From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Mon Jan 18 07:49:00 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:49:00 -0500 Subject: Next weekend @ Chantilly, VA. Sat-Sun, January 23-24,2010 In-Reply-To: <613792.88874.qm@web113808.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <613792.88874.qm@web113808.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <540e48701001180449u60c0c521tb04fa74e62711cc2@mail.gmail.com> Next weekend is IT for the DC-Baltimore-Northern & Central Virginia region for train shows. The place to be will be the World's GREATEST Hobby Show on tour and it will be at the Dulles Expo Center, off Willard Rd and Rt.28, about 6 miles east of Dulles Airport. This is a show UNLIKE any other train show you have ever been to; professionally setup with draped booths, separated tables, highly advertised and many more things, too numerous to list here. The dealers are likely to be a mix of some of the "who's who" in the rail hobby industry along with many of the dealers who regularly participate at shows. What are you likely to find when you get there? Probably just about anything related to the railfan hobby; books and magazines - both in and out of print, models and layouts of many different gauges and loads of goodies for the kids, especially Thomas the Tank Engine and related items. Want to know more about the show? here's their weblink: http://www.wghshow.com/showinfo.htm which should answer just about ANY question you'll have. The hours are 10-6 Saturday and 10-5 Sunday with a family admission rate I am sure or $10/person. Make sure you arrive EARLY for the crowds are expected to be significant and parking, while plentiful for regular events will likely be an issue before day's end. However, it WILL be worth it. A number of historical societies WILL be in attendence including the N&W HS plus Carstens and Kalmbach as well as Athearn, Walthers and who knows how many more. See you there. Bob Cohen From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Mon Jan 18 08:17:41 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:17:41 -0500 Subject: Engineers and Locomotives Message-ID: <7512CA1B-D507-49DF-ADA2-8B9F013BEB8D@earthlink.net> Good Morning Folks, One thing I joined the society for was to find references to the way engineers used their locomotives. I know from many train films how engineers work the throttles back and forth when starting out, and the blasts of sand, but I really want to know how N&W engineers tweaked the settings while they dragged coal over Blue Ridge. At what point did the Y's get switched to compound? Did they alter the reverse settings much? How did the various engines ride? I know the A's and J's ride nice, and the M2's and K3's didn't. How did the Y3's ride? Did the Z's squirm on the rails? I am trying to portray my mid 1930's N&W with prototypical performance from the engines. Knowing the personalities of the engines is an important part of the historical record of the Norfolk & Western in light of the amazing locomotives they developed and used. Mark Lindsey y3a at earthlink.net From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Mon Jan 18 21:41:23 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:41:23 -0500 Subject: Exact Dates of Emblems Message-ID: <20100119024133.QWKC22110.eastrmmtao104.cox.net@eastrmimpo03.cox.net> Hey Everyone! Your help is greatly needed! I am modeling the N&W Pocahontas division in HO for my model railroad. I want to model the transition era (such a great time to model with the peak of N&W Steam technology) but I need to know a basic fact that I am having trouble finding. I am pretty sure the N&W Switched to the Blue and Yellow paint scheme after the merger in 1965. However, I was wondering was it at this time that they switched from the script style circle emblem seen on the N&W HS emblem to the more simplified circle with the half circle areas filled in? I need to know so I can have the correct paint schemed early diesels doing the dirty work next to the steam engines. Thank you so much if you can help me out!!! Logan Greene From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Mon Jan 18 20:39:12 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:39:12 -0500 Subject: N&W in 1910--Retrenchment Message-ID: <3779D40B3C2A42C7BEF700A4E55C6343@DellVostro> Bluefield Daily Telegraph August 11, 1910 RETRENCHMENT POLICY ON THE CLINCH VALLEY ------ Norfolk and Western Reducing Expenses by Cutting Down Force at Number of Telegraph Offices Following the retrenchment inaugurated some time ago the Norfolk and Western has issued notices stating that the following telegraph offices will be closed during the following hours: Tazewell, closed between 5:30 and 10 p. m., and between 7 and 8:30 a.m. Richlands, closed between 6 and 11 p.m., and 8 and 9 a.m. Finney, closed between 6 and 8 p.m., and 5 and 8 a.m. Coeburn, closed between 5 and 11 p. m. All these offices are located on the Clinch Valley division and the order takes effect on the 10th of the month. Commencing the first of last month hours were shortened