CTC Machines Left At Crewe

[NW Mailing List]

Harry,

There is a sad story about those CTC machines from the division office at
Crewe.  The museum kept  a couple of them.  The rest were left out in the
open beside the gym which was part of the by-then demolished RR YMCA.  I was
tempted more than once to put one of those in my truck, but I was afraid of
getting charged with theft.  One of the panels had the label  'To South
Roanoke' ; I remember exactly where that was in the almost complete circle
of machines (they had to leave a walkway in) that the west end dispatcher
sat amongst.  After the gym building was demolished, the machines were gone.
When I asked what happened to them, I was told that they were taken to the
landfill... 

William M (Bill) Mason 
wmmason at verizon.net

-----Original Message-----
From: nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org
[mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org] On Behalf Of
nw-mailing-list-request at nwhs.org
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 12:00 PM
To: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org
Subject: NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 105, Issue 47

Send NW-Mailing-List mailing list submissions to
	nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org

To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
	http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/nw-mailing-list
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
	nw-mailing-list-request at nwhs.org

You can reach the person managing the list at
	nw-mailing-list-owner at nwhs.org

When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than
"Re: Contents of NW-Mailing-List digest..."


When replying, please edit the Subject line so it reflects the topic you are
responding to.

Also delete the non-pertinent parts of the digest when replying to a
referenced post.

Your fellow list subscribers will appreciate it.



Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Surviving N&W Stations (NW Mailing List)
   2. Re: May 18, 1986- N&W 611: The Great Dismal Swamp Derailment
      Footage (NW Mailing List)
   3. Re: Crewe Station Was Demolished (NW Mailing List)


----------------------------------------------------------------------

Message: 1
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 12:30:17 -0500
From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Subject: Re: Surviving N&W Stations
To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Message-ID: <530CD329.2020301 at verizon.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"

It was still there when 750 was running in the old steam program. We went
down to ride behind
750 to Edenton NC on the Old NS. Got the green F7 set as a sub for the
cranky 750.
Tom Cosgrove

On 2/23/2014 9:05 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

>

> I have just been informed the new station at Lambert's Point still 

> exists, being used by NS as offices. The old station was torn down in 

> 1962, and served not only the N&W but also the Virginian and old 

> Norfolk Southern. The "street view" I saw of the new station on Google 

> Maps indicate the station shelters are intact.

> Lois J.Ponton

> N&W steam historian

>

>

> Sent from my Galaxy S?III

>

>

> -------- Original message --------

> From: NW Mailing List

> Date:02/23/2014 8:29 PM (GMT-05:00)

> To: NW Mailing List

> Subject: Bluefield Freight Station

>

> Google Maps shows the Bluefield Freight Station still standing, but 

> apparently converted into some kind of warehouse. There are no longer 

> any tracks leading to the old loading docks. But the brick portion 

> looks just the way I remember it.

>

> Jim Nichols

>

>

> ________________________________________

> 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/



--
Tom Cosgrove
Past Captain RBVFA Squad, EMT-B
N2VFK
SKYWARN Spotter LME002
Red Cross Disaster Volunteer since 1995

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/attachments/20140225/63ff
1063/attachment-0001.html>

------------------------------

Message: 2
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:46:42 -0500
From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Subject: Re: May 18, 1986- N&W 611: The Great Dismal Swamp Derailment
	Footage
To: "NW Mailing List" <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Message-ID: <95A70634A88640BC9A2C434D06A79000 at StudyComputer>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Anyone wanting the accident report in a PDF just send me a note

Larry Evans
Kenova, WV
lsevans at zoominternet.net

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: NW Mailing List
  To: NW Mailing List
  Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 3:51 PM
  Subject: FW: May 18, 1986- N&W 611: The Great Dismal Swamp Derailment
Footage


  For those of you that may be too young to remember this accident,
  This video courtesy of the NWHS Mailing List. I Googled this info about
this accident. According to Wikipedia this is the story. With Robert
Claytor, president of The Norfolk and Western, at the throttle of the N&W
J611 there was a massive derailment in the Great Dismal Swamp at milepost
N16. Milepost N16 is clearly shown in the video. It was coming from Norfolk,
Va. The date was Sunday May 18, 1986.  The Employee Appreciation passenger
train had nearly 1,000 employees and their families on board. Thankfully
there were no fatalities but the seriously injured were airlifted to nearby
hospitals in Norfolk for treatment. This video is 17.02 minutes long with no
sound. That's unfortunate since it would have been very interesting to hear
what was being said. Thankfully we do have the video. Thirteen of the
twenty-three passenger cars were derailed. I don't know which passenger cars
survived to ride the rails again. I'm sure that information is available .
After you view this vid  eo I'm sure that you'll have to agree that it was a
miracle that there were no fatalities! It proves that traveling by rail is
one of the safest modes of transportation! In September 1994, while
switching, there was another derailment in Lynchburg, Va. involving the
passenger cars of an excursion consist that the J611 was to pull the next
day. This damaged several cars causing a shortage and the consequent need
for more cars. Only one month later, the announcement was made that many had
expected after the Great Dismal Swamp derailment, NS executives terminated
the steam program. It appears that the N&W J611, the "Queen Of The Fleet"
will pull excursion trains again in the not too distant future due to the
current "Fire Up 611" campaign. If you have not made a contribution to this
campaign please consider doing so. More information can be found about this
at www.fireup611.org. In 2013 members of the Blue Ridge Chapter, NRHS made a
contribution to "Fire Up 611". We feel that i
 t was money well spent. Hopefully you will agree!           
  Norris Deyerle
  Blue Ridge Chapter, NRHS Chairman Of Virginia's Rail Heritage Region
Partners
  Lynchburg, Va. 


----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--


  ________________________________________
  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:
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/attachments/20140225/44b7
c2af/attachment-0001.htm>

------------------------------

Message: 3
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:15:34 -0500 (EST)
From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Subject: Re: Crewe Station Was Demolished
To: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org
Message-ID: <8D1011CBA90F4C7-1774-19FF at webmail-d137.sysops.aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"


 

 

 

Thanks for the correction, Bill.  As many times as I passed the museum en
route to North Carolina, it became a real puzzle as to why the museum didn't
stand as tall as the original depot. Now I know.

Most of the time, my attention was distracted to the fence between the
museum and the site of the old YMCA.  There were the traffic control
machines from the division office building left as a donation to the Town of
Crewe.  Last trip on U.S. 460, they were no longer there.  Perhaps someone
has rescued this piece of history from rusting in the weather.

One other unique building in Crewe that's no longer there is the Division
Superintendent's residence.  Guess it was a perk as one advanced up the
management ladder.  But I guess the one missing element that Crewe no longer
has isn't railroad-related -- a supermarket.  The Star (?) super store is
closed.  Ah, but Crewe does has an alphabet store (read
A.B.C.).                                 Harry Bundy

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/attachments/20140226/2789
e025/attachment-0001.html>

------------------------------

________________________________________
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/

End of NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 105, Issue 47
************************************************