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Every May, N&W operated an inspection special, usually with seven business cars, that allowed the Bored of Directors to tour portions of the entire system.  In May, 1971, the special was westbound Norfolk to Crewe.  Welded rail was being installed on the westbound main track between M. P. N-71 and Poe.  The extra force had  been advised to "look sharp" when the special passed.  In passing, VP-Operations Dunlap on N&W 100 never missed an opportunity to criticize and cleared the Crewe dispatcher's ear wax out when he questioned why an eastbound signal was displaying "clear".                 Harry Bundy<!--#yiv4968215424 filtered {}#yiv4968215424 filtered {}#yiv4968215424 filtered {}#yiv4968215424 p.yiv4968215424MsoNormal, #yiv4968215424 li.yiv4968215424MsoNormal, #yiv4968215424 div.yiv4968215424MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", "serif";}#yiv4968215424 a:link, #yiv4968215424 span.yiv4968215424MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv4968215424 a:visited, #yiv4968215424 span.yiv4968215424MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv4968215424 p {margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", "serif";}#yiv4968215424 pre {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";}#yiv4968215424 span.yiv4968215424HTMLPreformattedChar {font-family:Consolas;}#yiv4968215424 span.yiv4968215424EmailStyle20 {font-family:"Arial", "sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}#yiv4968215424 span.yiv4968215424EmailStyle21 {font-family:"Arial", "sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}#yiv4968215424 .yiv4968215424MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;}#yiv4968215424 filtered {}#yiv4968215424 div.yiv4968215424WordSection1 {}-->
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