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No, Bruce all I have is word of mouth and a very fallible memory about what I might have been told yesterday, not to mention 20 years ago.

Sam

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  On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Sam wrote:

    Bruce,

    That's what I heard too.  I wasn't going to name names, but I think enough time has passed that it is almost ancient history.

  Yeah, 20 years ago is a pretty long time. Part of the issue is that the true fate of the Trainmaster, from my perspective, your perspective, other's perspective, is more rumor and "he said" than fact [unless you're holding out on us with paperwork and details :-) ].  Think of our counterparts in 2080 sifting through the NWHS archives, posting messages on whatever passes for the internet then, and trying to determine what happened to that Trainmaster -- much like we are doing now with N&W steam from the 1880s.  I suspect there are people in and around Roanoke (some perhaps still with the railroad, others retired) who know the true story behind the conversion of a historical artifact into a slug. If someone doesn't ferret out the truth now and document what really happened, then "us" in the future will be just as confused. So I really had no qualms about dropping a name into the conversation, in hopes that someone might come forward (or at least approach someone in the society) and say or provide an interoffice memo that explains what happened. Confidentiality may be requested, with the understanding that eventually the information will be revealed. It is the least we could do for future historians.

  Bruce in Blacksburg






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