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Norfolk & Western Railway Williamson Terminal 1953 By Vern French Soft Cover N&W
Model Railroading's Guide to The Norfolk and Western Railway Williamson Terminal 1953 By Vern French Soft Cover 128 Pages First edition, first printing 1992
CONTENTS
Chapter OneWilliamson - The Early Years5
Chapter TwoWorld War Ii Improvements At Williamson34
Chapter ThreeTraffic Control On The N&W44
Chapter FourTender Assignments For N&W Steam50
Chapter FiveN&W Passenger Service66
Chapter SixN&W Revenue Cars100
Chapter SevenN&W Tank Cars108
Chapter Eight N&W Cabooses During The Last Days Of Steam110
Chapter NineN&W Mow Trains: Mobile Assembly Lines114
Chapter TenWilliamson - The Beginning Of The End120
Chapter ElevenWilliamson - The Model 124
Vern French's decision to build an HO scale model of the Norfolk and Western's terminal at Williamson, WV, circa 1953, started him on a three-and-a half-year project of research and construction. His desire to capture a specific moment in history required him to research not only the facilities at Williamson and the surrounding area, but also to study the motive power and equipment of the Norfolk and Western Railway.
French chronicles the history and development of the Williamson terminal with photos, diagrams and text. With an eye toward the N&W equipment that would have been found in Williamson, he examines N&W steam power and tender assignments, passenger equipment and service, revenue and non-revenue freight equipment, cabooses and maintenance-of-way trains. A review of N&W's traffic-control system is also included.
After a final look at Williamson during the last days of steam and a brief glimpse of it in 1992 (100 years after the N&W first arrived there), French takes us on a visual tour of his re-creation of Williamson in miniature.
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