More Virginian questions about passenger service

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I believe it was January 1956.  If memory serves one of the regulatory
bodies required Virginian to run "one more year" with an air conditioned
coach (?) that they had to borrow from N&W.  VGN didn't have an air
conditioned passenger car.  Ridership remained so low that the railroad was
permitted to discontinue the last  two (#'s 3 and 4?). The distance those
two trains was reduced step by step during the 1950's, and well before that
the minimal other passenger service on the line had been discontinued.

A wiser modeler than I once suggested to me that the easiest base for a
Virginian PA was to start with a Bachman USRA light(?)mountain; I think he
said that if you took one section out of that boiler you'd end up with
something very close to the VGN PA. Again, IIRC.

So in theory, if I'm modeling October 1956, when the first ELCs arrived, I
don't need the three VGN coaches I just bought.  Right.

Frank Bongiovanni



On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 12:27 PM NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <
nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> Passenger service was gone long before the merger with N&W.
>
> Roger Huber
> Deer Creek Locomotive Works
>
>
> On Monday, November 4, 2019, 07:18:36 AM CST, NW Modeling List <
> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>
> Thank you Jim.  Did passenger service end at the merger?
>
> Walter Davis, Youngsville, NC
> On 11/3/2019 7:26 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:
>
> The Virginian Pacifics bore no relation to USRA Pacifics, although I have
> kitbashed them starting from a USRA light Pacific. Drivers are too tall and
> boiler needs to be heavier. I overlooked the driver problem, but kitbashed
> a heavier boiler. The Pacifics lasted till the end of Virginian passenger
> service, so there was no transition to diesels. However they did get two
> Fairbanks Morse 16,000 HP diesels with steam generators (presumably so they
> could handle the business cars on special moves.
>
> Jim Nichols
>
> On Sunday, November 3, 2019, 06:13:52 PM CST, NW Modeling List
> <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>
> Were any of the Virginian Pacifics based on USRA heavy (or light
> Pacifics)?  I found it interesting that the BA was only used in fast
> freight service.  What did they use for passenger service in the 1950's?
> If not Pacifics, what early diesels were used and when did they switch from
> steam.  I could probably find most of these answers on the web site or in
> one of the books about the railroad, but the answers I get from the members
> are more than information, they are experience - far more valuable.  Thanks
> in advance for your help.
>
> Walter Davis, Youngsville, NC
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