NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 117, Issue 5

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Regarding seeing high prices:

Just remember it takes not just ONE but TWO people who have to have that
image. Second) beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Three) If you think
$139 is high for slides ............ then you haven't chased many of them.
I have seen and heard of them going occasionally for multiples of that
number when two or more people "have to have it." The marketplace makes its
own rules, that's another fact of our capitalistic society. Look at some
postcards which also sometimes go for looney-tunes prices as well; several
hundred bucks a piece.

Haven't some of you occasionally really wanted something and gone that
extra mile (or hundred dollars) for "it?" It might not be for everyone or
just anyone, but those two people -- the ebay sellers must rejoice at those
occasional yummies which come along. Hallelujah for the free market
economy. Just think of the super rare timetable that you want, or that
specially perfectly weathered model or "perfect photo" location and then it
all comes into focus.

Bob Cohen

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>    1. Re: Original Slide Prices As of Late (NW Mailing List)
>    2. VGN bridge at Singer - II (NW Mailing List)
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> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 14:40:47 -0500
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> I agree those are crazy prices for a 35mm slide.  I watched one the other
> day for a Southern Big John hopper in experimental paint that sold for $139.
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> James Wall
> Rural Hall, NC
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> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 14:54:40 -0500
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> Subject: VGN bridge at Singer - II
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> Hope all of you are enjoying the New Year.  Daughter and three
> grandkids visiting
> today for Christmas II.  Nice way for us to extend the season.
>
> Short time ago, sent two photos of the bridge taken from ground level.
> Recently
> found aerial photos of the site on 'Roanoke Area Railfan Guide'.  Set #
> 3 has two
> photos which (to me) are better than the blown up USGS vertical views.
>
> First: looking north, good look at the track relationship; single track
> VGN passing
> at angle above the double track N&W.  Second: looking south, clearly
> shows the
> skewed truss and the 45 degree angle of crossing.
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> The two shots I mailed earlier give some idea of the size of the
> girders - they're
> heavy duty compared to other early 1900's bridges I have seen.
> Repeating the
> data someone provided in December:  bridge length 148'; truss height
> 28'; width
> 26' (widened because of the 6 degree curve).  From memory, the floor
> beams
> are between 6' and 7' deep.
>
> Doubt that I will visit the site again (reside in St. Peters MO).
> Reminder to all
> that the location was fully posted at the time of my visit.  Use
> extreme caution !
>
> Jerome Crosson - formerly NJ, now residing in Missouri.
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