Double beam headlights ?

[NW Modeling List]

I am not in the least surprised. Having worked for Dixon for a number  
of years, I worked very hard to make sure things were correct in his  
books on subjects that I knew something about, not at his expense,  
but my own interest in getting it right in print.

However, at the Bluefield Train Show in November 2005, in regard to  
his own books, Dixon stated to me and my future wife:

"The people who buy these books don't care if they are right or not,  
or the photos look good, they only care if they have photos."

I was appalled. That is a direct quote, not paraphrased or extracted  
from an entire conversation as the media is prone to do.

Ken Miller

On Dec 27, 2009, at 6:45 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:


> The reason I asked this question is that on the front cover of  

> Dixon’s new book that was just released is an illustration of the  

> N&W J 604 by Robert West with a double headlight.  It just strikes  

> me funny that a book is printed about the history of the N&W  

> Powhatan Arrow and the cover isn’t historically correct.  Just an  

> observation.

>

> Stephen Rineair

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> No excursion service only.

>

> John Rhodes

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> On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 10:30 AM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling- 

> list at nwhs.org> wrote:

>

> I believe I know the answer to this question, but there seems to  

> always to be an exception to every rule.

>

> Did the N&W steam, particularly the J’s ever have a double beam  

> headlight in the 50’s?

>

> Stephen Rineair

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