[VirginianRailwayEnthusiasts] Re: 3 Questions

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Todd,

If you can schedule your Roanoke visit to coincide with the N&W Historical Society's Archives monthly work session you would find this world-class facility in Roanoke to be of interest.  Don't let the "work" description deter you.  Jim Gillum, Archives Chairman, and the rest of the crew enjoy giving visitors a tour.  Just go to www.nwhs.org and click on "The Archives" and then click on "Hours" to see a schedule for the "work" sessions.  The N&WHS is equally devoted to the Virginian Railway as well as the N&W.

You mentioned visiting a museum in Roanoke, but we have two railroad museums.  You can check out the Va. Museum of Transportation at www.vmt.org and the O. Winston Link Museum at: www.linkmuseum.org.

Finally, apparently you are monitoring the Virginian Railway Enthusiasts online forum, but how about the N&W Historical Society's online forum called the Mailing List?  To join the latter,you can contact the moderator at list-moderator at nwhs.org.

Gordon Hamilton


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  From: toddgp30 at comcast.net 
  To: VirginianRailwayEnthusiasts at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 12:18 AM
  Subject: [VirginianRailwayEnthusiasts] Re: 3 Questions



  Hi,

  Thanks to everyone for their answers..... the answer about the private crossing will allow me to make additional notes about it on the website..... also, knowing that the single track was the Virginian's  answered another question I had about whether or not the N&W changed over the VGN signals to PL's, altho I noticed in the photo section some signal pictures in the Tidewater area that are still searchlights... gotta go get em while they're still there, cause railroads are standardizing on the no-frills color light signals with the "darth vader" hoods (yuk!)....

  I will be visiting my daughter in Atlanta during July or August, and may take the I-81 route down so I can stop in Roanoke to do some more "exploration", visit the museum, and maybe stop at MCC (they make 1/8 scale "live-diesel" engines and equipment).

  Speaking of signals, if anyone has a copy of a VGN rulebook with the signal aspects in it, and wants to become famous on my signal site, I would love to get a scan of them.... In fact, if anyone has any signal pictures, with or without trains, I would be interested in posting them

  And thanks for the compliment on the area map, it needs an overhaul cause it's not quite up to my current standards, as it is about 6 years old (and for some reason, I didn't do it in color, dunno why, cause it's just as easy in Corel Draw to do it in color).

  I wish I had the awareness to watch trains as a kid like Ken did, for I lived in Batavia NY 63-64 when the Lehigh Valley, Erie, and New York Central came thru, and never got out... no excuse... I did however, manage to get to the Cotton Belt yard in Tyler TX before that, and the hostlers got to know me well enough to give me a ride every now and then thru the yard.... I dunno, I feel sorry for the kids of today with security and safety driving everything the railroads do, it's just not the same anymore.... I've only met two kids around the age of 10 that are train nuts, and one that I met in Ashland VA was a sponge for info, knew more than I did about Amtrak, I was surprised... anyways... I'll stop rambling... thanks again, Todd

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