Bad Day for No. 86 at Ironto (1966)

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Great story and recollections! Thank you Abram!

Rob Minton 

> On Jun 10, 2018, at 3:46 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Fascinating! Looks like former VGN hook B-37 on the est end getting ready to 'throw out' line.
> Good job, AB!
> Charlie Long
> Lynchburg
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>> On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 7:55 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>> Mr. Bradd Knapp, C.E., a former railroad civil engineer, sent the attached, which links a clip of movie footage of the Ironto wreck now held in the U.Va. archives.
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>> -- abram burnett
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>> Remember…there is fillum: http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2239431 (You may have to wait for the entire clip to be loaded into buffer…don't ask me why).
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>> The brass had bigger things on their minds, so you got away with it.  Within a week, stockholders of the N&W and C&O would approve a merger…
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