Passenger Exchange N&W to PRR

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Wed Aug 9 19:03:19 EDT 2006


From what I've read about the Hagerstown interchange, the sleeper was
transferred but coach passengers transferred themselves to other coaches.

Jeff Cornelius

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> On Train 2, the northbound from Roanoke to Hagerstown, MD, there was a

> through sleeper to New York. I've also seen mention in public

> timetables that there was coach service to Harrisburg. So it seems

> very likely that the entire train could have been handed over to PRR

> at Hagerstown, with the reverse move becoming N&W Train 1 southbound.

>

> Anyone know more about this?

>

> Jim Brewer

>

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> I seem to remember (as a young boy in the late 40's) that in

> Hagerstown, MD,

> arriving N&W trains would remove the engine, connect a Pennsy

> engine & pull

> most of the cars north.

>

> The converse was true - Pennsy engines would disconnect from

> southbound trains & N&W engines would connect & head south.

>

> Someone may know exactly which trains & which cars were

> "pulled-thru" but in an earlier time this is my 55 years ago memory.

>

> Also, a big thank you to Tom Cosgrove, Jim Brewer & Phil Miller

> for providing information about scanner frequencies.

>

> Terry Marshall

> Hagerstown, MD

>

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