at Thacker, Lindsey and other points. The bringing to the division of Mallet engines with their ability to carry larger loads has also reduced to a large extent operating expenses, and other expenses will feel a relief as the large engines do not use as much coal proportionately to the load they carry as did the smaller ones. Double track in many places has reduced the expenses, and the long waits in the Bluefield yard, at Bluestone and Flat Top, as well as many waits on the Elkhorn, have been done away with altogether. It used to be that train crews could make a day while standing at a siding waiting for orders, but now it is a rare thing, except in a case of a wreck, where crews are allowed to make a wait of even an hour without someone getting a jacking up from the head offices. These savings will be further increased when the double track on the lower end of the road is completed and the additional saving which is being made on other divisions as well as the Pocahontas will help to increase the net earnings of the road by decreasing expenses. ------ Gordon Hamilton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Tue Jan 19 21:02:10 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:02:10 -0500 Subject: N&W in 1910--Dispatchers furloughed Message-ID: <8F026E6161924498BDC70FFD6B2AD43C@DellVostro> Bluefield Daily Telegraph August 11, 1910 DISPATCHERS LAID OFF ------ Telegraphic Force at Portsmouth and on Scioto Division Reduced Portsmouth (Ohio) Times: The retrenchment policy of the Norfolk and Western has hit the division here and as a result the force of dispatchers has been reduced from six to five. Dispatcher Louie Schultz being laid off indefinitely. Schultz is now away on his vacation. Operators Simonton and S????*, who were located at the Etna yards at Ironton, were relieved from service by the Norfolk and Western yesterday. One man, Harry Calhoun, is retained on day service. [*This name was too indistinct on the microfilm to transcribe.] ----- Gordon Hamilton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Wed Jan 20 06:16:37 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:16:37 +0000 Subject: =?utf-8?b?UkU6TiZXIGluIDE5MTAtLURpc3BhdGNoZXJzIGZ1cmxvdWdoZWQ=?= Message-ID: <20100120112447.4861410A73B@mailwash32.pair.com> Please forgive my ignorance. Can you tell me was there an economic recession or worse a depression taking place at this time to cause the Norfolk & Western to furlough staff? The news item despite being 100 years old has painful echoes of today's railroad situation. Best regards to you all, Cameron Tyre locomotive engineer Largs, Ayr County, Scotland, United Kingdom Sent from my Norfolk Southern ThoroughbredBerry on O2-UK From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Wed Jan 20 09:16:16 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:16:16 -0500 Subject: N&W in 1910--Dispatchers furloughed References: <20100120112447.4861410A73B@mailwash32.pair.com> Message-ID: A bank panic started on Oct 22, 1907 which was largely eased by Nov 4, 1907, however it gave rise to a general depression that started around Dec 17, 1907 and lasted through 1908 and into 1909. Industries recovered in 1909 but were hit by another mild depression in 1910. Alex Schust ----- Original Message ----- From: "NW Mailing List" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:16 AM Subject: RE:N&W in 1910--Dispatchers furloughed > Please forgive my ignorance. Can you tell me was there an economic > recession or worse a depression taking place at this time to cause the > Norfolk & Western to furlough staff? > > The news item despite being 100 years old has painful echoes of today's > railroad situation. > > Best regards to you all, > > Cameron Tyre > locomotive engineer > > Largs, > Ayr County, > Scotland, > United Kingdom > > Sent from my Norfolk Southern ThoroughbredBerry on O2-UK > ________________________________________ > NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org > To change your subscription go to > http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list > Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at > http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/ From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Wed Jan 20 11:49:20 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:49:20 -0500 Subject: N&W in 1910--Accident prone Message-ID: <6F4AC9E309554DD292C978024A91B14B@DellVostro> Bluefield Daily Telegraph August 11, 1910 CORNER ON ACCIDENTS ------ Norfolk and Western Brakeman Has All Kinds of Distressing Things to Happen to Him Nick DeLantell*, Norfolk and Western brakeman, met with a peculiar accident near Eastwood, Ohio. He was making a coupling when, in some manner, a torpedo exploded, striking him in the right arm and severing the main artery. He was knocked down by the force of the explosion and blood was running from the jagged wound in a stream. Trainmen hurried to his assistance and succeeded in partially stemming the flow of blood, until the arrival of a physician who dressed the wound. DeLantell* has been very unfortunate since taking employment with the Norfolk and Western. Not long since he fell from a bridge and both arms were broken. Since then two of his ribs have been fractured.