"Battleships"

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But in 1911 there were no big gons to be referred to by that title.   Jim
Nichols

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This subject has been discussed before.

"Battleship" is not necessarily a railfan term.

"Battleships" were referred to in N&W Pocahontas Division timetables as 
early as 1911 under the subject  "FIGURES TO BE USED IN COMPUTING TONNAGE 
FOR CARS OF DIFFERENT CAPACITY AND LOADING."

When loaded with coal, "Battleships" were to be computed (estimated) to have

a gross weight of 78 tons per car; when  loaded with coke, at 67 tons per 
car.

Louis Newton

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at Hanging Rock, OH. It is of an 0-4-0 #2 named the? 

> "John Kyle." Anyone have any additional in> A friend of mine inquired

about a photo he has in his collection that is 

> labeled as being formation on this locomotive, 

> dates of operation or owner etc?

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> There is a siding near Hanging Rock that lead to a coal dealer. They might



> have had an 0-4-0 to move cars.

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> Larry S.

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> Subject: Christiansburg (Cambria) station

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> Hello, Ned:

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> Thanks for the article.  I stopped by in 2007 and met Mr. Dorsett.  They 

> constructed an apartment within the east end of the freight room.  He was 

> successful in having the structure added to the National Historic Register



> even though it is on Norfolk Southern leased land.

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> Happy holidays,

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> Frank

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> A look inside Christiansburg?s Cambria depot

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> The Dorsett family bought the train depot back in 1983, following a 

> 20-year period as a storage facility for local companies 0 Ratings | 104

> By Chris Whitley | Digital Journalist

> Published: November 24, 2009

> Updated: November 25, 2009

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> CHRISTIANSBURG - Originally this area was known as Bangs.  Then sometime 

> in the 1870?s it was changed to Ronald after a Civil War hero from 

> Blacksburg.  They they thought Ronald was not a good name for a town, and 

> named it Cambria.

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> Now a part of Christiansburg, Cambria is the home of a historic train 

> depot.  It was originally built in 1868, then converted from a passenger 

> station to a freight station in 1906.  Nearly all of the freight traffic 

> for Montgomery County and Floyd County came through the depot, according 

> to Megan Dorsett.

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> Her family bought the train depot back in 1983, following a 20-year period



> as a storage facility for local companies.  The Dorsetts turned the 

> renovation of the depot into a labor of love.

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> ?You do not do it for financial gain.  Nobody who does historical 

> preservation is making a lot of money off it,? Dorsett told me.  ?For my 

> parents, they bought it because my mother believed young parents should be



> able to bring their kids here and say, this is what a train station looked



> like,? Dorsett added.

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> The building still maintains much of teh original materials from more than



> a century ago.  On the wall, you?ll find grafitti left by former workers.

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> Today, the building serves as a work space for Dorsett Publication, a toy 

> store where the money raised helps buy paint for the building, and even a 

> home for Megan.

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> But perhaps its most important purpose, a Cambria Museum.

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> ?A history of a people who live in a place.  Tells the story of how a 

> place developed, on a base level,? Dorsett says.

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http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/article/a_look_inside_c
hristiansburg_cambria_depot/64515/

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