Melborn

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Sun Aug 24 17:56:53 EDT 2008


Harry,

Interesting that the TC machines were on rollers in case of fire. I can't locate the date right away, but the original Radford Division office, located just east of Park Street, was lost in a fire. They were then relocated in the GOB-South.

Jeff Sanders
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Roger-
Melborn was 5.22 miles west of Radford near
MP 306. It's no longer there. In 1922, the
siding was about 3400 ft. long, later extended
to 6300 feet.

There was a head-ender that occurred there
on 01/30/1918. No. 26, the Memphis Special,
Engs 102-105, was operating on a "run late"
order and collided with Extra 1461 resulting
in 4 employee deaths.

The traffic control machine was located on
the 4th floor, west wing of GOB-South,
Roanoke. My understanding was that the
TC machines were equipped with rollers,
just in case there was a fire. Probably not a
bad idea. The building manager once said
that even at home, he ran to the window
every time the general fire alarm went off
to see if it was GOB-South.
Harry Bundy





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