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I have some questions, observations and opinions about things in the movies.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye9qZXq2GqQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_3244109095">Sell 28 NRHS 1957 Convention Roanoke, VA</a></div><div><br></div><div id="ydp7d8d2c4benhancr_card_3244109095" class="ydp7d8d2c4byahoo-link-enhancr-card ydp7d8d2c4bymail-preserve-class ydp7d8d2c4bymail-preserve-style" style="max-width: 400px; font-family: YahooSans VF, YahooSans, OpenSans VF, OpenSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; position: relative;" data-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye9qZXq2GqQ" data-embed-url="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ye9qZXq2GqQ?feature=oembed" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye9qZXq2GqQ" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important" class="ydp7d8d2c4byahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydp7d8d2c4bcard-wrapper ydp7d8d2c4byahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" class="ydp7d8d2c4bcard ydp7d8d2c4byahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td class="ydp7d8d2c4bcard-primary-image-cell" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/kwsOfDNEA4YYnvenuKDmYg--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ye9qZXq2GqQ/hqdefault.jpg.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" height="175" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: YahooSans VF, YahooSans, OpenSans VF, OpenSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40); max-width: 314px;">Sell 29 N&W NRHS 1957 Roanoke</h2><p class="ydpada148d4card-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 158, 168);"></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">1. At Blue Ridge the agent came out and stuck a square flag in a post. It was black and white and divided equally and diagonally. He handed a parcel to the baggageman on the passing passenger train so I'm assuming that was a signal for him to grab the parcel. What would the post at night? Anyone have information?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">2. On one of the open air gondolas there's a black stand of some sort sticking up above the heads of the riders. What was its function?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">3. For the purists and nitpickers there's several shades of Tuscan Red on the passenger cars in the excursion train and passing passenger trains and varied shades of caboose red too. Not even accounting for weathering.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">4.I thought the cinder catchers or guards on the ends of the roofs on streamlined cars were gone by 1957.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">5. The M's sure looked better with the high headlights on the beer barrel brackets.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">6. Automobiles were so much better looking back then and the 1955 and '56 Chevys were popular even way out in the mountain areas.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Great movies. Enjoy!</div><div><br></div><div class="ydp11a71789signature">Roger Huber<div>Deer Creek Locomotive Works<br></div></div></div></body></html>