NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 121, Issue 54 John A Pilcher

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Al,

I asked a friend, John Pilcher Bradshaw, about his ancestor, John Alsop Pilcher, born 1868, and my friend said that this Pilcher came from Baldwin Locomotive Works to N&W about 1904 and became Mechanical Engineer N&W and that this Pilcher was involved in several money-making endeavors, including a farm near Covington.  So, indications are that the John Alsop Pilcher that you were inquiring about was the Mechanical Engineer of the N&W.

Gordon Hamilton

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  I found a Chf Engr Letter File no. 5097  label on Gala, Virginia, on the James just above Glen Wilton, noting a John A Pilcher wanted to purchase the depot and property in that area.  thiose files are stored in a FGE plug-door box car.  I have not idea what is in the file.  There was a long mine track and short C&O spur leading into the mountains near Gala back in the early 1900s.

  I was wondering if it was the same John Alsop Pitcher that was chief mech engineer for the N&W.

  Al Kresse



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  Larry, You figure any of the 1204 landed in Kentucky? Looks to be like about
  300-400 ft away. Didn't realize it was that close.



  John Garner
  Newport, VA



  On 2015-05-21 20:36, NW Mailing List wrote:
  > Lois
  > 
  > ?????You are correct it is the site where the 1204s boiler landed 
  > after the explosion. I worked Monday on
  > 
  > repairing a gas line just to the right of the picture . No sign that 
  > it ever happened . The signal base that
  > 
  > they ran by is still there and the telephone pole in front of the 
  > boiler you can find the butt of it sawed off level
  > 
  > in the grass
  > 
  > Larry Evans
  > 
  > Kenova, WV



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  Well at least we out here on the BNSF wear the somewhat less obtrusive 
  Orange vests. I used to not care for the orange ones until I started 
  working here, and realize that look a little more 'normal' then those 
  florescent green/yellow ones. Plus it seems like its easier to find 
  generic orange sweatshirts and t-shirts with the required reflective 
  stuff on them.



  Nathan



  On 5/23/2015 06:13, NW Mailing List wrote:
  > To add to what Larry said, railfans also wear safety vests so some 
  > loon won't call them in as a terrorist because they are taking 
  > pictures! They also help when you're out alone trying to get the 
  > perfect photo and a hunter is trying to get the perfect doe or turkey. 
  > And, railroad employees may see you as a friend and not foe. I keep 
  > one with me! Times have changed.
  > Charlie Long
  >
  > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 5:24 PM, NW Mailing List 
  > <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
  >
  >     You could never do away with those . That?s really the only thing
  >     keeping us who work outside or around equipment
  >
  >     safe. Every grocery store bag boy , utility worker , railroader ,
  >     construction worker must wear one. It?s sort of like wearing
  >
  >     a condom during sex it protects you from everything. They do have
  >     their place put are really over emphasized. You can?t
  >
  >     go down a street anywhere and not see one. Some Railfans love them
  >     they like to wear them when chasing makes them
  >
  >     feel more like their part of what?s happening . Now that I pointed
  >     his out you will start laughing when you start noticing
  >
  >     how many are out their
  >
  >     Larry Evans
  >
  >     Kenova, WV
  >
  >     *From:*NW-Mailing-List [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org
  >     <mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org>] *On Behalf Of *NW
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  >     *Sent:* Friday, May 22, 2015 3:11 PM
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  >     *Subject:* New look
  >
  >     With all the comments about the authenticity of the refurbished
  >     611 one very obvious 21st Century visual in the current test
  >     run videos is the dayglow vests worn by the crew and support
  >     staff. No suggestion as to their elimination intended.
  >
  >     Mike Pierry, Jr.
  >
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  He will be missed greatly.? We had discussions on C&O versus N&W coal cars many a time . . . via e-mail.? Who lead who at a specific time. 
  ? 
  Al Kresse 



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  Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 14:45:39 -0400 
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  Subject: RE: Ex Wabash Bluebird Question? 
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  Jim Nichols book, "Norfolk and Western Color Guide to Freight and Passenger 
  Equipment", has pictures of the 1611, 1612, and 1613 in N&W blue. 



  Skip Sledge 
  Have a nice day - it is much better than a bad one! 




  Does anyone know if re-lettered the ex/ Wabash Blue Bird 
  Dome/Coach/Observation in the Norfolk and Western scheme? 
  Stephen Rineair 







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  Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 16:54:35 -0400 
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  Subject: RE: Just for fun 
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  Eric 



  Google Maps ? ?37.743738, -82.332218 ?should put you right on it. 



