Roanoke Passenger Station/A Thought

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Jimmy:

You probably could think of it as looking like a coal mine, but at the
time, I thought it was very modern. It had both enclosed stairways and
escalators. I don't remember any other escalators in Roanoke at the
time. If there were any, I don't believe any could have been as long as
the ones in the train station. My brother and I got "shooed" off the
escalators several times for trying to run up the down escalator.

What gauge are you planning to use for your modeling?

Ed Gorman

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        This week I was talking to a friend and mentioned to him my
desire 
to model the Roanoke Passenger Station. He asked what era and I said the

'50s, to which he replied that at that time it looked too much like a
coal 
mine. I didn't give that much thought until today when I got to thinking

about it and saw where he could come to that conclusion.
        What do you think? Did the Roanoke Station in the fifties remind

you of a coal mine? If so, do you think Lowey intended it that way given

the N&W's service to the coal industry?

Jimmy Lisle


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