"Roanoke Has New Coal Road"

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Tue Jan 6 09:57:48 EST 2009


Today I went to the Roanoke City Library and searched for the first
Virginian Railway "through train to Roanoke". The January 24, 1909 "The
Roanoke Times" front page has an article "Roanoke Has New Coal Road". This
article indicated that the previous day, January 23, 1909, Roanoke saw "the
first through train from Norfolk to the coal fields over the Virginian
railroad reached the Magic City. The train had aboard General Manager Depuy
and Chief Engineer Fernstorm. Soon after their arrival in the city the
officials left for Deepwater, W. Va. It was stated that the last touches
had just been given to the New River bridge the completion of which had
been =======(word not readable) for many months." Copy attached.

Skip Salmon



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