Last Train 18

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Harry, I don’t believe that 5:30am time is correct. I don’t have timetables from back then handy (in the middle of what will end up being a 6+ month move and they’re with the moving company) but I recall in the months leading up to A-Day, 4 and 18 (and 3 and 17) were scheduled to be in Roanoke at the same time allowing connections between them.

-- Larry Stone
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> On Nov 21, 2022, at 14:04, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Reviewing the N&W document, I find that someone had penned in "#18", but the train was ID'ed as PASSENGER EXTRA EAST.  Pre-Amtrak times, No. 18 was scheduled to arrive Roanoke about 5:30 AM, but the train and engine crew Roanoke to Lynchburg wasn't called until 1:00 PM.  With the discontinuance of passenger service, I suspect N&W issued a new employee  timetable which eliminated scheduled passenger service.  Remember that Southern Railway elected NOT to join Amtrak.   Originally ID'ed as 2nd 4 Roanoke-Norfolk, this is the consist of PASSENGER EXTRA EAST -
> Conductor J. C. McKenney        Engineer D. P. Clark
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> On Duty 9:45 AM
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> Engs 516-501
> N&W 1401 Mail - Lynchburg
> N&W 1321 Mail - Norfolk
> N&W 1349 Mail - Norfolk
> N&W   101 Business Car - Norfolk  (Claytor Lake ?)
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> Harry Bundy
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