NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 251, Issue 18

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My Dad, growing up in Harrisonburg during the 30's, spent much of his
railfanning time both on the property and riding in the cabs of C&W
locomotives.  When he first saw the book,  ”Crooked & Weedy”, he recognized
the pictures of many of the railway employees shown in the book. He had
very fond memories of his times on the C&W.

Ed Painter
#73 from Narrows, VA

On Mon, May 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> David
> Thanks for your post & your direct ‘hands-on’ experiences on the
> C&W…..”Crooked & Weedy”…. “Cuss & Wait”
> If the editorial board (?) of the NWHS agree, & if you have the time &
> inclination, a personal experience article about your time on the C&W for
> The Arrow would be of great interest to many.
>
> Best regards
> Herb Edwards
> Lynchburg, Va
>
>
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> On Monday, May 19, 2025, 6:47 AM, NW Mailing List <
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, May 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
>
>    5. Re: Chesapeake Western Railway today (NW Mailing
> ------------------------------
> Message: 5  from Jim Brewer
>
> John and Herb's post led me to a search of Sanborn map for Harrisonburg;
> what a great model railroad it would be, albeit, not N&W!
>
> ######################
>
> I couldn’t agree with Jim more.  Growing up in and around Harrisonburg and
> the CW, that was railroading as I knew it.  Working on the CW section gang
> while in college only cemented my love for the line.  Working for the NW
> introduced me to big time railroading, but that wasn’t where my heart was.
>
> Except for big, mainline railroading, the CW had it all at one time or
> another, backwoods logging and little shays, lots of interchange, unusual
> power, and lots of stuff with an N&W heritage, and if you are interested,
> after the T-6's were retired and big power came into town, you even had the
> Norfolk Southern's biggest power and foreign road units in Harrisonburg,
> running off the hours.  There was / is a wide di\versity of traffic,
> not just chicken feed, and now they get full trains of grain and feed for
> the distribution center just south of Broadway.
>
> I’ve collected a lot of CW information through the years, and being so
> closely related to the NW has helped.  I’m planning an O scale version of
> the CW, I described what I want to build in O Scale Trains, the Nov / Dec
> 2023 issue.  Not the Pocahontas Division, not even Elkton to Harrisonburg,
> just the wye south of the Farm Bureau to the station.  And maybe when I get
> past my latest project this letter will prompt me to get to work on what
> I've told everyone I want to build for years.
>
> David Ray
>
>
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