<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">As an aside, when LifeLike (Proto2000) wanted to produce the SD-9 in HO scale, Nolen Null of LifeLike contacted me; he knew there was at least one SD-9 unit in Roanoke and asked if I thought it would be possible to go down and photograph it in detail. I contacted Bob Bowers who had a contact with an NS official involved with motive power. Long story short, Nolen and I drove to Roanoke from Maryland one Saturday evening and spent the night at the then downtown Holiday Inn; we met Bob and his NS contact for breakfast Sunday morning and then went behind the East End Shops and Motive Power building where the SD-9 was sitting.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">I'm not sure how much Bob told his NS contact about our mission; we spent a lot of time on the ground photographing the unit (this was before digital photography); after awhile Nolen and I climbed up the end ladder and got on the roof to take more photos; Bob would later tell me this gave lots of angst to his NS contact; the contact wasn't worried if we fell off the unit, but was worried that someone would see us fall!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">We survived our roof adventure to the relief of Bob's friend.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Jim Brewer</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM NW Modeling List <<a href="mailto:nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org">nw-modeling-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 dir="ltr">Thank you very kindly. It's a pleasure to share my photography with others. There will be more to come!<div><br></div><div>Ed Painter - from Narrows, VA - living in Cohutta, GA</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 7:28 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:<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>
Ed Painter,<div> I just wanted to thank you for another excellent article, this time on N&W’ s ex-NKP SD9’s!! Thanks for sharing your great photos with us also! I look forward to seeing a future article from you on the RSD12’s!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again,</div><div> Rudy Garbely </div><div> Pompton Plains, NJ</div><div><blockquote><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div>
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