1957 NRHS Convention Scenes

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That was splendid!

Jerry Kay, Portsmouth, VA

On 12/9/12, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> The very last slide says, "An Art Wheeler Production, December,  2010".

>

> Dave Phelps

>

>

> In a message dated 12/9/2012 12:10:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

>

> Sorry to those who get this twice, but there is information of  interest to

>

> both sides of the house. A friend on another railroad list posted  this

> PowerPoint presentation back in January and I just ran across it stashed  in

> a

> corner of my hard drive. It is a series of color photos taken at the 1957

> NRHS Convention, which was held Labor Day weekend in Roanoke. There are a

> number of photos of the display put on by the Virginian that show steam,

> diesel, and electric power. There are shots around the Roanoke passenger

> station, and shots from the various excursions on that weekend -- Roanoke to

>

> Matoka, WV, and back behind a VGN electric, Roanoke to Bluefield, and the

> trip

> up the Blacksburg Branch behind M-class steam. I'm not sure of the origin of

>

>  the PowerPoint (I can track it down if desired) but I'm surprised it

> hasn't  shown up on these lists. Enjoy!

>

> Bruce in  Blacksburg

>

> [Moderator note: Due to its size, the file has been  placed on the web site

>

> at _http://nwhs.org/qna/1957_NRHS_Convention.pps_

> (http://nwhs.org/qna/1957_NRHS_Convention.pps)   ]

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