Ex-Virginian Coach in Norfolk?

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Phil

I cannot speak definitively to the photo.

But I can assure you that there was also a former VGN coach, number escapes me right now, that was in static service at the 110th Street Yard in Cleveland. I was told about it, and when I went to a meeting of Tourist Railroad Association in Bellevue in 1986 and was driving back to Cleveland to catch my flight, I made a detour to go by there. I had been warned it was a combat zone and not get out of the car. It was a Sunday afternoon, and I figured what the heck, and drove down there. Behind a chain link fence with concertina wire was indeed the car, maybe 203(?) but the jewel was you could begin to see the Virginian lettering coming back through the paint. The effort was underway to save the car when some of the lovely locals burned it. I do have a few slides of it, as I did not stay long.

Ken Miller

> On Sep 16, 2019, at 8:05 PM, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> In Lloyd D. Lewis’ 1992 book “The Virginian Era” he states that “stories surface occasionally about one of the 10 1921-vintage, Pullman-built 200-series steel coaches still in Norfolk Southern MofW service.” In the early-mid 1990’s, the NWHS arranged a tour of Lambert’s Point near Norfolk. In the area where their MW equipment was being serviced, there was one former passenger car which strangely has what appear to have been end windows plated over. I wish I could have taken more photos of it but we were moving along smartly. 
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> When comparing the photos of this car to the Virginian coaches, they look very similar, although this car has A/C ducts on it (added?). Could this car be the one mentioned in Lewis’ book?
>  
> Does anyone have an idea of which VGN coach this could potentially have been?
>  
> Phil Miller
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