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In studying a proposal to combine the signal shops  at
Bellevue and Decatur with Roanoke, I rescued  two
cabinets covering "RD" to Narrows.  Following  consoli-
dation  of the Radford, Norfolk, and Shenandoah  Divisions
to a central office, the old TC cabinets had been  brought
to the signal shop and  left outside.  Believe the  VMT
got the Shenandoah Division machines.  Many of  the
Radford TC machines had been cannibalized.  The
machines from the Norfolk Division had been donated  to
the Town of Crewe, but were left outside the gym  of the
old YMCA and the panels eventually faded and the
cabinets rusted. The "RD" to Narrows machine is in 
my basement.
 
It's part of NS now, but during  a visit to the Atlanta  signal
shop, Southern had stored, undercover I might add,
the entire TC machine for the CNO&TP.   Foresight !
 
You know Bluefield and recognize that "RD" was the
eyes and ears for dispatchers working the Narrows
District of the Radford Division, hence the symbol "RD". 
This interlocking was so important that at the time
the Radford, Norfolk, and Shenandoah Divisions were
combined to form the Virginia Division, consideration  was
given to renaming the interlocking "VD".  
                                                           Harry Bundy



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