Norfolk: Carpenter Map of Railroads in 1946 - COLEMAN PLACE - MR. BUNDY

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 Abe - First of all, I may have made a mistake.  Time takes a toll.  The telegraph address for Tidewater may have been "SJ".  "BO" ? possibly South Norfolk or NS Junction.  The dispatcher at "CO" handled all (NS-N&PBL-VGN) movements between South Norfolk and Sewells Point, and NS movements over the Beach District (Norfolk Union Station toVirginia Beach and  from N&W's Lamberts Point Branch to Virginia Beach via Cape Henry.  This dispatcher did not control any movements in North Carolina.  One item to remember about the Sewells Point Branch -- There were a multitude of road crossings and if one of the coal or mty train movements (180 cars usually) was delayed, motorists became outraged.  There was one incident where a train had a busted air hose and blocked the Granby Street crossing.  At the same time, there was a fire at a Virginia Beach amusement park and the firesquad could NOT get the the fire.  Today's Norfolk Southern was sued. From Carolina interlocking to Sewells Point, there was double track with ABS only.  Frequently a "right-of-track" order was issued diverting westbounds to the eastbound main track and vice versa.. Tidewater would deliver "slow orders" to the Virginia Beach trains.      On Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 06:48:27 AM EDT, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:   

 MR. BUNDY WROTE:  There were two interlockings on Virginian's Sewell's Point line that were staffed by one Norfolk Southern dispatcher at Coleman Place ("CO") and one operator-leverman at Tidewater ("BO"). I worked at and held "BO". -- Harry Bundy <<

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HARRY:

So, if I understand correctly, at least one of the Operator's jobs at "BO" Tidewater belonged to the [old original] Norfolk Southern men, and all the jobs at CO Coleman Place belonged to [old original] Norfolk Southern RR Train Dispatchers. This probably reflects the situaiton that the NS was the "second railroad to arrive," and was therefore obligated to build/staff the interlockings.

I am very interested in the NS keeping a Train Dispatcher at Coleman Place. Did he have charge of the Main Track territory just around Norfolk, or did he also have some of the Main Line going down into North Carolina?  Did he issue Train orders for his territory ?

And, for a bonus question, how late in time was the [old original] Norfolk Southern using the Telegraph for running trains?

-- abram burnett
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