--Portsmouth Times [*This name was indistinct on the microfilm. The best interpretation is shown.] ------ Gordon Hamilton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Wed Jan 20 15:25:39 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:25:39 -0500 Subject: N&W in 1910--Accident prone In-Reply-To: <6F4AC9E309554DD292C978024A91B14B@DellVostro> References: <6F4AC9E309554DD292C978024A91B14B@DellVostro> Message-ID: Eastwood is, of course, the location of a passing siding and a team track east of Williamsburg, Ohio on the Peavine. Gary Rolih _____ From: nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org] On Behalf Of NW Mailing List Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 11:49 AM To: 3N&W Mailing List Subject: N&W in 1910--Accident prone Bluefield Daily Telegraph August 11, 1910 CORNER ON ACCIDENTS ------ Norfolk and Western Brakeman Has All Kinds of Distressing Things to Happen to Him Nick DeLantell*, Norfolk and Western brakeman, met with a peculiar accident near Eastwood, Ohio. He was making a coupling when, in some manner, a torpedo exploded, striking him in the right arm and severing the main artery. He was knocked down by the force of the explosion and blood was running from the jagged wound in a stream. Trainmen hurried to his assistance and succeeded in partially stemming the flow of blood, until the arrival of a physician who dressed the wound. DeLantell* has been very unfortunate since taking employment with the Norfolk and Western. Not long since he fell from a bridge and both arms were broken. Since then two of his ribs have been fractured.--Portsmouth Times [*This name was indistinct on the microfilm. The best interpretation is shown.] ------ Gordon Hamilton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Thu Jan 21 11:06:14 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:06:14 -0500 Subject: "Taking Twenty" with the Virginian Brethren Message-ID: <4B587B76.5060400@vt.edu> Last night I had the pleasure of "Takin' Twenty with ten of the Brethren and Friends of the Virginian Railway. We signed a "Get Well" card for retired Clerk Ronnie Victory, son of our beloved Tom "Cornbread" Victory. Ronnie is recovering from back surgery and is now coping with the gout. The ebay report this time includes: VGN 1935 Stock Certificate $19.99; EL-2B #126 slide $20.05; Photo taken 8-3-54 of VGN Business Car parked at the Roanoke N&W Storehouse $16.05; and Lloyd Lewis'"The Virginian Era" for $24.95. From this Monday's "Roanoke Times" under the "Fifty years ago today" was: "Roanoke has 102 new workers--and their families--because of the Norfolk and Western-Virginian Railway merger". I reported to the Brethren from the Norfolk Southern news release that NS is matching any employee gift of $25 or more through the American Red Cross for Haiti earthquake relief. Also NS is donating inter modal transportation for 10 containers (43,000 pounds each) of relief supplies. I passed around two photos off the "Old Roanoke" web site of an intersection in Roanoke during the forties to see if the Brethren remembered the location. One was of a small Pure Oil Service Station and the other showed Garland's Drug Store and a Roanoke street car. Raymond East right away identified the location as Jefferson Street and Walnut Ave. just one block north of the VGN Passenger Station. This prompted Rufus Wingfield to remember when he was a call boy going to crew members homes and boarding houses, within one and one-half mile from the Yard Office, to actually physically wake them, or tell them that they were called for Virginian trains. He said that he purchased, on his own and not re-imbursed by the VGN, a street car pass to help him with these trips. This week's jewel from the past, just like one in Landon Gregory's 23 jewel Hamilton B. W. Raymond "Over and Under", is from Tom "Cornbread" Victory on April 15, 2004: "I remember a train of cattle cars coming into the Virginian's Roanoke Yard, that had one car with a special section in the end for a 'drover', who actually lived on the train with the cattle, and took care of them". Hogger Raymond East was asked by Wis Sowder if he ever hand-fired a steam yard engine. I immediately asked Raymond to respond by telling about firing the SA 0-8-0 #4 in Suffolk for two weeks, while the regular fireman was on vacation. The #4 is the last remaining VGN steam engine left, and it is on display in the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. Raymond told of firing this special engine with a "short-handled shovel". The #4 is also highlighted on page 123 of H. Reid's "The Virginian Railway". I showed the Brethren a RailPictures.net Nikos Kavoori 12-10-09 photo in Graniteville, SC of NS train 155 near the same switch that was involved in the 1-6-05 wreck that took the lives of 9 and shut down a mill that employed most of the town. To see the photo go to http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=310750 