Bill Shumate

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Bill was W. D. Shumate III (b.1945, d.2019). Jim, thanks for the 
recollections and I continue to much appreciate your eclectic collection 
of databases.

Grant Carpenter

On 7/11/2023 4:56 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>
> Grant
>
> Your VT Bill was the son of Red Shumate that was killed by the boiler 
> explosion of 2153 Dec. 1955.  My neighbor was the father of Red and 
> grandfather of Bill.
>
>
> Shumate, W. D. 	Radford 	Fireman 	3 	1 	1903
> Shumate, W. D. 	Radford 	Engineer 	5 	5 	1908
> Shumate, W. D., Jr. (Red) 	Radford 	Fireman 	2 	2 	1945
> Shumate, W. D., Jr. 	Radford 	Engineer 	
> 	
> 	?
>
>
> Jim B
>
> On 7/10/2023 9:21 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>> Jim,
>>
>> Starting as a student, I worked with Bill _Sh_umate, a computer 
>> systems engineer in the EE Dept at Va Tech. Learning of my interest 
>> in the N&W, he related the loss of his father as engineer on the 2153 
>> when it exploded in Wytheville on December 12, 1955.
>>
>> Grant Carpenter
>>
>> On 7/10/2023 5:52 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>>>
>>> Ray
>>>
>>> I assume it was on the river.  That was way before my time.  Not 
>>> sure when the line to Miles landing was eliminated.  It was still 
>>> listed in the list of Official stations in 1926.  I assume that 
>>> portion of the line was abandoned when the dam was built.
>>>
>>> If my memory or whats left is correct the Charter for the Radford 
>>> and Southern envisioned the line going all the way to Floyd County.  
>>> That would have been very interesting.
>>>
>>> I remember my first time I was near the branch.  My dad and Bill 
>>> Schumate a Bristol line engineer and neighbor liked to fish just 
>>> below the dam.  On several occasions when not in school I got to tag 
>>> along.  I can remember the road leading to the dam ran right next to 
>>> the quarry.   I got to see the Porter and steam crane at  work.   
>>> Later when I got my driver license went to the quarry one weekend 
>>> and got some photos of the locomotive and crane.  Not working but 
>>> still warm.
>>>
>>>  Jim B
>>>
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