<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Back when we had people working on the collections in GOB East, I was poking around on some shelves and found a slim notebook tucked between some larger ledgers. It was a collection of details and tidbits for A.C. Needles, who moved up through the ranks of posts on the N&W, eventually serving as president after WWI. I scanned a number of the pages (but have misplaced the details of the date on the notebook). While digging in my unorganized collection of files (they are in one folder, though), I discovered these scanned pages. Enjoy reading about things that were important for a railroad official to have close at hand.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Bruce in Blacksburg</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_chip gmail_drive_chip" style="width:386px;height:20px;max-height:20px;background-color:rgb(245,245,245);margin:6px 0px;padding:10px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;font-family:"Google Sans",sans-serif;border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/10CLgeBcY_oiQiAiempB_mgZLpAYUQ1iD/view?usp=drive_web" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(32,33,36);display:inline-block;max-width:356px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-decoration-line:none;border:none" aria-label="Needles1.pdf"><img style="vertical-align: text-bottom; border: none; padding-right: 10px; height: 20px;" alt="" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/icon_10_generic_list.png"> <span dir="ltr" style="vertical-align:bottom;text-decoration:none">Needles1.pdf</span></a><img src="//ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/gm3/1x/close_baseline_nv700_20dp.png" class="gmail_chip_remove" aria-label="Remove attachment" style="padding-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 20px; height: 20px; float: right; display: none;"></div><div class="gmail_chip gmail_drive_chip" style="width:386px;height:20px;max-height:20px;background-color:rgb(245,245,245);margin:6px 0px;padding:10px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;font-family:"Google Sans",sans-serif;border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mjHlRl58SO_0B3HpJkaeIiPb-00espf6/view?usp=drive_web" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(32,33,36);display:inline-block;max-width:356px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-decoration-line:none;border:none" aria-label="Needles2.pdf"><img style="vertical-align: text-bottom; border: none; padding-right: 10px; height: 20px;" alt="" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/icon_10_generic_list.png"> <span dir="ltr" style="vertical-align:bottom;text-decoration:none">Needles2.pdf</span></a><img src="//ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/gm3/1x/close_baseline_nv700_20dp.png" class="gmail_chip_remove" aria-label="Remove attachment" style="padding-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 20px; height: 20px; float: right; display: none;"></div><div class="gmail_chip gmail_drive_chip" style="width:386px;height:20px;max-height:20px;background-color:rgb(245,245,245);margin:6px 0px;padding:10px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;font-family:"Google Sans",sans-serif;border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EDwzLf_Cvc0NmMUkjkcVY-5zYw3MtJzl/view?usp=drive_web" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(32,33,36);display:inline-block;max-width:356px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-decoration-line:none;border:none" aria-label="Needles3.pdf"><img style="vertical-align: text-bottom; border: none; padding-right: 10px; height: 20px;" alt="" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/icon_10_generic_list.png"> <span dir="ltr" style="vertical-align:bottom;text-decoration:none">Needles3.pdf</span></a><img src="//ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/gm3/1x/close_baseline_nv700_20dp.png" class="gmail_chip_remove" aria-label="Remove attachment" style="padding-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 20px; height: 20px; float: right; display: none;"></div></div></div>