still exists.  K-1s powered the train, which I don't think ever amount ed to more than a couple of cars.  The story I got is that the Teamster Brothers put enough pressure on Eastman that they dropped the project.  

      I don't know exactly how long the train operated, but it wasn't very long. . .

      EdKing
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        EdK:
        I need to axe you a question.  We're talking history and innovation here.
        Sometime before the demise of steam on the Pulaski District, wasn't
        there a dedicated Trailer Train made up of Tennessee Eastman traffic
        (mostly) that went to PRR at Hagerstown ? Steam powered ?
                                                                    Harry Bundy

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