  Larry Evans 







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  Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 10:07 AM 
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  Can you provide the exact coordinates for viewing the area via Google Maps, etc...? 
  thanks 
  Eric Raitch 
  Gainesville, Va 



  On 2015-05-21 20:36, NW Mailing List wrote: 
  > Lois 
  > 
  > ? ? ?You are correct it is the site where the 1204s boiler landed 
  > after the explosion. I worked Monday on 
  > 
  > repairing a gas line just to the right of the picture . No sign that 
  > it ever happened . The signal base that 
  > 
  > they ran by is still there and the telephone pole in front of the 
  > boiler you can find the butt of it sawed off level 
  > 
  > in the grass 
  > 
  > Larry Evans 
  > 
  > Kenova, WV 
  > 
  > FROM: NW-Mailing-List [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org] ON 
  > BEHALF OF NW Mailing List 
  > SENT: Thursday, May 21, 2015 10:22 AM 
  > TO: NW Mailing List 
  > SUBJECT: RE: Just for fun 
  > 
  > My guess is the location of where the boiler landed after the 
  > explosion of class A 1204 at Nolan, WV on July 7,1942. 
  > 
  > For comparison, I have attached a photo of the famed Cedar Curve, the 
  > site where 611 wrecked in 1956. 
  > 
  > Lois J.Ponton 
  > 
  > N&W historian 
  > 
  > Moderator: 
  > ?http://nwhs.org/mailinglist/2015/20150521.20140729_143154.jpg [1] 
  > 
  > Links: 
  > ------ 
  > [1] http://nwhs.org/mailinglist/2015/20150521.20140729_143154.jpg 
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  You could never do away with those . That?s really the only thing keeping us who work outside or around equipment 



  safe. Every grocery store bag boy , utility worker , railroader , construction worker must wear one. It?s sort of like wearing 



  a condom during sex it protects you from everything. They do have their place put are really over emphasized. You can?t 



  go down a street anywhere and not see one. Some Railfans love them they like to wear them when chasing makes them 



  feel more like their part of what?s happening . Now that I pointed his out you will start laughing when you start noticing 



  how many are out their 



  ? 



  ? 



  Larry Evans 



  Kenova, WV 



  ? 



  ? 



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  ? 



  With all the comments about the authenticity of the refurbished 611 one very obvious 21st Century visual in the current test run videos is the dayglow vests worn by the crew and support staff. No suggestion as to their elimination intended. 



  ? 



  Mike Pierry, Jr. 



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  I never met him but have inscribed copies of his N&W coal car book and his Dictionary of Railroad Quotations. ?He was a very agreeable guy in the eMail correspondence I had with him, ?He?s obviously going to be missed by a lot of people in a lot of places. ?He was in the process of doing a second edition of the Dictionary, and had some material for a second edition of the coal car book. ? 



  Thanks for passing it along. 



  Ed King 



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  All....this was forwarded to me....thought the group should know..... 




  Jim Brewer 



  ?? 



  Greetings, 
  ?? ? ?Andrew Dow, a faithful and enthusiastic R&LHS member, and a frequent contributor to this list, died on 24 April, at age 71 from cancer. He was a member since at least 1999. And his father was listed as a member in my 1985 roster, so I'm certain Andrew was reading our journals even back then in Yorkshire, England. 
  ?? ? You can read his long obituary here: 
  http://www.stephensonloco.org.uk/SLSobituaries.htm 
  ?? ? ?Two personal stories about Andrew. He was very fussy about his library. He long ago insisted that the R&LHS back issues he purchased, and he wanted them all, had to be perfect with no writing on them. I told him quite frankly that he would have many holes in his R&LHS collection if he insisted on that. So he backed down and trusted my judgement. And did quite well ending his life with all but seven editions: Andrew Dow wants: Nos.17, 18, 19, 20, 39A, 47A & 54 as of 8/22/14. 
  ?? ? ?The other thing was his method of payment. I gave him the usual options, and he wanted to send U.S. currency at his own risk. Which was fine until it arrived here, repeatedly, with a barely legible address, and in the usual British manner, with no return address. I'd open a tiny envelope that contained $300. But his faith was rewarded as we never had a problem. 
  ?? ? Wish I had met him...... :) 
  ?? ? ? ? ? Alden 
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  ?? ? 
  Wabash Bluebird dome observation ?#1601 was repainted, sadly, in N&W paint as #1601. She entered Amtrak service as #9310 and was retired in 1981. She quietly resides today in Duluth, ?Georgia.Randy Rippy?WRHS 




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  ?? 4. Re: Nomenclature of engines from way back when (NW Mailing List) 
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  Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 22:24:08 -0400 
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  Subject: Re: Nomenclature of engines from way back when 
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  Dunno fer sure, but them furrin railroads prolly called them sixteenhunneds or nine hunnerds.? N&W guys called the 4-8-2s one hunnerds and the 4-6-2s five hunnerds. 



  And just to carry this on another step, nobody but a fan ever called the passenger Geeps ?Redbirds?. 



  EdKing 



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  Thank you Ed and Bud for getting everyone straight on what the employees called the locomotives way back when, be they twelve-hunnerds, 2100-hunnerts or whatever. Thank you. 




  That said, what did the VGN and the C&O call what we today call "Allegheny?" We know the C&O had 60 of them and the VGN less than 10, and they were virtually the same but what did the crews call them? Anyone know? 




  We call them by their Class names, H-8's or Allegheny's or Class AG (hope I'm right on that), but this could be interesting. 




  The UP called the Big Boys four-thousands and their 4-12-2's were nine-thousands, both for their road numbers and I am sure we can come up with a list a mile long for the other guys so let's keep it close to home. 




