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color:#1F497D'>I helped Dixon with some of the photos and proof-read his text a
couple of times to make corrections, but knew nothing of the cover painting
until I received the finished book. Robert West does good work, but obviously
worked from excursion 611 photos for the cover painting, and must have been in
a hurry, since the window arrangements on the passenger cars are not particularly
accurate either. This is not his best effort. Jim Nichols<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> nw-modeling-list-bounces@nwhs.org
[mailto:nw-modeling-list-bounces@nwhs.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>NW Modeling List<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 28, 2009 6:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> NW Modeling List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Double beam headlights ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I am not in the least surprised. Having worked for Dixon for
a number of years, I worked very hard to make sure things were correct in his
books on subjects that I knew something about, not at his expense, but my own
interest in getting it right in print.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>However, at the Bluefield Train Show in November 2005, in
regard to his own books, Dixon stated to me and my future wife: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>"The people who buy these books don't care if they are
right or not, or the photos look good, they only care if they have
photos."<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I was appalled. That is a direct quote, not paraphrased or
extracted from an entire conversation as the media is prone to do.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Ken Miller<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Dec 27, 2009, at 6:45 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>The reason I asked this question is that
on the front cover of Dixon’s new book that was just released is an
illustration of the N&W J 604 by Robert West with a double headlight.
It just strikes me funny that a book is printed about the history of the
N&W Powhatan Arrow and the cover isn’t historically correct.
Just an observation.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Stephen Rineair</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
nw-modeling-list-bounces@nwhs.org [<a
href="mailto:nw-modeling-list-bounces@nwhs.org">mailto:nw-modeling-list-bounces@nwhs.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>NW Modeling List<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 27, 2009 2:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NW Modeling List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Double beam headlights ?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>No
excursion service only.<br>
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John Rhodes<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On
Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 10:30 AM, NW Modeling List <<a
href="mailto:nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org">nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>I believe I know the answer to this
question, but there seems to always to be an exception to every rule.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Did the N&W steam, particularly the
J’s ever have a double beam headlight in the 50’s?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Stephen Rineair</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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