NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 177, Issue 34

Tue Sep 24 15:29:49 EDT 2019

Ken, Maybe you 
Can answer this. What if anything, is happening with the Belt Line? Did VMT
take it over? Is any forward progress being made on It? I grew up in Wasena
One half block from it ..Just wondering.!! Ken Tanner (former Roanoker )
(Kid on a Hill Run ..Aubreys Calendar)

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   1. RE: Roundhouses in Roanoke - A Photo (NW Mailing List)
   2. RE: Roundhouses in Roanoke (NW Mailing List)

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Thx. Nice. Was it easy to get permission to be in the roundhouse? Were you
guided or allowed to roam?     John Garner

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Yea John, that visit would have been about 1956, I recall about 3 4-6-2s
sidelined outside the roundhouse and across the turntable was some new
looking Virginian motors black with a bright yellow stripes. I have given
the Arrow some poor quality b&w photos of the Pacifics but none have been
printed . Ron Hash

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Ron, Any particular memories stand out? Were the steamers still in storage
at that time?   John Garner

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I remember walking in the old Virginian roundhouse -- Ron Hash

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A sad sight Ken. Look forward to the Arrow article.

Abe, thanks for taking and sharing these photos with us. I?m sure it was all
gone in less than a week. Rare photos indeed.

So now we know Roanoke had 6 roundhouses for 14 years; 1920-1934. What a
busy place! Amazing.

John Garner

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John

Those photos will be in a future Arrow, but show the place being torn down.
Abe seems to recall it was August 1960, but could be anytime that summer.
The N&W had no use for the place, servicing was going to Shaffers Crossing
or the electrics to the Motor Barn.

Shaffers Crossing roundhouse was completed in 1920 according to the annual
report.

Here is Abe?s slide of the VGN roundhouse being demolished. Have to wait for
the Arrow in the future for the larger image! :)

Ken Miller

On Sep 19, 2019, at 4:45 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org
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Ken,

These dates you've given would seem to indicate that there were 6
roundhouses standing in Roanoke for ten years 1924-1934. From my memory I'm
thinking  Shaffers Crossing roundhouse was built in 1924. I've not looked up
to confirm however.
To my knowledge the remaining roundhouse in East End Shops is the last
original building of the Roanoke Machine Works. There was a portion of the
original RMW foundry standing (later became part of the Research Lab) until
a few years ago. It was attached to the east end of the Boiler Shop.

John Garner

P.S. Do Abe's slides show it being torn down or just abandoned. I haven't
seen them. Thx.

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John

The roundhouse for the VGN was taken down in summer 1960 as per Abe
Burnett?s slides. The two at 12th Street came down in 1934 just before year
end from a file I have somewhere on them. The Shaffer Crossing one stood
until about 1982, the passenger car one at Roanoke Shops is still standing,
the one at the Shops turntable was still there, late steam era, like 1957,
but I don?t know exactly when it was taken down.

Best
Ken Mller

On Sep 19, 2019, at 9:58 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org
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For general interest.

Portion of a Roanoke map c.1930 by Sone Printing Co.

For a relatively small city . . . six roundhouses are shown standing 
at that particular time. Not sure for how many years that was true. Ten at
most?

John Garner, Newport VA

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