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I became an NWHS member quite by accident after photographing NW # 228 in
1989 in Ohio. After getting the locomotives information from the society I
became more interested in the history of railroads and not just
photographing equipment. In late 1995 we moved a few miles south of the
Cincinnati district and this has been my main focus. Some years ago I
dropped my membership because it seemed like the society was treating
anything outside of the Virginia's like a red headed step child. Things
changed and I rejoined the NWHS. In 2017 I began a trek through the amazing
world of our archives collecting maps and drawings of the Cincinnati
district The Peavine. I have accumulated over 1000 drawings so far. This by
chance has expanded to Kenova, w. Virginia. As for adding the NS into the
fold? You cannot tell the NS story without telling the N&W story. What if
in 1959 the N&W and Virginian railroads had societies and when the merger
happened the two societies swore to never be part of each other. We
wouldn't have the magnificent one we have now. How many railroads did it
take to come together to form the N&W? Absolutely add NS into the fold.
When you tell an NS story throw some N&W, Virginian or what ever older
railroad that once existed there into the story. The younger generations
get something new they understand, and a history lesson on how it came to
be. Perhaps this will kick their curiosity into high gear and continue what
so many others in the past have dedicated so much to have what we have
today.

Jeff Ohio Wood #1871
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