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Chuck, I did not mean to be critical of the choice that the editorial  
board made, I think it is for the best, I just wanted to make sure  
members were aware of the situation.  Mr. EuDaly has done a great job  
as editor of the "Northwestern Lines", and I'm sure he does the same  
for all the other magazines.

As a child, our backyard faced the C&NW mainline, but sorry to say, I  
was too young to notice much.  When steam ended around the middle  
fifties I was just able to capture a little of their steam, and I  
also have known many who worked for the C&NW.  My interest in the N&W  
started in the late fifties, when, while in the military, I spent as  
many weekends as I could following the N&W with my Bolex and Nikon.

In reality, I should be a member of a B&O Society, because I spent  
over 25 years working for the B&O.C.T. at night, while I taught  
school during the day, but the C&NW and N&W are of more interest to me.

Ron Peisker


Ron,

The N&WHS has an editorial board that solicits and determines the   
content of
the Arrow and each is a member of the Society.  The list of  the  
members is
found on the bottom left of page two.  All are very  knowledgeable  
about the
N&W and each an accomplished author.  Rest  assured that the Society has
retained full control of how the Arrow looks  and what you will find  
between the
covers.

White River Productions does the graphics work, the publication, and
distribution of each magazine.  What we gain with Kevin and White  
River is  an
accomplished graphic artist who knows the technical aspects of  
putting a  magazine
such as ours together, someone who can provides economies of scale   
in the
publication (15 magazines), and someone who is very knowledgeable   
about railroads
and who is a huge railfan himself.

The N&WHS Board of Directors moved to have White River publish the   
Arrow for
reasons that Bill McClue, interim Editor, outlined on page 2 of the   
current
issue in "From the Interim Editor...".  Further questions should be   
directed
to Bill, who is the current publication chairman.  He can be   
contacted thru
the Society website at _www.nwhs.org_ (http://www.nwhs.org/) .

This issue contained 32 pages.  Future issues will contain  more. To  
help
prevent the Arrow from becoming a "generic rail  road society  
magazine", I invite
you and all members of the Society to  contribute.  Write up a short  
article
on something you know about and  submit it for inclusion in one of  
the future
issues.  We are always looking  for articles and other contributions  
from and
for our members.

Chuck Stewart
Member of N&WHS Board of Directors
Bahama, NC.
(The old Lynchburg and Durham Line)