The discussion turned to food. Ruf and Wis Sowder remembered, as lads, raising hogs and smoking hams in their smokehouses. Wis recalled "eating a lot of fatback but not much ham", since they sold them at the farmer's market. Ruf said that when a favorite uncle of his would come for a visit, he would bring a roll of bologna which was a family hit. I told the Brethren that until I was about 13, I didn't know that a chicken had any other parts to eat other than a neck or gizzard. Time to pull the pin on this one! Departing Now from V248, Skip Salmon From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Thu Jan 21 18:29:27 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:29:27 -0500 Subject: "Takin' Twenty" Correction Message-ID: <4B58E357.6030306@vt.edu> A 23 jewel B. W. Raymond "Over and Under" is an Elgin gold watch. Skip Salmon From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Fri Jan 22 11:43:06 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:43:06 -0500 Subject: N&W in 1910--New equipment Message-ID: Bluefield Daily Telegraph August 11, 1910 STEEL EQUIPMENT ------ Norfolk and Western Fast Trains Must Come up to Pennsylvania Requirements Roanoke Times: When the Hudson river tubes of the Pennsylvania are opened next month giving an all rail entrance into New York, a new order of things in construction of trains will have taken place. After the formal opening no trains will be allowed to enter the tubes unless they are constructed of steel throughout and are hauled by electrically propelled engines. This will require new equipment for every train entering the metropolis. For months the Pennsylvania and the Pullman company have been preparing for the new order and they are ready to run solid trains of steel coaches, baggage cars and Pullmans. The Norfolk and Western will enter New York through the tubes. For the present but two trains will be constructed to meet the requirements of the Pennsylvania. They are the Memphis special [sic] and the Washington and Chattanooga vestibule, commonly known as "41" and "42." Over a year ago steel equipment was ordered for these trains and it is now ready and will be in use when the tubes are opened. L. E. Johnson, president of the Norfolk and Western, is having a steel private car built for use when traveling to New York. It is to be one of the handsomest in the east, and a model for others. It is only a matter of time when all of the private cars of the Norfolk and Western officials will be so constructed, as the tubes after piercing Manhattan island will continue under the East River and on to Boston and New England cities. Under the plans of the Pennsylvania the point of landing of the big ocean liners will be the end of Long Island, and from there passengers will be taken, without a change of cars, to any point, even so far as San Francisco. [N&W MP Dept. Data Book No. I from the 1950's shows Class XO Business Car No. 100 built 1911 at a cost of $38,162.55 by Pullman. Could this have been the car mentioned above as being built for President L. E. Johnson (not President Lyndon Johnson--he came later!)?] ------ Gordon Hamilton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Sat Jan 23 11:57:13 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:57:13 -0500 Subject: N&W in 1910--Passenger scare Message-ID: <1347A05732214C98A8F6F3AFE3A11B57@DellVostro> Bluefield Daily Telegraph August 12, 1910 IN CITY AND COALFIELD ------ Passengers Given a Scare Train No. 2, when pulling into Northfork yesterday, had a draw head [sic] pulled out from one of the coaches and a number of passengers who were standing on the platform of the car narrowly escaped injury. The passengers had come out on the platform so as to leave the car in a hurry and were given a terrible scare when the crunching of the wood and iron announced the letting go of the drawhead [sic]. The car was set out and will be repaired. ------ Gordon Hamilton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Sat Jan 23 20:32:38 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:32:38 -0800 (PST) Subject: N&W in 1910--Passenger scare In-Reply-To: <1347A05732214C98A8F6F3AFE3A11B57@DellVostro> Message-ID: <69342.40247.qm@web110804.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> anyone know howe long the class V-1 4-6-0s were in service? tony putnam? --- On Sat, 1/23/10, NW Mailing List wrote: From: NW Mailing List Subject: N&W in 1910--Passenger scare To: "3N&W Mailing List" Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 4:57 PM Bluefield Daily Telegraph August 12, 1910 ? IN CITY AND COALFIELD ------ Passengers Given a Scare ??? Train No. 2, when pulling into Northfork yesterday, had a draw head?[sic] pulled out from one of the coaches and a number of passengers who were standing on the platform of the car narrowly escaped injury.? The passengers had come out on the platform so as to leave the car in a hurry and were given a terrible scare when the crunching of the wood and iron announced the letting go of the drawhead?