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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.<div><br></div><div>However, at the Bluefield Train Show in November 2005, in regard to his own books, Dixon stated to me and my future wife: <div><br></div><div>"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."</div><div><br></div><div>I was appalled. That is a direct quote, not paraphrased or extracted from an entire conversation as the media is prone to do.</div><div><br></div><div>Ken Miller</div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 27, 2009, at 6:45 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Stephen Rineair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><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 [<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 ?<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">No excursion service only.<br> <br> John Rhodes<o:p></o:p></p> <div><p class="MsoNormal">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> <div> <div><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><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span 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><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Stephen Rineair</span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><br> ________________________________________<br> <a href="mailto:NW-Modeling-List@nwhs.org">NW-Modeling-List@nwhs.org</a><br> To change your subscription go to<br> <a href="http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-modeling-list" target="_blank">http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-modeling-list</a><br> Browse the NW-Modeling-List archives at<br> <a href="http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-modeling-list/" target="_blank">http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-modeling-list/</a><o:p></o:p></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:NW-Modeling-List@nwhs.org">NW-Modeling-List@nwhs.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To change your subscription go to</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-modeling-list">http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-modeling-list</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Browse the NW-Modeling-List archives at</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-modeling-list/">http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-modeling-list/</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>