"Takin' Twenty" with the Virginian Brethren by Skip Salmon

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Fri Apr 20 22:55:51 EDT 2012


At my place we use Glyptal to paint chipped insulators if they only loose
one petticoat. Saves changing out the insulator.

K. Borg


In a message dated 4/20/2012 5:29:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

Tom:

No doubt Glyptal would do what you say, but it is a trade name for an
insulating paint/varnish sold by Glyptal, Inc., spun off from General Electric
in 1985. Its most familiar incarnations in the rail industry were the
classic "dip and bake" to spruce up a traction motor and get its insulation
resistance reading up into an acceptable range (dip the coils in the varnish
and bake it nice and hard and shiny), paint third rail shoe beams, or any
other creepage surface that was getting too much carbon dust buildup.

I guess I sort of knew it was available in various colors; most GE
traction motors, etc. used a Glyptal that was a deep red/brown. I was reminded by
the Glyptal web site _http://www.glyptal.com/_ (http://www.glyptal.com/)
that it's "Glyptal 1201" which I knew once upon a time but had forgotten.

Dave Phelps


In a message dated 4/20/2012 5:09:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:


In the Army (1970-1995 version) "Glyptal" was a catch phrase for what we
might now call thread lock. It was paint we put on radio tuning slugs to
keep
them from moving out of tune.
Tom Cosgrove
n2vfk
staff sergeant
EMT-B
Fire Police




On 04/19/12, NW Mailing List<nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:



Last night I had the pleasure of "Takin' Twenty" with eleven of the
Brethren and Friends of the Virginian Railway. We signed a Happy Birthday card
for Wis Sowder, "Mayor" of Poages Mill and "Gentleman Farmer". Wister started
with the Virginian in March, 1951 as a Call Boy in Roanoke. He served
various clerical positions as Weighmaster and Yard Clerk in many locations
including Sewells Point, Altavista and Roanoke, and served as a Gang Leader for
the "W". He retired from NS in June, 1987 as Clerk, Revenue Department,
General Office Roanoke, with 36 years service. Wis turns 86 on Tuesday.

At the N&W (and VGN) Historical Society last week, Rail Historian Lewis
Newton told us that in 1962, the N&W Freight Station in Salem, VA was moved
over to the old VGN Freight Station there, because it was a much better
building. He said the VGN RWY Agents could stay in their original VGN
locations, as long as they existed, for life. Also during our session, I was able to
videotape an interview with our own Landon Gregory for use at he Restored
Virginian Station in Roanoke. Landon told the now famous story about his
stopping the 90 MPH Atlantic Coast Line "Champion" passenger train for a
Virginian coal train, when he was VGN Operator at Jarratt, VA. We were able to
also film part of the interview inside the NS Virginia Division
Headquarters, where Landon retired as Chief Dispatcher. In the interview, Landon spoke
to current Dispatcher Robert Hamlin, who worked with Landon. I asked
Robert if there was "anyone in this complex who could send Morse Code like
Landon did when he started?". He responded, above the laughter from the other
Dispatchers present, "We don't have to do that anymore". At the Archives,
Gordon Hamilton shared with Landon and I, a color DVD he discovered recently
showing VGN action in 1955. It includes #4 coming coming into Roanoke,
scenes inside the VGN Roundhouse, and at Altavista, VA and other VGN locations.
We hope to make this DVD available for showing at the Station when
Restoration is finished. The Archives is in the process of scanning Virginian
Railway Annual Reports, and needs a copy of the 1912 Annual Report. Anyone out
there have one we can borrow and scan?

The ebay report this time includes the following VGN items sold: Slide of
EL-2b at Mullens in 1959 for $30.99; Virginian Schedule for Train Men and
Yard Men for $31.00; 1955 Public Timetable for $12.95; VGN #100 photo from a
magazine for $8.99 and a badge marked "Virginian Railway" "Watchman" for
$330.00.

I showed Monday's "Roanoke Times" "100 Years Ago Today" item, the
following: "Mr. John B. Thayer's wife and son, who were aboard the White Star
Liner, Titanic, when she sank Monday morning on the Newfoundland coast, are
safe, according to news which reached Roanoke yesterday afternoon" (Thayer was
a director of the Norfok & Western Railway. He did not survive.)

The search for the origin of the name given the passing siding at V260,
KUMIS, is still a mystery. I have consulted two more sources with no results:
Retired N&W/VGN Supervisors at their monthly Breakfast, and NS Virginia
Division HDQ on Friday.

For Show and Tell, I took my most recent purchase: a VGN RWY Requisition
on General Storekeeper file with copies of major purchased from 1950 to
1959. Items purchased include Westinghouse Traction Motors, Armatures, Tools,
Motors, Welders, Water Coolers, Insulators, etc. One unusual item is a
Martindale Heavy Duty Etcher, sent to Cleveland for repairs on October 4, 1956.
January 31, 1951 there was an order placed for 10 gallons of GE Glyptal
#7696 blue paint for painting equipment in the power plant in Princeton. More
from this later.

The Jewel from the Past is from December 29, 2005: "'Slick' Inge told
about when his grandfather, John Inge, got two unexplained black eyes within
two weeks. The second time that 'Slicks.' father, VGN Conductor, George W.
Inge, took him to see Dr. Pretty at Kellysville, the doctor told George W. to
'tell Mr. Inge (John) to take his spoon out of his coffee after stirring
it next time'".

Time to pull the pin on this one!

Departing Now from V248,

Skip Salmon

CDXVI


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