[sic].? The car was set out and will be repaired. ------ Gordon Hamilton -----Inline Attachment Follows----- ________________________________________ NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org To change your subscription go to http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Sat Jan 23 22:32:13 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:32:13 -0800 (PST) Subject: N&W in 1910--New equipment In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <827875.77784.qm@web30103.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:43:06 -0500 From: NW Mailing List Subject: N&W in 1910--New equipment Bluefield Daily Telegraph August 11, 1910 STEEL EQUIPMENT ------ Norfolk and Western Fast Trains Must Come up to Pennsylvania Requirements Roanoke Times: When the Hudson river tubes of the Pennsylvania are opened next month giving an all rail entrance into New York, a new order of things in construction of trains will have taken place. After the formal opening no trains will be allowed to enter the tubes unless they are constructed of steel throughout and are hauled by electrically propelled engines. This will require new equipment for every train entering the metropolis. For months the Pennsylvania and the Pullman company have been preparing for the new order and they are ready to run solid trains of steel coaches, baggage cars and Pullmans. The Norfolk and Western will enter New York through the tubes. For the present but two trains will be constructed to meet the requirements of the Pennsylvania. They are the Memphis special [sic] and the Washington and Chattanooga vestibule, commonly known as "41" and "42." Over a year ago steel equipment was ordered for these trains and it is now ready and will be in use when the tubes are opened. L. E. Johnson, president of the Norfolk and Western, is having a steel private car built for use when traveling to New York. It is to be one of the handsomest in the east, and a model for others. It is only a matter of time when all of the private cars of the Norfolk and Western officials will be so constructed, as the tubes after piercing Manhattan island will continue under the East River and on to Boston and New England cities. Under the plans of the Pennsylvania the point of landing of the big ocean liners will be the end of Long Island, and from there passengers will be taken, without a change of cars, to any point, even so far as San Francisco. [N&W MP Dept. Data Book No. I from the 1950's shows Class XO Business Car No. 100 built 1911 at a cost of $38,162.55 by Pullman. Could this have been the car mentioned above as being built for President L. E. Johnson (not President Lyndon Johnson--he came later!)?] ------ Gordon Hamilton January 23, 2010 Very helpful, Gordon. I suppose that the through Pullman car(s) on N&W trains 1 and 2 between Roanoke and New York were also steel. In that era, were Pullman cars free-running equipment so that they could have been assigned to any route selected by Pullman, or were they captive to particular trains and railoads. This move was the beginning of the end for wood-body passenger equipment on trunkline routes. Wooden Railway Post Office (RPO) cars were increasingly sandwiched between the locomotive and a steel passenger consist, making them particularly vunerable in head-end collsions when they collapsed under impact and frequently burned because of stoves and gas or oil lighting. A clause referred to as the "Steel Car Act" was included within the 1912 Post Office Department appropriations bill. Railroad companies were not eligible for mail transportation payments if a wooden RPO car was included in a primarily steel train consist. Frank Scheer f_scheer at yahoo.com From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Sun Jan 24 15:41:47 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:41:47 -0800 (PST) Subject: N&W menus Message-ID: <773956.95528.qm@web30106.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hello, all: Were scenes on N&W menus such as the one at eBay 120522232424 of real locations, or were these stylized artist renditions? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120522232424&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123 Thanks for the advice, Frank Scheer f_scheer at yahoo.com From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Sun Jan 24 15:05:15 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:05:15 -0500 Subject: As seen in Roanoke References: <000001ca8ede$b2568920$17039b60$@net> Message-ID: <4527B2CD81014477AEFA04490D2BF3EE@Jimmy> Can anyone tell me the disposition of these "named" units? Also seen was a COHX GP9. 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Where is Bira NC??? http://nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=5344 - Roger Link From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Sun Jan 24 19:09:17 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:09:17 -0500 Subject: N&W menus References: <773956.95528.qm@web30106.