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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">A few months ago I asked some questions
about the "Jawn Henry" turbine engine # 2300. It was recommended that I
read the "Rails Remembered" volume 4 by Mr. Louis Newton. I am so glad that I
followed that advice.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Mr. Newton, I felt as though I was standing,
looking over your shoulder while you so meticulously followed this project from
drawing stage, through erection, and through the experimental operation. Having
been a problem solving mechanical </FONT><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">engineer
myself, I can so appreciate you having kept a journal. Even more striking is the
sad story of the death of an era of time that some of us will never forget.
Example to quote the author from page 867, " I have often thought that the
instellation of air horns was the symbolic beginning of the end for steam power
on the Norfolk and Western". </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Mr. Newton, thank you sir for preserving
such a time.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Gene A.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Gloucester, Va.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>