2005 NWHS Convention Registration

Wed Apr 27 22:58:57 EDT 2005

Do we need to use the web forms, or will copies also be sent out in the mail?
Thanks
Marty Flick

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  Subject: 2005 NWHS Convention Registration

  The 2005 NWHS Convention will be held June 23-26 in Williamson, WV.

  Registration information for the 2005 NWHS Convention is now on the web site at

  http://www.nwhs.org/convention/2005Convention.pdf

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  The remote beauty of the Tug Fork River and those gorgeous West Virginia mountains are beckoning! It's convention time once again, and where better than where once A's, Y's, and J's tread daily... and where Norfolk Southern keeps things humming today! Just look at what we have planned!

  Thursday, June 23rd
  Our convention registration will open at the Williamson firehouse at noon. This is the same location that we used in our previous visit to Williamson. The firehouse is across the street from the former Williamson passenger station, 

  On Thursday evening, noted railfan photographer Everett Young will present a slide show on N&W and NS rail operations and mine runs in the Williamson area. Mr. Young is a resident of Pikeville, Kentucky and has co-authored Chesapeake & Ohio, Coal and Color, an illustrated book on C&O activities in the coal fields of West Virginia and Kentucky.

  Friday, June 24th
  Our first tour day will be busy day with events throughout the day. We will start with a tour of Akers Supply, the largest magnetite producer for the coal prep industry. Most coal has pyrite and rock associated with it. The pyrite, containing sulfur dioxide, and rock must be removed from the coal before it can be burned. Magnetite is a key ingredient in the separation process. The tour will then proceed to the Premium Energy surface mine for a tour of the operation for a contrasting view of mining from our 2000 convention tour. Mingo Logan Coal Company will host lunch for the touring members. The final stop of the day will be at the Twisted Gun Golf Course. This course was built as a mine reclamation project by Mingo Logan Coal Company, Premium Energy and the Pocahontas Land Development Company to showcase a championship golf course constructed amid beautiful terrain that normally would not allow such an expanse to be made. Relatively flat terrain is rare in the Tug Valley! Such projects provide economic opportunities and recreational space that otherwise would not be possible.

  Friday evening's event will be a barbeque at the Matewan Depot Replica next to the N&W mainline. The depot will be open for us to view the museum which tells the history of railroading and coal mining in the area. The replica was funded by NS and Massey Energy. N&WHS member Tim Hensley and Ken Miller of Salem, VA were key members of the restoration project. They provided their collective talents to make the depot an accurate depiction of a classic N&W country station and filled it with significant artifacts and photographs depicting the early era of coal mining in the Tug Valley. And now for a real treat! The Matewan Development Center and the City of Matewan will stage a re-enactment of the famous Matewan Massacre of the 1920 miner's strike depicting the shoot out between the local police and town residents and the agents of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency hired by the coal mine operators to evict striking miners living in company houses. The evening will close with music from Glen Simpson, a Mingo County native, a superb balladeer who carries on the mountain tradition of writing the songs and stories of the
  Tug Valley and central Appalachia about the country, its people, coal mining and railroading. Many years ago, he wrote The Ballad of the Powhatan Arrow!

  Saturday, June 25th
  Our first Saturday tour will take us to the Williamson Shops to view the old roundhouse and turntable that witnessed the turning of 611 during our last visit The shops still perform light repairs on coal cars, the mainstay of traffic in this important marshalling yard for coal traffic on the NS system.

  For those not wishing to go on the railroad related tour, the Williamson Historical Foundation has arrange a self-guided tour of "old grand homes" in downtown Williamson. These five homes are large homes built in the 1890's by the new entrepreneurs of early Williamson. They are all within easy walking distances from the firehouse. The WHF will provide historical information packages on each of the homes.

  On Saturday evening we will hold our annual Society banquet and socialize with our fellow members in the Brass Tree Restaurant at the Sycamore Inn. 

  Sunday, June 26th
  Before we leave, the Society will hold its annual business meeting at the Brass Tree at a buffet breakfast. Our Farewell Breakfast last year was a resounding success, so we're repeating it this year. Afterwards, the business meeting will describe the activities of your Society this year, the state of the Society and the activities planned for next year.

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