N&WHS' Ken Miller to Speak This Tuesday in Roanoke!

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Fri Sep 20 13:05:37 EDT 2024


Would love to attend but live out of state. Will this be live streamed or recorded and posted on social media following the event?

Sincerely,
Joseph Congemi


> On Sep 20, 2024, at 9:28 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Shameless plug here, I'm trying to build a crowd for Ken's talk in Roanoke next week. It will be a great time - so please join us!
> -Stephen Warren, Roanoke
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> The Kegley Lecture Series returns in September!
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> At the beginning of January 1955, the Norfolk and Western proudly proclaimed on note pads that it was “Operated 100% by coal-burning steam locomotives.” The Norfolk and Western had operated for almost 80 years using its primary commodity as its main power source, up to and including building and designing its own locomotives in Roanoke.
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> By May, 1955, to free up some larger steam power to fit needs elsewhere on the railroad, the N&W ordered its first diesel locomotive to handle traffic on the lightly trafficked line between Lynchburg and Durham, N.C. By May 10, 1960, the very few steam locomotives, holed out in the hard-scrabble landscape of coal country in southern West Virginia, were replaced with diesels.
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> The Kegley Lecture Series resumes as author and historian Ken Miller discusses how Norfolk & Western went from 100 percent steam to 100 percent diesel in less than 5 years.
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> Join us Tuesday, September 24 at 7pm at Christ Lutheran Church. Admission is $5 (Free for HSWV members).
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> (Note: This church is diagonal across from Patrick Henry High School at the intersection of Grandin and Brandon.)
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