<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">I joined to learn more about the N&W partly because living near Winston Salem, NC and it being a N&W and Southern served city. <div>My small town was served by the Southern and before that the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley. When I started modeling again and taking pictures I grew fond of Coal hauling and found myself on the N&W more and more. I have become very interested in the Pocahontas and all there branches. I am currently studying the lines between the Pokey and there Clinch Valley. If this NS venture bars fruit I would be interested how the current railroad is using the historic lines of the N&W. </div><div><br></div><div>I recently made the trip to see Weller yard after reading the info from the group about it. I still have to see Wilcoe as well. Everyday we are losing more and more history and even now the time around the last merger is ancient to some people. I really like to study history and enjoy even more being able to link what I see now to the past.</div><div><br></div><div>With the passing of my dear friend Cal Reynolds there is still a lot of questions about Winston Salem I have to study. One thing Cal never </div><div>got to show me was the supposed balloon track at the N&W north Winston yard, current NS yard.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br></div><div>
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