  While we're here on the topic, what did N&W call the Pacifics? 500's? What about the various 4-8-2's? 




  Bob Cohen 







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  Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 23:42:58 -0400 
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  Does anyone know if re-lettered the ex/ Wabash Blue Bird 
  Dome/Coach/Observation in the Norfolk and Western scheme? 
  Stephen Rineair 



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  Just super! Great job Ron, Charlie S.! 
  Charlie Long 



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  > Very nice. 
  > 
  > Jim Brewer 
  > 
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  > 
  > We appreciate Becky Freemal with Roanoke's Fox 21/27 News for reporting 
  > on the NWHS Archives role in restoring the Class J 611. 
  > 
  > You can watch the replay at 
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  I've heard the Virginian Brethren refer to the AG Class as "Blue Ridge class" but must mostly just "those big 900's" 
  Skip Salmon 
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  Thank you Ed and Bud for getting everyone straight on what the employees 
  called the locomotives way back when, be they twelve-hunnerds, 
  2100-hunnerts or whatever. Thank you. 



  That said, what did the VGN and the C&O call what we today call 
  "Allegheny?" We know the C&O had 60 of them and the VGN less than 10, and 
  they were virtually the same but what did the crews call them? Anyone know? 



  We call them by their Class names, H-8's or Allegheny's or Class AG (hope 
  I'm right on that), but this could be interesting. 



  The UP called the Big Boys four-thousands and their 4-12-2's were 
  nine-thousands, both for their road numbers and I am sure we can come up 
  with a list a mile long for the other guys so let's keep it close to home. 



  While we're here on the topic, what did N&W call the Pacifics? 500's? What 
  about the various 4-8-2's? 



  Bob Cohen 



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  SKIP SALMON 




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  Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 09:33:47 -0400 
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  Subject: Virginian whistles 
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  does anyone know what kind of whistles where on the Virginian MB 
  locomotives? Would like to find out as my grandfather was engineer on #422. 
  Thanks. Greg Shipley 
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  Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 10:07:05 -0400 
  From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> 
  To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> 
  Subject: RE: Just for fun 
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  Can you provide the exact coordinates for viewing the area via Google 
  Maps, etc...? 
  thanks 
  Eric Raitch 
  Gainesville, Va 



  On 2015-05-21 20:36, NW Mailing List wrote: 
  > Lois 
  > 
  > ?????You are correct it is the site where the 1204s boiler landed 
  > after the explosion. I worked Monday on 
  > 
  > repairing a gas line just to the right of the picture . No sign that 
  > it ever happened . The signal base that 
  > 
  > they ran by is still there and the telephone pole in front of the 
  > boiler you can find the butt of it sawed off level 
  > 
  > in the grass 
  > 
  > Larry Evans 
  > 
  > Kenova, WV 
  > 
  > FROM: NW-Mailing-List [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org] ON 
  > BEHALF OF NW Mailing List 
  > SENT: Thursday, May 21, 2015 10:22 AM 
  > TO: NW Mailing List 
  > SUBJECT: RE: Just for fun 
  > 
  > My guess is the location of where the boiler landed after the 
  > explosion of class A 1204 at Nolan, WV on July 7,1942. 
  > 
  > For comparison, I have attached a photo of the famed Cedar Curve, the 
  > site where 611 wrecked in 1956. 
  > 
  > Lois J.Ponton 
  > 
  > N&W historian 
  > 
  > Moderator: 
  >? http://nwhs.org/mailinglist/2015/20150521.20140729_143154.jpg [1] 
  > 
  > Links: 
  > ------ 
  > [1] http://nwhs.org/mailinglist/2015/20150521.20140729_143154.jpg 
  > 
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  Message: 7 
  Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 18:05:20 +0000 (UTC) 
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  Subject: Fwd: [rlhsgroup] ANDREW DOW 
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  All....this was forwarded to me....thought the group should know..... 
  ? 
  Jim Brewer 



  ? 







  Greetings, 
  ????? Andrew Dow, a faithful and enthusiastic R&LHS member, and a frequent contributor to this list, died on 24 April, at age 71 from cancer. He was a member since at least 1999. And his father was listed as a member in my 1985 roster, so I'm certain Andrew was reading our journals even back then in Yorkshire, England. 
  ???? You can read his long obituary here: 
  http://www.stephensonloco.org.uk/SLSobituaries.htm 
  ????? Two personal stories about Andrew. He was very fussy about his library. He long ago insisted that the R&LHS back issues he purchased, and he wanted them all, had to be perfect with no writing on them. I told him quite frankly that he would have many holes in his R&LHS collection if he insisted on that. So he backed down and trusted my judgement. And did quite well ending his life with all but seven editions: Andrew Dow wants: Nos.17, 18, 19, 20, 39A, 47A & 54 as of 8/22/14. 
  ????? The other thing was his method of payment. I gave him the usual options, and he wanted to send U.S. currency at his own risk. Which was fine until it arrived here, repeatedly, with a barely legible address, and in the usual British manner, with no return address. I'd open a tiny envelope that contained $300. But his faith was rewarded as we never had a problem. 
  ???? Wish I had met him...... :) 
  ?????????? Alden 
  ???? 
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