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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt">Sadly, what is happening to most of the tunnels is a butchering of the portals—they look like a 5 year old with a chisel notched the tops to make a corner rather than make a nice smooth but higher surface.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I wrote to NS about what happened to the Roderfield tunnels and got something back about saving millions and coming in 8 months ahead of schedule—it’s a shame that railroading is a business…I do think they disrespected history when they could have done so much to preserve it.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt">Mike Shockley</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt">N&W Guyandotte Division (in HO Scale)</P></DIV></div><br>
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