Let's all keep in mind that today IS April 1st (aka APRIL FOOL'S DAY). Seems like there are alot of mergers and acquisitions around this time of year. : ) ...
Walt, Some of the rock from the Vulcan quarry ends up going to the Eastern Shore RR and other loads go the Chesapeake and Albemarle RR. Hugh ... There ... ...
Ken Daniel told me that NS pulls between 70 to 90 loads ... checked out the (almost) east end of the A&D. I was very surprised to see that the line from the...
Steve, I traced the line from end of track to the rock pit and the only thing with wheels was that yellow crane hulk. No freight cars of any description! There...
John, The welded rail ends just past the rock pit. If there was no pit the line would have been torn up a long time ago! Walt ... From: "John Walsh"...
From: "Steve Hammer" cs_hammer@... ... Steve, If you are refering to the old A&D 40ft boxcar and the B&O 50ft boxcar, both have been removed from the...
Russell, Has anyone done an A&D decal set for the 40'car with the herald like the Walthers decal? Walt ... From: "Russell Underwood" <NFDRwy@...> To:...
The rock train usually operates with 3 or 4 big motors. The SD-40's that tie up in Suffolk are used for locals. 2 of them are used on V31/32 and the others...
Walt, I have had decals made to do the A&D box cars in HO scale. I had made an earlier post asking if anyone was modeling the A&D to see if it would be worth...
I thought that the local used the rock train power. If not why do they need two SD-40-2's? A GP-38 would make a lot more sense! Walt ... From: "John D. Friis"...
The caboose is owned by the town of Lawrenceville. It was one of many donated by NS to various communities. South Hill also got one of the former Wabash ...
In a message dated 4/1/05 2:25:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, NFDRwy@... writes: Cab number is 562843. No idea of the owner. Cupola end is towards the...
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I here ya Walt. Todays V-31/32 had it's usual two SD-40's and only 9 cars.(And a crew of 3 or 4) If I'm not mistaken, the rock train originates in Portlock...
John, Seems like they could save a lot of money by using one four axle geep, or just one of the SD's?!! Walt ... From: "John D. Friis" <j.friis@...> ...
Are there still some buildings in Sedley that were built by the SS&S? and When was the East End Sub of the ACL abandoned? And is the old ACL tressel still...
Steve, If I'm thinking of the right trestle then yes it is and is still painted silver with ACL in black on it. Fred Mullins modeling the Atlantic & Danville ...
In short the Rock train normally uses all the power at Suffolk. The 427 train brings the empty cars out to the middle siding between Yadkin and Suffolk where...
Thanks for the HU on these two great catches! Jeff H. and I caught these puppies from Jeff A.'s HU from the Petersburg/Collier area. I wish I were on either...
