. Railway and Locomotive Engineering . t. New York, September. 1913. No. 9 On the Norfolk S Western Railway The rapid growth of the Norfolk &Western Railway since its reorganizationin 1896 has been a matter of favorablecomment among railroad men generally,and the development of the rich countrythrough which the road passes is the bestproof that a strong, well-managed organi-zation is better calculated to become a miles, the most important of the branchesbeing that from Portsmouth to Cincin-nati. O. Apart from the main line, how-ever, and of growing importance is theline running from Hagerstown
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering . t. New York, September. 1913. No. 9 On the Norfolk S Western Railway The rapid growth of the Norfolk &Western Railway since its reorganizationin 1896 has been a matter of favorablecomment among railroad men generally,and the development of the rich countrythrough which the road passes is the bestproof that a strong, well-managed organi-zation is better calculated to become a miles, the most important of the branchesbeing that from Portsmouth to Cincin-nati. O. Apart from the main line, how-ever, and of growing importance is theline running from Hagerstown. Pa., toWinston-Salem, North Carolina, andwhich crosses the main line at Roanoke,Va. Of the dozen or more railroads now amounting to 43,974. In recent years thepassenger traffic has been increasingrapidly and 250 passenger cars of themost recent construction are in constantservice, 26 of which are of the combina-tion type, with additional 10 cars of themost approved dining type. Of mail andexpress cars there are 133. and recently. ,\:(.IlKNV ON TllK NOKK(.) fi matter of profit to the stockholders andalso afford better service to the generalpublic than a dozen of scattered branchesof railroads with limited facilities andlimited patronage. The main line reach-ing from Lamberts Point. Norfolk, Va.,to Columbus, Ohio, is 702 miles in length,with branches and spurs extendin^to 250 owned or operated by the company thegreater part are now double tracked,while the equipment is rapidly taking itsplace in the front rank of American rail-roads. There are now over miles of trackin operation, with locomotives inservice, with ^.tfiJal number of cars an instruction car has been added whichwill be followed by others, so that gen-erally speaking the rolling stock is beingkept abreast of the requirements of theservice. The principal shops for the general re-pairs of locomotives and cars arc locatedat R(jgi,ioke, Va., with additional extensive 306
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