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December 1998 Norfolk Market Cannon Ball around 1959. In 1964 the train was night classes are cancelled for the night of a arriving at Broad Street Station at 12:25 a.m., and meeting. Turntable Times leaving at 3:15 a.m., not needless to say, con- ducive to the travel needs of the Richmond- Mechanical Update Volume XXX Number 12 December 1998 Norfolk market. In early 1967 the Cannon Balls A brief update on the mechanical department were discontinued, thus ending all N&W service operations. After almost six weeks, our Alco T6 into Richmond. arrived a Bealington, West Virginia. Both NS and CSX must have used their new ‘snail’ power to Happy Holidays! move this locomotive with this kind of service. rom the Turntable Times Staff best wishes Coaches 1827 and 537 arrived back from Ffor this holiday season. We purposely Spencer in late November while the 512 delayed this issue to avoid the mail crunch of returned from Georgia just before Christmas. the holiday season. Watch for the January issue Our mechanical crew has been occupied shortly. working on replacing wall panels in 1827 from many years of water damage. As usual they are Meeting Cancellation Policy serving double duty as carpenters and floor Since it’s that time of year, as a reminder we department in the Archive Facility. The old heavy have the following policy regarding inclement wooden floor is now completely covered in a weather. new heavy floor and tiled in a grey pattern. The The meeting will be considered cancelled if floor goes a log way to comfort and cleanliness any of the following conditions are met: in the facility and is a much needed step. More Roanoke City schools are closed on the day of or on these projects in the next issue. for the day after the meeting, or Virginia Western Turntable Times is published monthly as the newsletter of the Roanoke Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, Inc. Opinions and points of view expressed herein are those of the staff members of the Turntable Times and not necessarily reflect those of the members, officers or directors of the Chapter. Items of interest should be sent to Editor Kenny Kirkman, 590 Murphy Road, Collinsville, VA 24078-2128. Non-Profit Editor, Turntable Times Organization Roanoke Chapter NRHS U.S. Postage PAID P.O. Box 13222 Roanoke, VA Roanoke, VA 24032-1322 Permit No. 89 Deadline for Turntable Times January 1, 1958, the Broad Street Station north- Thus one lone N&W engine made a brief daily Turntable Times The deadline for the next issue of Turntable bound arrival time was changed to 1:05 a.m., visit to Richmond with the Cannon Ball in con- Times is Friday, December 18th, 1998. Please but departure remained at 4:35 a.m., thus creat- trast to the many years of overnight layovers by Volume XXX December 1998 Number 12 send articles, information and all exchange ing a much abbreviated Richmond turnaround. an N&W steam engine at RF&P’s Acca engine ter- Editor .................................... Kenney Kirkman newsletters to: Kenney Kirkman, Editor, Turntable By 1960 the last Short Runs, numbers 27 & 32, minal. Mixed Freight .......................... Robin Shavers Times, 590 Murphy Road, Collinsville, Va. 24078- were eliminated, and Petersburg connections N&W Short Run steam engines never went to Small Rails ............................... Dave Meashey 2128. with N&W 3 & 4 were listed in the timetable by Acca engine terminal under normal circum- Splinters ........................................ Bill Arnold ACL main line trains 375 and 376 at the North stances, but they did receive water at Broad Publisher ............................... Richard D. Shell Mixed Freight - December Petersburg Station. Transfer to Appomattox Street Station via a hose connected to the Publisher ...............................Kenneth L. Miller by Mr. Robin Shavers Station was to be “made by taxi upon payment coach-watering hydrant. All materials should be sent directly to he railfan community continues to monitor of taxi fare,” certainly not user-friendly service! Diesels took over for the N&W 4-8-2s on the Editor Kenney Kirkman Tthe numerous information sources for the 590 Murphy Road proposed operational DAY ONE when NS and Collinsville, VA 24078-2128 CSX actually take operational control of their Turntable Times is printed by Salem Printing Co., Salem, VA respective portions of Conrail. For a while it Cards and Flowers looked as if Valentine’s Day might be the day. If you know of a Chapter Member who is sick, Reports now point to April 1st or May 1st as lost a loved one or has a new birth in the family, POSSIBLE DAY ONES. For the record, it was on April 1st, 1976 that Conrail began it’s operation please contact Elizabeth Leedy. Elizabeth is of 6 bankrupt railroads. On the passenger side, responsible for Chapter cards and flowers and Amtrak commenced operations on May 1st, can be reached at 389-5274. 