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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Ben</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I think it would have been very unusual for the N&W or VGN to actually run on street car tracks. But never say never. Of course car line crossings could be considered as using the same tracks at that point. We have a number of instances where the car line track and RR track were side by side.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">A few years ago I was doing some research on a small place named Cradock, VA. During WW1 the government started construction of a new community near Portsmouth, VA to provide housing for workers at the Norfolk Naval Ship yard. It was built along Paradise Creek and in 1960 annexed by the City of Portsmouth.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I had heard the VGN handled shipments of building material during construction of this new community. That is what got my interest in Cradock. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">VGN handled shipments via South Branch yard MP 7.4 to their industrial connection about about MP 7.9. This ran north in the same direction as the car line. In looking at various maps it could have been on the same track as used by the street car. I have never been able to find any information to actually prove this. The trolley line service ended in 1934. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">No date when the VGN ended service to Cradock. It had to be near the end of WW1 when the first phase of Building Cradock ended. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Jim Blackstock</div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 06:59:36 AM EST, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpbad93328yiv0269626855"><div><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:24px;" class="ydpbad93328yiv0269626855yahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr">Pretty much as the title says. I am trying to find out whether the N&W ever shared track with, owned or had a share in , a traction operation, such that you could see their diesels operating beside little steeplecab electrics, boxcabs, or streetcars and so forth.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Never seen anything, but you never know till you ask. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Cheers</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Ben Scanlon</div></div></div></div>________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:NW-Modeling-List@nwhs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NW-Modeling-List@nwhs.org</a><br>To change your subscription go to<br><a href="https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/options/nw-modeling-list" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/options/nw-modeling-list</a><br>Browse the NW-Modeling-List archives at<br><a href="https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-modeling-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-modeling-list/</a><br></div>
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