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<div style="" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="4">But Roger, there's already a Norfolk & Southern Hysterical Society. <b>H.W. Bundy</b></font></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><br></div>
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On Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:53:11 AM EDT, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpa9e4e6a6yiv3677716934"><div><div style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydpa9e4e6a6yiv3677716934ydpbc249ee1yahoo-style-wrap"><div><div dir="ltr">Lots of good responses from this controversial issue.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">As many stated: For the Society to continue the inclusion of NS material is necessary BUT it won't be the Norfolk & Western Ry HS. Then it will become the Norfolk Southern HS. That will no longer include my membership after all these years. I have zero interest in the NS and modern railroading so I will save my $60 membership dues and just re-read my old Arrows.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">My 2ยข!</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div class="ydpa9e4e6a6yiv3677716934ydpbc249ee1signature">Roger Huber<div>Deer Creek Locomotive Works</div></div></div>
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On Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:20:27 AM CDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:
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<p class="ydpa9e4e6a6yiv3677716934ydpda3016dfyiv1536763572MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Jim,</span></p>
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<p class="ydpa9e4e6a6yiv3677716934ydpda3016dfyiv1536763572MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">While painful to some of us who have memories of N&W, I support your position. The Society will not thrive without a connection to the present and a connection to those who have no personal recollection of
N&W. I hope the major emphasis will be the N&W and I believe your email said it would.</span></p>
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<p class="ydpa9e4e6a6yiv3677716934ydpda3016dfyiv1536763572MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> Ray Smoot</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 27, 2024 6:14 AM<br clear="none">
<b>To:</b> NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org><br clear="none">
<b>Subject:</b> NS</span></p>
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<p class="ydpa9e4e6a6yiv3677716934ydpda3016dfyiv1536763572MsoNormal">I am sorry I forgot to sign my submission. I am Jim Cochran, member of the BoD and chairman of the society's model committee. I served on the board 40 years ago and even back then we were discussing NS inclusion to broaden the audience
to which our efforts might appeal. For all intents and purposes the N&W ended in 1982 with the formation of NS. The number of folks with "first -hand" knowledge of N&W is getting smaller every year and many people out there have only ever seen "da hoss"
in daily operations. Further, I personally believe that many people like to model what they see out there in use.</p>
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<p class="ydpa9e4e6a6yiv3677716934ydpda3016dfyiv1536763572MsoNormal">As those of you who pay attention to the status of the society may know, our membership has been in decline for a number of years such that today we are a mere shadow of what we were in our heyday. This means our revenues from both membership
dues and sales are correspondingly reduced making it harder and harder to produce the Arrow or fund any other projects.</p>
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<p class="ydpa9e4e6a6yiv3677716934ydpda3016dfyiv1536763572MsoNormal">Embracing NS has always been considered as a way to get additional and perhaps some younger members into the society. </p>
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<p class="ydpa9e4e6a6yiv3677716934ydpda3016dfyiv1536763572MsoNormal">It is not our intent to diminish our devotion to the N&W in any way and that will always be the primary focus of our society. However we will be giving limited space in the Arrow to NS topics related to N&W in hopes of appealing fo people interested
in more current aspects of the road.</p>
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<p class="ydpa9e4e6a6yiv3677716934ydpda3016dfyiv1536763572MsoNormal">This is a thumbnail of the reasoning behind our decision. Please send your specific question and I or other BoD members will answer them as best we can and thank you for your continued support without which we cannot provide you with the
Arrow, the archives, the database, and all the other things that you may take for granted. </p>
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<p class="ydpa9e4e6a6yiv3677716934ydpda3016dfyiv1536763572MsoNormal">Jim Cochran </p>
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