More Virginian questions about passenger service

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Mon Nov 4 07:51:48 EST 2019


Thank you Roger.

On 11/3/2019 8:44 PM, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List wrote:
> Walter,
>
> The PA's were not USRA light or heavy engines or copies and weren't 
> close to them.
>
> The passenger service was steam powered until the end as far as I know.
>
> There were 2 H16-44's equipped with steam generators but as far as I 
> know weren't used in passenger service. Apparently they were used for 
> special trains and maybe some troop trains after the PA's were retired.
>
> Roger Huber
> Deer Creek Locomotive Works
>
>
> On Sunday, November 3, 2019, 06:14:00 PM CST, NW Modeling List 
> <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Were any of the Virginian Pacifics based on USRA heavy (or light 
> Pacifics)?  I found it interesting that the BA was only used in fast 
> freight service. What did they use for passenger service in the 
> 1950's?  If not Pacifics, what early diesels were used and when did 
> they switch from steam.  I could probably find most of these answers 
> on the web site or in one of the books about the railroad, but the 
> answers I get from the members are more than information, they are 
> experience - far more valuable.  Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Walter Davis, Youngsville, NC
>
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