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.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
Date
1954
Contributor
Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
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Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
N&W hoppers at a West Virginia coal tipple are loaded for their eastbound trip to Lamberts Point near Norfolk. In 1883, N&W moved nearly 106,000 tons of coal. A century later, N&W moved 75 million tons annually.
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unknown
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
Date
unknown
Contributor
Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
Rights
Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.