Virginian Railroad in Virginia

How many loaded coal cars could a Virginian locomotive drag from the New River to Norfolk?

National Geographic story - length of coal train
Source: National Geographic Magazine1

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References

1. "America's Amazing Railway Traffic," National Geographic Magazine, April, 1923, from Railroad Extra http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/ngpg359.Html
(last checked March 21, 2004)


Railroads of Virginia
Geography of Virginia