10-05-2009, 03:40 PM
...that passenger service is a dead issue? On September 30, 2009, our local NBC affiliate reported there will be daily Amtrack service from Richmond to Washington DC. beginning December 15th. The local newspaper, (well sort of local,) also reported this. There is already an Amtrak from Lynchburg up the Northeast Corridor to Boston. Also, if the Richmond to DC route is successful, it is likely the service will be extended into Roanoke.
On a similar note, 100 years ago the Roanoke Times newspaper announced that the Roanoke Machine Works Shop, (later the Norfolk and Western Railway shops ,) would build "at once four thousand cars and twenty engines." The shops were constructed in 1882 and 1883.
We've come a long way, baby!!
On a similar note, 100 years ago the Roanoke Times newspaper announced that the Roanoke Machine Works Shop, (later the Norfolk and Western Railway shops ,) would build "at once four thousand cars and twenty engines." The shops were constructed in 1882 and 1883.
We've come a long way, baby!!
I only know what I know, and I don't understand very much of it, either.
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Motto: "Essayons"