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Thanks for the detailed response.
James Smith

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> On Sep 21, 2020, at 12:18 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Passenger trains, Nos. 35-36, last appeared in
> Norfolk Div. time table #4 effective Apr. 24, 1958. After
> that, they were replaced by mixed trains, (Nos. 71-72)
> and were not in service when Norfolk Div. time table #15 
> effective Apr. 26, 1959 was issued.
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> Recently, track charts show that the line from Lynchburg
> to a lumber company south of Roxboro was still in
> service.  From that point to Durham, service was
> discontinued after the Southern merger.
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> The portion north of Roxboro remains in service primarily
> to serve two steam-generating plants -- Hyco, NC and
> Mayo.  Standard operating procedure was to route the
> loads over the former VGN to a point east of Brookneal,
> then the Durham District to the plants.  Empty trains
> were routed via the Durham District to Lynchburg, then
> west on the Blue Ridge District.  This to avoid meets  
> on the predominant east bound traffic traveling the ex-VGN
> But that doesn't work anymore.  Lynchburg Tunnel will
> not clear some of the jumbo hoppers even if empty, so the
> empty trains turn west at Vabrook and buck the eastbound
> traffic.                                Harry Bundy
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