Why Was Monroe the Engine & Crew Change Point?

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 A. B. -- In addition to what Ray Smoot and Tim Hensley have stated, let me add that Monroe, VA was the southern terminus of Southern's Washington Division and the northern terminus of their Danville Division.  I don't believe Southern would want to pay Danville Division trains crews a day's wages to haul a train 8 miles (+or-) between Monroe and Lynchburg.  I don't know that this was in effect for N&W trains, but railroad "number-crunchers" were paid to calculate trains (engines and cars also) operating between two points, then during certain months of the year, one division's crews would operate until the lost mileage had been recovered. As I recall, RF&P crews operated for two months per year between Manassas, VA to Union Station-Washington to recover mileage lost to Southern crews operating through RF+P territory. No, I don't know when the Monroe arrangement took place.
    On Monday, November 25, 2024 at 09:33:08 PM EST, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:   

 Can anyone provide the history behind Monroe, Va, being chosen as the Eng and crew change point, rather than Lynchburg, for joint N&W/Southern passenger trains? (I could guess at the obvious, but why venture a guess and spoil someone posting the real reason ! )

Second element of the question is: In what year was the Monroe-shuffle implemented ?

Than'kew.

-- abram burnett
edgelord of the turnip underworld
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