| High Noon on the Norfolk and Western / A Thursday in August 1955 - Glenn Fisher |
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This view of the famed excursion with 2174 running over the Trace Fork viaduct could be considered the definition of the Clinch Valley and Dry Fork branch, high steel bridges crossing valleys in mountainous territory. This scene was July 11, 1959 and a farewell to steam excursion. The Class A 1240 powered the train out of Roanoke to Bluefield. From there 2174 took the train west to Iaeger, then down the Dry Fork branch to Cedar Bluff and back to Bluefield, where 1240 took the train back to Roanoke arriving at almost 10:00 pm. (Peter J. Fifer Collection/NWHS Archives NG100219) |
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We are lucky! August Thieme visited the Norton engine terminal on August 8, 1947 providing us the view showing Louisville and Nashville M2, No. 1492 and an N&W Class M 4-8-0. The 1492, home-built L&N 2-8-2, was probably not long for this scene, as the class began to be scrapped in 1950 and replaced by diesels. (August A. Thieme, Jr. Photon/NWHS Archives PA00117 ) |
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CLINCH VALLEY DISTRICT (Author) |
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Norton Yard.
The deep end of the Clinch Valley gets very little coverage on the N&W. This drawing gives a good overview of the yard, the interchange with the Interstate and the location of the unusual two-level station serving the L&N, N&W and Interstate. Of course, all this is gone today. But this drawing remains a good representation of what was in place during the time frame of this article. (NWHS Archives Drawing HS-T00041) |
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On March 31, 1955, August Thieme caught Y6b 2187 westbound at Boody, Virginia. The fireman is looking back over the seven loads, perhaps awaiting the signal from the brakeman on his way to the rear. (N&W HS Archives NG101210) |
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Norfolk And Western #563 |
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An excellent aerial view of the N&W wye at Richlands, Virginia. The compact engine terminal is located within the wye track of the Big Creek Branch. This view is looking to the Northwest (top center it appears a tent revival or carnival might be in the offing at the baseball field.) Near Main Street at the east leg of the wye is the section foreman’s house. The lead track to the overhead coal wharf (lower right) actually comes off the main near the brick station out of the photo to the right. Why a larger concrete structure never was installed here is a mystery. Also of interest in the photo is a single composite hopper near the cab track and a single Y might be spotted to take on water and then move down to get coal. (Ernest Roisch/NWHS Archives Collection/NW02693) |
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It is getting late in the steam season in November 1959 as Y6 2126 has a mine run in tow at Auville Yard in Iaeger, West Virginia. This scene looked much the same since the 1920s, but in barely six months steam would be totally gone. (August A. Thieme/NWHS Archives Collection/NG101090 ) |
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One of the Norfolk and Western photographers captured this view looking west at War, West Virginia in June 1948. It was one of several interesting names on depots that ultimately became a part of several articles in the Norfolk and Western Magazine (Norfolk and Western Photo/NWHS Archives Collection/NW10296 ) |
| Norfolk and Western Strike of 1978 / Another perspective - Gordon Hamilton |
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Just a month before the strike, GP9 No. 2528 leads a freight at Ashtabula, Ohio on June 3, 1978. (NWHS Archives Collection/ RB28105 ) |
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Showing an N&W diesel train with three 4-axle units on a bridge. |
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While this image is not a direct connection to the 1978 strike as it is seven years later, it is the long bridge at Painsville, Ohio that Gordon references in his article. Two SD-40-2s lead a freight in October 1985 (NWHS Archives Collection/RB24261 ) |
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Two track charts from the Pittsburgh Division. |
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This June 21, 1983 view of the Cleveland, Ohio, “elevated or L” mentioned in the article shows only about one-third of the length of the “L.” The two-thirds of the “L” ahead of the train includes the drawbridge over the Cuyahoga River. (John Benson Photo/NWHS Archives Collection/RB33622 ) |
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On November 19, 1977, SD45 No. 1788, still in blue paint, leads a freight through Erie, PA. This is the corner of 19th Street and Liberty. (David S. Albrewczynski Photo/ NWHS Archives Collection/RB25267 ) |
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Just over a month after the end of the strike, N&W U-30C 8000 leads a train past the office building at Conneaut, Ohio. November 1978. (E.L. Durnwald Photo/NWHS Archives Collection/RB33622 ) |
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In April 1982, SD45 No. 1783 leads a train across the bridge at Lorain, Ohio. (Ed. Durnwald Photo/ NWHS Archives Collection/RB25230 ) |
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GP-9R 2003 is leading a short train at Cleveland. This photo depicts the N&W trackage (upper level); on the far right of the N&W tracks is the rapid transit line with overhead wire. In the distance is Terminal Tower. (Ed. Durnwald Photo/NWHS Archives Collection/RB29140 ) |
| Spring 1969 on the Norfolk and Western - Ken Miller |
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Miss Pocahontas poses on passenger GP-9 516, next to 505. This photo has to be the Arrow’s first pin up! (Norfolk and Western Photo/K.L. Miller Collection ) |
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By October 1968, the Arrow had really declined; a single GP-9 pulls an express car and dome on the Cincinnati District. (Fred Beyerly Photo/NWHS Archives Collection/RB18852 ) |
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On April 7, 1968, Gordon Hamilton was on board the dome car on the westbound Powhatan Arrow, No. 15-25 passing a time freight at Jug Neck, West Virginia. It appears that ex-Wabash Blue Bird diner 1050 is dead heading between an express car and two more head end cars. (Gordon Hamilton Photo/NWHS Archives Collection/DS00007 ) |
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The “new” Pocahontas generated a lot of new paper souvenirs, like the new timetable flyer and menus for the diner. The breakfast menu looks like a nice selection, at a decent price (even for the time). The note on the wine list about “Pay no more than prices…” kind of raises the question of why is that even necessary? (Author’s Collection ) |
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(Reproduction of an advertisement appearing in newspapers throughout the country)
Stepping back in time from the “new ” Pocahontas in 1969 to November 1926 when the train was officially christened as The Pocahontas . The schedule was improved by better than 3 hours previously to a running time of less than 21 hours .
(N&WHS Archives Collection ) |
