1908 - Pushing Work on Virginian

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Roanoke Times - July 11, 1908

PUSHING WORK ON VIRGINIAN

Steel Rails Being Hauled for Completion of Work, East and West

All along the line of the Virginian road, east and west, the
shrill whistle of the big engines is heard, telling the story of push
and future prosperity. These engines are of the latest pattern and
have a capacity far above the average engine. At the station on
Jefferson street, everything is on the move. The work is being pushed
as rapidly as possible. In fact the employes are behind some little
in the necessary work to be done on account of not having requisite
number of engines to move material.

Steel and Ballast Train

No. 400, one of the big engines of the road, went east Thursday
for the distribution of ballast along the line on the eastern section
of the road. There was a large train of the material.
No. 103 was sent to the western part Thursday for the White
Sulphur Springs, laden with steel and cross ties. This cargo of
material will be delivered to Engine No. 2, which is used to handle
rails and other material. The ditching train has not been started
yet. This train is "waiting" for an engine which is now due.

Last Shipment of Rails

The next shipment of steel rails will be made about August 1st,
arriving in Roanoke on that date, at which time the distribution will
be made on the western end of the line. This will be the last
shipment and will complete the line from Victoria to Princeton, the
other part of the line having been finished some time ago.

The Roanoke Yards

The tracking of the Roanoke yards is being pushed as rapidly as
possible, and in a short while will have been finished. Thursday over
four thousand feet of tracking was completed, thus showing the push
and get-up of the road management. There are busy scenes on this
section of the line as on all other sections.

One Train Per Day

It is stated that is takes one train a day to move the material to
the western front. The surfacing of the track along the line is about
completed to Beaver Dam Creek, east. No track can be laid in this
immediate section until the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company
completes the bridge over Beaver Creek, which is now in course of
construction. The completion of this work will consume about sixty
days, after which tracklaying will be rapidly pushed until the two
tracklaying forces meet, the one going east, the other west.
Material for the water tank at Fagg, a station twenty-five miles
west of Roanoke, was on yesterday shipped to that destination.

The Passenger Station

The passenger station of this road will be constructed between
Jefferson and Walnut streets, in the near future. It is stated on
reliable authority that passenger trains on this line will be run
through Roanoke about Christmas, probably before that time. This will
indeed, be a most substantial Christmas gift for the Magic City.

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- Ron Davis, Roger Link






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