Farmville Line Update: 8/2

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We may be getting a bit off the track here (pun intended), with discussions 
pertaining to fire trucks, but the job of delivering fire trucks is not all 
it would appear to be. That new vehicle may be a great ride for 5 miles, 
but is like riding a buckboard for 500 miles. Fire trucks are not 
built  like over-the-road trucks. Second issue, departments should have the 
truck delivered by the builder - for warranty and liability reasons, among 
others.

For modelers, there are lots of great models of fire apparatus of vintages 
dating back over the last 50 years. And one can easily add warning lights 
that bring a bit of  "action" to the scene. One model club has a simple 
scene with a fire truck, police car, and a ambulance at the scene of a car 
accident. Lots of lights. Even in a well-lit room, the little scene draws 
attention and nearly every visitor stops and comments.

Clint Smoke
Certified Fire Protection Specialist

 > Date: 2005/08/03 Wed PM 09:34:35 EDT
 > To: "NW Mailing List" <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
 > Subject: Re: Farmville Line Update: 8/2
 >
 > Jeff Hawkins - I am with Carrollton Volunteer Fire Dept., Carrollton, 
VA.  How does one get the job of "delivering" fire engines? - Albert 
Burckard,   PS: I have put up a display of O and HO scale fire equipment at 
our station if you are ever in the area. Our two latest engines, a 1997 
Quint and a 2005 Rescue Quad, were built by E-One. Sorry.
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 >   Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 10:28 PM
 >   Subject: Farmville Line Update: 8/2
 >
 >
 >   Evening All -
 >
 >   After delivering a shiny new American LaFrance fire truck to the 
Hampden-Sydney Vol. Fire Department this afternoon, I spent some time 
investigating progress on the abandonment of the Farmville line.  Below is 
a summary.
 >
 >   - I found crews working in the little hamlet of Prospect.  They were 
busy repairing the exhaust on a piece of MOW equipment, hence I wasn't able 
to talk to anyone.
 >
 >   - Ties have been pulled from Shields to just east of Prospect.  They 
are pulling two, leaving one, pulling two, leaving one..........
 >
 >   - Spikes have been pulled from Shields to Prospect as well.
 >
 >   - Two MOW cranes were stacking ties just west of Prospect at milepost 163.
 >
 >   - A large tree (and I do mean LARGE) has fallen across the tracks 
about 50 yards west of the Rt. 610 grade crossing at the 138 
milepost.  Obviously this occured since the last train operated through 
here a few weeks ago.
 >
 >   Jeff Hawkins
 >