Group; Can anyone tell me what series these cars went into on the Virginian Rwy, and when the last of them was retired? These cars were rebuilt (partially) at...
Does anyone have any shots of the Lone Star Company's railroad that ran from Chuckatuck, down to the Nansemond River? This line had no outside connections or...
Russell; I believe the enginehouse is still standing complete with 50' of rails. MP I'll check it out next time I get over there. Thanks. Russell Underwood ...
Does anyone have a date or information on a C&O steam locomotive going into the small boat harbor in Newport News, between the end of WWII and the end of steam...
I posted two photos of the Lone Star Cement operation into a photo album under the Lone Star Cement name. Both were taken by Mallory Hope Ferrell on Aug. 10,...
... From: nctrolley To: Tidewater_Rails@... Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 11:45 AM Subject: [Tidewater_Rails] Lone Star Cement, Chuckatuck, VA I...
Group; Does anyone know what became of Reid's collection after his passing? There are a handful of Hewport News Shipbuilding shots that I really need to help...
Awesome! Glad someone in Tidewater could get some shots. Jeff Hawkins ... From: Pete Piszczek To: RichmondRails@yahoogroups.com ; vrfe@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Today's Roanoke Times has a very nice article about "Takin' Twenty with the Virginian Brethren," the weekly meetings of VGN retirees where they share...
To All Concerned: The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (VDRPT) has scheduled THREE PUBLIC "OPEN HOUSE" meetings this November. All three...
In a message dated 10/27/04 12:20:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Roads. ================================================ I remember the first commuter rail...
Clipped from VRFE list, original poster Mr. Wally Weart. Don't like the sound of this at all! Mike Derrick http://www.shortlinesusa.com Where will the...
With NS at both ends, the ESHR is in a stranglehold. The bridge traffic that once ran across on the floats can now ride NS rails all the way. Other than some...
In a message dated 11/4/2004 9:13:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Mike, Thanks for posting this. Local paper ignores e shore in general. Solution must come...
Solutions below are good but from past experience if an outside concern were to take over operations of the line it would only add a year or two of life before...
... From: LW Crocker With a state park over there and with the ocean nearby a group with enough money could buy the line and turn it into a tourist road, ...
While incorperating tourist operations could be good the problem still would be cash. The insurance rates alone on tourist and passenger car operations are...
One thing they need to do is go out and drum up some additional business for the RR. Then possibly someof the other ideas might work. The major shortline...
Yeah, the problem there is IF NS takes over the entire RR, except switching, etc. There will be NO excursions run on the line. H. ... would allow ESHR to work...
In a message dated 11/6/2004 1:45:25 AM Eastern Standard Time, nwlwc@... writes: ... ......snip...... Larry, I dont understand your reference to the...
