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How long has N&W serviced the Ford plant in Norfolk? Since the steam era?

Sincerely,
Joseph Congemi

> On Sep 16, 2021, at 17:29, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>  I once saw several box cars on the end of the Arrow at Christiansburg on a Sunday evening about 1967. I suspect  they were for the Ford plant. I was surprised by the box cars, as well as a train of about 7 passenger cars.
> 
>     Ray Smoot
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>>> On Sep 16, 2021, at 7:40 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>> 
>> Harry
>> 
>> I have seen a special train with two units perhaps 3 cars and a caboose passing the station headed to the Ford plant .  I would guess that was more power than necessary.  Must have been insurance for a potential mechanical power break down on a hot train. That train could make Norfolk in less time than the Arrow.
>> 
>> Jim Blackstock
>> 
>>> On 9/16/2021 4:43 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List wrote:
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>>> 
>>>  The story was that it was a hot load of something-or-other paint destined to the Ford plant at Norfolk.  
>>> 
>>> Ford scheduled arrival of auto parts at its Norfolk plant with little leeway for delays. A car might
>>> be bad-ordered en route and failure to arrive as scheduled might lead to the plant shutting down, say
>>> for lack of engine blocks.  Known as "shut-down cars", they were frequently handled on the rear
>>> of No. 4.  Revenue on auto parts cars exceeded revenue on finished automobiles.  Harry Bundy
>>> 
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