<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Jim, I’m happy to hear that you are considering a modeling project for these structures? If so, I have a small collection of photos (about eight), plus I purchased a nice plan of the “standard watch box post” from the society. If you don’t have it, that drawing ID is HS-B04927. My plan for that plan was to use it for a 3D modeling project, though that is not a near term thing. <div><br></div><div>Matt Goodman<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Sep 19, 2025, at 5:02 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr">Toney,<div>If it had been a snake . . . I was just there during this year's convention and didn't notice it hiding in the corner. Now that I know about, should be able to get dimensions and other data for a reproduction in miniature.</div><div>Thanks to you and all the others who have responded, keep those E cards and letters coming in,</div><div>Jim Cochran </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM NW Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="display:block">The facebook page for the Raymon F. Ratcliffe Memorial Transportation Museum has a nice picture of the tower in Pulaski, Va. with the southbound Pelican (#41) at the station and says the tower still exists and is part of the museum's display.</div><div style="display:block"><div style="display:inline-block" role="link"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/Ratcliffemuseum/" dir="ltr" role="button" width="300" target="_blank"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:rgb(58,50,49);font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><span id="cid:ii_19963c5800d49df2b891"><327279089_1170093096954832_8776699467947152165_n.jpg></span></td></tr><tr><td><table bgcolor="#3A3231" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="table-layout:fixed;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(58,50,49)"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px;overflow:hidden"><div style="font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/Ratcliffemuseum/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><font color="#FFFFFF" style="color:rgba(255,255,255,0.847)">Raymond F. Ratcliffe Memorial Transportation Museum | Pulaski VA</font></a></div><div style="font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/Ratcliffemuseum/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><font color="#FFFFFF" style="color:rgba(255,255,255,0.55)">facebook.com</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><div><br></div>Toney Minter<div><br id="m_-3810457603899095136lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Sep 19, 2025, at 10:06 AM, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <<a href="mailto:nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:16px"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">This is the potential towers from the valuations. I keyed in on the building size of 7x7. I have only seen two that I can recall. One at the crossing at the East End of Roanoke shops and one at Commerce Street (RY Express Building). Some perhaps are only sheds on the ground. Other towers could have been built after the early twenty's.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Jim Blackstock</div><div><br></div><div><div>
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<td width="161" style="width:121pt">Watch Box Lake Ave.</td>
<td width="64" style="width:48pt">N-10-D</td>
<td width="100" style="width:75pt">Frame 1 story</td>
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<td>N-27</td>
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<td>N-6+</td>
<td>Watch Box</td>
<td>N-61</td>
<td>Frame 1 story</td>
<td>7x7</td>
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<td>N-23+</td>
<td>Watch Tower</td>
<td>N-231E</td>
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<td>Watch Tower</td>
<td>N-516</td>
<td>Frame 1 story</td>
<td>7x7</td>
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<td>Watch Box</td>
<td>LP-13</td>
<td>Frame 1 story</td>
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<td>Frame 1 story</td>
<td>7x7</td>
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<td>R-0+</td>
<td>Watch Box</td>
<td>R-02</td>
<td>Frame</td>
<td>7x7</td>
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<td>R-03</td>
<td>Frame</td>
<td>7x7</td>
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<td>Watch Box</td>
<td>R-20A</td>
<td>Frame</td>
<td>7x7</td>
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<td>N-290+</td>
<td>Watch Tower</td>
<td>N-2902</td>
<td>Frame 1 Story</td>
<td>7x7</td>
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<td height="20" style="min-height:15pt">Dublin, VA</td>
<td>N-308+</td>
<td>Watch Box</td>
<td>B-3087</td>
<td>Frame 1 Story</td>
<td>7x7</td>
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<td>N-393+</td>
<td>Watchman Tower</td>
<td>B-3936C</td>
<td>Frame 1 Story</td>
<td>7x7</td>
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<td>N-408+</td>
<td>Watchman Tower</td>
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<td>Frame 1 Story</td>
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<td>N-6841</td>
<td>Frame 1 Story Elevated</td>
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<td>Watch Tower</td>
<td>N-7014</td>
<td>Frame 1 Story Elevated</td>
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There was one on the Tennessee side of State Street in Bristol.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Andre Jackson<br clear="none"><div><a shape="rect" style="font-size:12px" href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_&af_ios_store_cpp=9d3a686e-218d-4849-8298-b480188dc8ac&af_android_url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fstore%2Fapps%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.yahoo.mobile.client.android.mail%26listing%3Demail_signature" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad</a><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><div id="m_-3810457603899095136ydpe34cc369yiv8438468012yqt37809"><p style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(132,115,255);padding-top:15px;margin-top:0px">On Thursday, September 18, 2025, 9:20 AM, NW Modeling List <<a href="mailto:nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:</p><blockquote><div id="m_-3810457603899095136ydpe34cc369yiv8438468012"><div dir="ltr">I am looking for any/all information on N&W crossing watch boxes/towers. From the archives I have the following on actual and proposed locations:<br clear="none"><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b>proposed
watch box tower & crossing gates, State Street, Bristol Va.</b>
</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b style="font-size:medium;font-family:arial,helvetica">Watch
Box and Crossing gates Fleet Street</b></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b style="font-size:medium;font-family:arial,helvetica">Hyde
Park Ohio</b></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b style="font-size:medium;font-family:arial,helvetica">Proposed
crossing watch box tower for Boden Ferry Road X'ing, Norfolk Virginia</b></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b style="font-size:medium;font-family:arial,helvetica">Harrison
St. Radford, VA</b></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b style="font-size:medium;font-family:arial,helvetica">Proposed
location of watch tower at First Street (Comers Crossing), Hopewell,
Va.</b></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b style="font-size:medium;font-family:arial,helvetica">Proposed
Crossing Gates, Ashville , OH</b></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b style="font-size:medium;font-family:arial,helvetica">Proposed
crossing gate and watch tower at West Ave. New Boston, OH</b></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in">I am particularly interested in photos of these structures, but any information on them will be appreciated. I have been told that in some cases, after they were no longer used at crossings , they were removed from their towers and placed at various locations for different uses.</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in">Thanks in advance,</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in">Jim Cochran</p><div> </div></div>
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