1957 NRHS Convention Scenes

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Wonderful power point; great shots. Thank you. Cal reynoldss
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> That was splendid!

>

> Jerry Kay, Portsmouth, VA

>

> On 12/9/12, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

>> The very last slide says, "An Art Wheeler Production, December,  2010".

>>

>> Dave Phelps

>>

>>

>> In a message dated 12/9/2012 12:10:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

>> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

>>

>> Sorry to those who get this twice, but there is information of  interest 

>> to

>>

>> both sides of the house. A friend on another railroad list posted  this

>> PowerPoint presentation back in January and I just ran across it stashed 

>> in

>> a

>> corner of my hard drive. It is a series of color photos taken at the 1957

>> NRHS Convention, which was held Labor Day weekend in Roanoke. There are a

>> number of photos of the display put on by the Virginian that show steam,

>> diesel, and electric power. There are shots around the Roanoke passenger

>> station, and shots from the various excursions on that weekend -- Roanoke 

>> to

>>

>> Matoka, WV, and back behind a VGN electric, Roanoke to Bluefield, and the

>> trip

>> up the Blacksburg Branch behind M-class steam. I'm not sure of the origin 

>> of

>>

>>  the PowerPoint (I can track it down if desired) but I'm surprised it

>> hasn't  shown up on these lists. Enjoy!

>>

>> Bruce in  Blacksburg

>>

>> [Moderator note: Due to its size, the file has been  placed on the web 

>> site

>>

>> at _http://nwhs.org/qna/1957_NRHS_Convention.pps_

>> (http://nwhs.org/qna/1957_NRHS_Convention.pps)   ]

>>

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