<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Probably when labor unions demanded health and accident insurance which cost the railroad money. Ron H<BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 2/20/09, NW Mailing List <I><nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org><BR>Subject: RE: N&W and Virginian in 1909--Jobs, etc.<BR>To: "'NW Mailing List'" <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org><BR>Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 11:45 PM<BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It’s really hard to believe all of the accidents that happened to railway employees in the early 1900’s. I know that the N&W went on to win awards for safety, does anybody know when the N&W began to become more safety conscious and what were the driving reasons? Thanks.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>NW Mailing List<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, February 20, 2009 7:59 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> 3VGN Ry Yahoo Group; 2N&W Mailing List<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> N&W and Virginian in 1909--Jobs, etc.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>April 1, 1909</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Kyle Wheeler, brakeman on the Norfolk and Western work train which operates between Roanoke and Radford, had both legs cut off at Walton yesterday. He was taken to the Radford hospital. His condition is said to be serious.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">[<EM><I><FONT face="Times New Roman">I suspect that the Bluefielders who found employment with the Virginian were N&W employees who saw greener grass on the other side of the fence for whatever reason.</FONT></I></EM>]</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=6><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Gordon Hamilton</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV><PRE>________________________________________
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