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Hear, hear, Jeff!  I have followed and enjoyed your Peavine prowling for
years.
Jim Cochran

On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 9:16 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> I became an N&W fan in 1989 well after the 1982 merger.
>
> In 1995 we moved along the Cincinnati district. In 1996 I joined the NWHS.
>
> The only N&W power photos I have taken are GP35 #228 and the 611. I
> photograph every N&W freight car I can.
>
> I cannot tell the history of the Cincinnati district with N&W power since
> I did not begin documenting the line until 1995. The same reason why I
> could not tell the history of the Cincinnati Eastern because they did not
> exist in 1995. That doesn't mean I cannot write a story about the
> Cincinnati East, Ohio Northwestern, Cincinnati Portsmouth & Virginia, N&W,
> NS, Cincinnati East Terminal and so on because the name does not match the
> societies main focus.
>
> In 2003 the line was cut at the east end of Mt. Zion siding. The cut has
> moved several times since then and is now just west of milepost C-79.
>
> In 2014 the line was least to the Cincinnati East Terminal, CCET, which
> was changed to Cincinnati Eastern, the original name many years before the
> N&W acquired the line in 1901. Even that name had changed a couple of times.
>
> After the line was cut we had the most amazing variety of power on what
> was the Peavine, now a Pea Branch. I could write a story about a place and
> show a train, but it might have a Santa Fe war bonnet, a ConRail or even a
> locomotive from Alaska. If it takes modern equipment mixed in with old
> drawings and maps to tell the story, I do not see the issue with that.
>
> The Hillsboro branch was cut back to Mowrystown, then in the late 90's cut
> out all together. The wye in Sardinia is still there and being used a bit.
>
> Now some 21 plus years after the line was cut, the last 25 miles of the
> east end are up for rails to trails. More rail history lost and probably no
> chance of getting it back. With every piece of track removed that is
> history and industry removed from America.
>
> I have shared things with people I know about the Peavine they had no idea
> existed or how it was originally. This gets their interest going. Perhaps a
> free membership for them would keep them as members. I have paid for other
> memberships to try and attract new members.
>
> There is a lot of history to still be told. We just have to be smart in
> the way we tell it to attract other to become interested in it.
> Jeff OHIO Wood
>
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