This is a real punch in the gut to those of us who grew up in N&W families. N&W "built" Roanoke! Article
The bulk of these jobs are headed to Atlanta, the home of Southern. After how my father was treated following the merger, I couldn't imagine how I could have had a lower opinion of Southern RR executives. Until now.
Gilly 
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Gilly, I don't know when you were last in Roanoke, but their huge coal yard is now practically a ghost town. It is still a busy town for rail action, but nothing like it was even 10 years ago. A railroad or any other business cannot exist just to maintain jobs. The jobs have to go where the work is. Sad to say but true.
It totally stinks when anyone loses their job.
--Greg
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