1971. While on the subject on NS and CSX actually Meeting Notice taking operational control of Conrail, I recently The Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway learned something very important about the Historical Society will hold its next general freight cars that are sporting NYC or PRR report- meeting on Thursday, January 21, 1999 at 7:30 ing marks. As most of you know, cars that are pm. The meeting will be at the First Presbyterian going to CSX are receiving NYC reporting marks Church on the corner of McClanahan and Crystal and those to NS, PRR. Most of us have assumed Spring Avenue in Roanoke. the cars will become the outright property of NS or CSX. Not exactly. Two wholly owned sub- Cover Photo sidiaries of Conrail have been formed. One is Just a part of the work-a-day world on January known as Pennsylvania Lines LLC and the other 8, 1940 as No. 127 blasts past a switchman New York Central Lines LLC. These subsidiaries seeking some warmth in the shanty at Shaffers will lease the Conrail cars to NS and CSXT. Crossing. You can be sure that passengers riding Along with the acquisition of locomotives, behind the powerful K2a on train No. 1 are routes and customers, NS and CSX also gain warm and comfortable as it heads westward. new shortline connections. Norfolk Southern Norfolk and Western photo. currently connects with 135 shortlines. It’s 58% share of Conrail will add about 100 shortline and Cards and Flowers regional railroad connections. If you know of a Chapter Member who is sick, Several months ago, Norfolk Southern com- lost a loved one or has a new birth in the family, pleted what I refer to as The Crewe - Burkeville please contact Elizabeth Leedy. Elizabeth is Signal System Upgrade Project. The signals used responsible for Chapter cards and flowers and are very similar to those I’ve seen on Union can be reached at 389-5274. Pacific. The N&W style signals have been Page 1 Page 10 After the departure of the Pacifics, locomo- replaced Nos. 23 and 24), and by juggling replaced with double and triple head fixtures contest in Spring of 1999. tives 121, 122, and 123 handled the connection schedules, the Short Run trains were cut back to which offer a wide variety of signal aspects. The November’s meeting was Sunday, November trains as well as the Cannon Ball. In the latter four round trips by early 1952. By December, new signals, most of them, have been relocated 15th at the home of Steve and Tammy King in days of steam, others such as the 124 and 137 1957, the service had dwindled down to a sin- to different positions from that of previous sig- Rocky Mount. Steve’s 7/8 inch scale Forney was came on the scene, presumably by the expedi- gle afternoon round trip connecting with N&W’s nals. Railfanwise, the new signal project is a real in steam and put in a fine performance on his ent of exchanging tenders with other locomo- 3 & 4, with the engine and cars laying overnight asset in terms of visibility to see the signal now completed loop. Club members also tives which had tenders already equipped with at Richmond. Also, the Cannon Ball’s decades- aspect displayed. For motorists, both Burkeville admired Steve’s new scratch built armstrong ACL train control pick-up devices. long Richmond arrival scheduled at 10:00 or grade crossings got the works, including gates. turntable and train shed. I had converted Lionel In the 1950’s Short Run trains were gradually 10:05 p.m. from Norfolk was moved back to The same holds true for the first grade crossing 0-6-0T to run off a 12-volt lantern battery, so that eliminated. By discontinuing connections to 11:07 p.m., and its traditional departure from east of Crewe Yard. little locomotive also got to pull its small train N&W mainline locals Nos. 7 & 8 (which had Richmond at 8:30 a.m. became 4:35 a.m. On around Steve’s garden railway. Small Rails - December Norfolk and Western Photo by Dave Meashey The Train Under the Tree Second Class J, number 605 is shown here at he Roanoke Valley Model Engineers held by Dave Meashey Roanoke after application of Automatic Train Ttheir November meeting at The Rail Yard ur family has lived in Roanoke for 21 Control equipment in November 1925. The pick- hobby store. We had to cancel our participation Oyears, and each Christmas I tried to keep in the show at the Salem Civic Center due to the tradition of a train under our Christmas tree. up shoe is highlighted in white just behind the some family emergencies and other obligations.
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