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Frank, It looks to me like it is a stylized painting of the Lewis (for lack of another word) Plantation at Lynnwood,Va. on the Roanoke District (MP H124.5). If you don't bid on it, I will. Jimmy Lisle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Sun Jan 24 19:23:15 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:23:15 -0500 Subject: Abingdon Branch Bira, NC In-Reply-To: <4B5CCF9B.5040902@vt.edu> References: <4B5CCF9B.5040902@vt.edu> Message-ID: <0KWS0053W11X3G71@vms173013.mailsrvcs.net> Roger This may be a spelling error. Bina is the best I can do. It was 7.7 miles from West Jefferson. Jim Blackstock At 05:54 PM 1/24/2010, you wrote: >Following URL is for a image of M #429 at Bira, NC on the Abingdon >branch. Couldn't find Bira on google, or google maps. Where is Bira NC??? > >http://nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=5344 > >- Roger Link >________________________________________ >NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org >To change your subscription go to >http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list >Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at >http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/ From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Sun Jan 24 19:23:47 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:23:47 -0500 Subject: Abingdon Branch Bira, NC References: <4B5CCF9B.5040902@vt.edu> Message-ID: <661E6E8DE9324C0EBA7E8E23C414F9EA@david9b433b3f4> Probably a misspelled notation. There is "Bina", NC just south of Lansing. David Lugar ----- Original Message ----- From: "NW Mailing List" To: "NW Mailing List" Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 5:54 PM Subject: Abingdon Branch Bira, NC > Following URL is for a image of M #429 at Bira, NC on the Abingdon branch. > Couldn't find Bira on google, or google maps. Where is Bira NC??? > > http://nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=5344 > > - Roger Link > ________________________________________ > NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org > To change your subscription go to > http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list > Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at > http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/ > From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Sun Jan 24 20:31:28 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:31:28 -0500 Subject: N&W menus References: <773956.95528.qm@web30106.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Frank, The picture on the front of this menu is of an existing home known as Lauderdale, located a little more than half way from Troutville on the way to Buchanan along US 11. Incidentally, it went onto the Register of Historic Places Oct. 31, 2007. I don't know about other menu scenes, but I suspect they were also real photos. Gordon Hamilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "NW Mailing List" To: "N&W Historical Society" Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 3:41 PM Subject: N&W menus > Hello, all: > > Were scenes on N&W menus such as the one at eBay 120522232424 of real > locations, or were these stylized artist renditions? > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120522232424&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123 > > Thanks for the advice, > > Frank Scheer > f_scheer at yahoo.com > ________________________________________ > NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org > To change your subscription go to > http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list > Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at > http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.730 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2642 - Release Date: 01/24/10 02:33:00 From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Sun Jan 24 20:41:45 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:41:45 -0500 Subject: Abingdon Branch Bina, NC In-Reply-To: <661E6E8DE9324C0EBA7E8E23C414F9EA@david9b433b3f4> References: <4B5CCF9B.5040902@vt.edu> <661E6E8DE9324C0EBA7E8E23C414F9EA@david9b433b3f4> Message-ID: <4B5CF6D9.5000103@vt.edu> Thanks David & Jim for the info. Database has been updated to Bina, NC. - Roger Link On 1/24/2010 7:23 PM, NW Mailing List wrote: > Probably a misspelled notation. There is "Bina", NC just south of Lansing. > > David Lugar > >> Following URL is for a image of M #429 at Bira, NC on the Abingdon >> branch. Couldn't find Bira on google, or google maps. Where is Bira NC??? >> >> http://nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=5344 >> >> - Roger Link From nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Sun Jan 24 22:41:44 2010 From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org (NW Mailing List) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:41:44 -0500 Subject: N&W menus References: <773956.95528.qm@web30106.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1899993E1CAA40BF9E456320DBD87148@Jimmy> Good call Gordon. A picture can be seen on Google Earth. 13508 Lee Highway, Buchanan, VA 24066. Jimmy Lisle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: