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This consist of coal includes some hoppers from the Virginia Railway, which had been acquired by N&W in 1959.

This is the view across the flat yard at Norfolk, Virginia. Hoppers would wait in the yard to be emptied.

Diesel Engine No. 322 pulls a consist of coal through Virginia. The switch to diesel was difficult for N&W given its commercial investment in coal.

Loaded coal cars awaiting shipment from an N&W coal tipple. Note the different grades of coal being loaded. During World War II, the United States Navy almost exclusively used N&W coal for its Atlantic fleet.