Dick Dunlap and Mike Irvin

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Mike Payne was the first Wabash operating supervisor to come to the old N&W 
after the merger.  He was sent to Portsmouth as Asst. RFE where I had the 
same job.  We became friends then and are friends now.  Shortly after he 
came to Portsmouth I was sent to Decatur, the first operating supervisor to 
go from the N&W to the old Wabash.  When I last saw him he was 
Superintendent at Decatur, but that was several years ago.

EdKing
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>

>>  Dr. Frank R. Scheer, Curator

>> Railway Mail Service Library, Inc

>>

>>> Mike Payne, Trainmaster on the Brooklyn District, had

>> a lot of character in my opinion.  He passed on at

>> least one promotion in order to stay at Decatur so his

>> deaf son could stay in school there.  It was rare in

>> the 1970s to see many railroad supervisors let their

>> family needs come before Mother N&W.

>

>

> Frank,

>

> Mike Payne came to Roanoke as Supt. Terminals in the mid-to-late 90's 

> until his retirement.  I think he's still in the area.  Good ole time 

> railroader.

>

> Jeff Sanders

>

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