Whence the name KUMIS?
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Have you looked at the meaning of KUMIS on Wikipedia? Possibly far-fetched
, but could there be a connection?
Louis Newton
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> While making no claim to insights about the name Kumis, I can offer that
> after forty years of living in Montgomery County, I have never heard the
> "locals" use the name, have never seen it in the newspaper, and never
> seen it
> on maps or road signs. The community near there is Lafayette. The name
> Kumis appears a railroad related name only.
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>
> Railroads often identified locations by railroad-related names e.g. Page,
> WV for W.N. Page.
> Or Adsit for VGN's Traffic Manager ? Plunkett for W. C. Plunkett, a
> barrister for the VGN ?
> Don't know that VGN ever had an officer named Kumis. Perhaps he was
> on VGN's Bored
> of Directors. Some railroad locations were identified by local
> industries, e.g. Mabrico on
> the Winston District for MAdison BRIck CO.. The "MI" in Kumis may have
> reference to a mine.
>
> Virginian apparently had the foresight not to name it La Fayette (as
> it appeared in early
> timetables). In repeating train orders, locations are pronounced
> then spelled. Kumis was
> certainly shorter (by four alphas). On the Southern, think how much
> time was spent spelling
> Charlottesville.
> Harry Bundy
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> "I'm a fan of the Blue!! ...
> Walter Gay"
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> Hey Walter,
> I absolutely have to turn my head as I can't look at that that pretty
> "French Blue" ALCO trying to hide its color in the VMT everytime I roll
> past there. Hee...hee...hee.
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> Jimmy
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>> I suspect that's why they're going with the green Southern scheme, rather
> than the tuxedo which I (and quite a few other folks) prefer.
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> The tuxedo scheme will be represented on the S&A unit.
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> On 2/23/2012 12:12 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>> > I suspect that's why they're going with the green Southern scheme,
>> rather than the tuxedo which I (and quite a few other folks) prefer.
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>> The tuxedo scheme will be represented on the S&A unit.
> And that's a shame, since the S&A had their own paint scheme which
> would look good on a modern engine. If it's going to be tuxedo, it
> ought to be Southern proper. Of course, that's just one man's opinion.
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> Ther is another railroad that NS has forgotten-Lehigh & New England
> Brad Clauser
> East Berlin Pa
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> Has anyone asked why the N&W unit will be blue instead of black?
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> I have heard some discussion that NS is trying to have a little more color
> in their locomotive fleet, instead of more black. I suspect that's why
> they're going with the green Southern scheme, rather than the tuxedo which
> I (and quite a few other folks) prefer.
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> For N&W, I'd rather see some tuscan to match the business cars. And
> ANYTHING other than another Conrail blue engine!
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> French Blue??? I thought it was closer to Petty Blue... wonder what a
> white
> 43 would look like on the side. And for the record, I am a fan of the blue
> period as well. I do like the Tuscan too.
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> Thanks,
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> Richard D. Shell
> Troutville, VA
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> In a message dated 2/23/2012 1:13:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:
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> "I'm a fan of the Blue!! ...
> Walter Gay"
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> Hey Walter,
> I absolutely have to turn my head as I can't look at that that pretty
> "French Blue" ALCO trying to hide its color in the VMT everytime I roll
> past there. Hee...hee...hee.
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> Jimmy
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> Tom
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> I agree with you. Steam era lettering and numbers nothing finer
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> Larry Evans
> Kenova, WV
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> Can't beat the original black with the script herald!!! Classic!
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> Tom Bosquet
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> In a message dated 2/23/2012 10:36:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:
> I'm a fan of the Blue!! I started railfanning during the blue period!!
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> Walter Gay
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> On Feb 23, 2012, at 10:12 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
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> Jimmy,
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> You touched a nerve with me there. I tried desperately to get VMT to
> use the correct color. I gave them the numbers right off the blueprints
> and they still used the wrong color. If NS paints it I believe it will be
> correct.
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> Thanks,
>
> Richard D. Shell
> Troutville, VA
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> In a message dated 2/23/2012 9:17:03 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:
> "It also gives some vague information on a
> handful of the schemes, such as N&W being blue."
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> Has anyone asked why the N&W unit will be blue instead of black? I
> cringe at the thought that there could any chance that it could wind up
> looking like the C630 in the VMT.
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> Jimmy Lisle
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