Two Questions related to Petersburg Va

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Thanks Jim Nichols, I remember as a young teenager when I had the chance
watching the switching move between ACL & N&W yard crews.

Herman Wilkins

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 10:15 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> This coach ran through to and from Washington. There was a fairly long
> layover in Richmond while waiting for an RF&P connecting train. I rode it
> northbound in the late summer of 1955. Since it was an N&W car, I think the
> RF&P coach that would show up on 15 and 16 was balancing per diem.
>
> Jim Nichols
>
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> On Thursday, August 17, 2017 6:04 AM, NW Mailing List <
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> During the 1950s at Petersburg I recall that N&W #3 carried a coach that
> was switched to the northbound ACL Short train. And the southbound ACL
> Short train carried a coach that was switched to #4.
>
> Help with the question: where was the final destination for the coach off
> of #3 and where did the coach originate that was switched to #4?
>
> Also, attached is a photo of an interlocking tower that appears to be once
> located at the west end of Broadway Yard in Petersburg. Anyone have any
> history of this tower, i.e. name, date built, date razed, etc.?
>
> Thanks,
> Herman Wilkins
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