Pocahantas 10-6 Sleepers

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On any given day, it could have been any of the 20 Budd sleepers. Thery 
were pooled.  Jim  Nichols

nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org wrote:


> Jim do you know which of the sleepers worked 20 & 21 into and out of 

> Winston-Salem ? Cal Reynolds

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>     The only N&W car needed in the New York-Norfolk pool was the

>     Sussex County. The Buchanan County alternated with a PRR car New

>     York-Roanoke via the valley line. McDowell County alternated with

>     a PRR car (usually the Juniata Rapids) New York-Williamson via the

>     Southern between Washington and Lynchburg, thence on the Cavalier.

>         And, yes, at least one of them (Buchanan County) made it to

>     Cincinnati in red paint. Picture on page 20 of the N&W Color

>     Guide, dated August 1966.       Jim Nichols

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>>     John:

>>     In checking my source, I note that N&W did indeed have three 10/6's

>>     built to plan 4140 -- Buchanan County, McDowell County, and

>>     Sussex  County.  These cars went into a New York - Norfolk (and

>>     Richmond) pool, along with 3 cars supplied by the RF&P.   They

>>     protected assignments on The Cannonball,  later combined with

>>     The Cavalier to Petersburg.  After the sale of the Budd sleepers

>>     to PRR, these three cars filled the Norfolk-Cincinnati assignment

>>     on The Pocahontas,  so they did make it to CUT even if they

>>     were painted "Herman, the German" blue.

>>                                                         Harry Bundy

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