We knew it was coming
I agree with you on that and when the merger happened Claytor was an NW man so I can see that. Goode was also an NW man but then came Moorman who was true Southern and Squires well he’s a true lawyer yes so we’re Claytor and Goode but they were also RR men.
As for Roanoke your also correct but I would think being a north/south as well as a East / west route it could be used better
It would not surprise me to see south yard be gone next. That’s prime real estate and I know Va tech and the hospital would grab it up
Gary
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> > I think your right as far as locomotives and
> > traffic but I doubt the shops will ever reopen.
> > Anything that has NW on it will be in history
> > books. When NS came about it became a southern
> > RR IMHO. Moorman was a Southern man and I know
> > Conrail lost a lot of jobs I’m the merger but
> I
> > think NW has lost more.
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> > Gary
> >
> And there were about 10,000 Southern employees
> that felt like the N&W took over. Remember NS
> closed Pegram Shop and the Motor Shop in
> Atlanta, Coster Car Shop in Knoxville, and Hayne
> Car Shop in Spartanburg SC. About 10 years after
> the merger I recall one manager commenting that
> when something new was announced you would hear
> the guys down south saying "we're going the NW
> way", at the same time you talked to guys up north
> they would say "we're going the SOU way" and
> actually was was being done was totally different
> from either, it was the"NS way".
> One of Roanoke's problem is as the realtors say
> "location, location, location. It made sense when
> a large part of the locomotive fleet was being
> used to haul coal through Roanoke, but now Altoona
> and Chattanooga are closer to where the busy
> traffic is.
> One question that I have is they are talking about
> just East End Shops, and not the locomotive shop
> at Shaffer's Crossing?
> Charlie
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> > > I can sympathize with the loss or relocation
> of
> > > jobs. It sucks.
> > >
> > > However it's obvious that traffic volumes are
> > down
> > > and engines are parked / stored. Can't
> > justify
> > > keeping two shops running when one can do the
> > > combined work.
> > >
> > > And the infrastructure is still there to
> allow
> > a
> > > re-opening if volumes pick up.
> >
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