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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Yesterday I remastered three reels of N&W steam audio
from the collection of Kenneth Gear. Link below:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IinBl8dGyqwavF_73ZNNePkZVNHgjshS?usp=sharing" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IinBl8dGyqwavF_73ZNNePkZVNHgjshS?usp=sharing</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The reason I’m posting about this is because I need help
identifying details about these recordings that are not explicitly mentioned on
the tape boxes. Two of the three files in the folder I linked are on-train
recordings. The boxes for these reels were simply labeled “N&W” and “N&W
from Salem”. Below are some written details/observations about these two tapes:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The reel marked “from Salem” starts with a class J 4-8-4
likely departing Salem, Virginia. The engine quickly accelerates and runs at
high speed continuously for about 19 minutes. The reel ends with the engine
stopping at the next station. My guess is that the train is the Cavalier,
though I’ve no idea which direction it’s heading. My question is, which station
was next after Salem and did the Cavalier have to run for a long distance to
reach said station?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The next reel opens as the train is accelerating out of what
I can only assume is the station which ended the first reel. As the engine
climbs upgrade, a Time Freight likely powered by an A drifts downgrade and
rushes passed the microphone. The J runs continuously for about 7 minutes
before stopping at the next station. The recording stops, then starts again as
the engine again departs with pop valve going full blast. The engine continues
its journey for the next 9 minutes, going through a few tunnels along the way.
The reel ends midway through the engine’s run.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The third reel, labeled “N&W 1221 & 2144”, begins
with A #1221 accelerating a coal extra out of an unknown location as a
thunderstorm is rolling in. Y6 #2144 is the helper. My question for this
recording is, at which points east or west of Blue Ridge did A’s handle coal extras
without a Y6 lead engine, but with a pusher at the rear? Such info may give us
a better idea of where this recording was made.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">If anyone here can take a listen to the files I linked and
provide further insight, that would be greatly appreciated.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Thanks,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Eli Santin</p></div>