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Glenn; thank you so much for the info.  It's very good to know that your
ongoing series is continuing.  Sadly, and sorry to use this again as an
example, I can think of at least two or three of the guys who used to hang
out with Freshwater Salmon and sometimes the Crazies who we would normally
ask for exactly the kind of information about Elmore that you're looking
for.  Yep: they're looking down on us now, and they're probably wishing we
had asked more about that when they were with us.

Again, a not very subtle opportunity for me to go into my rant, that many
of you have heard at the conventions and such, that we need to ask these
questions and get these memories recorded in one form of another while we
still can. And don't be like me: I was so tongue tied that when Skip
(Freshwater)Salmon introduced me to Greeley Wyatt at a convention (Greely
had been supervisor in charge of the Mullens Motor Barn for quite a while)I
couldn't come up with a coherent question to ask him.  We lost him within
the next year.

On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Frank:
> Tell the "crazies' I have finished the DB to Mullens part of my "High Noon
> on the VGN" series and it is in Ken's hands but no date for publication.
> He will be getting Elmore to Roanoke in September with the hardest part
> being Elmore yard in early 1953 before the hump was removed.  Any help from
> the "crazies?".  Have a great time at the Lodge!
> Glenn
> "
>
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Just another reminder.  About three weeks from today (Aug 21)the
>> Virginian Crazies will be assembling at the West Virginia State Lodge in
>> Twin Falls (Mullens) for a few days of railfanning, seminars, and some
>> energetic discussions.
>>
>> There is no registration charge.
>>
>>  Al ot of us will arrive Thursday, September 11, meet around dinner time,
>> brainstorm and have clinics after dinner, and decide where we're going
>> Friday.  Friday evening, and decide where to go Saturday. Saturday railfan,
>> dinner, more clinics that evening.  As usual, travel is POV so if someone
>> really doesn't want to go where the majority decide to go, they can go
>> elsewhere.
>>
>> Still suggesting that you contact the Lodge directly at  (304) 294-4000
>> <3042944000>, and mention Virginian Railway.  Hope to see a lot of you
>> there.
>>
>> Frank Bongiovanni
>>
>>
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