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The Official Newsletter ofthe Roanoke Chapter, NationalRailway Historical Society, Inc.Volume 44, Number 3July-August-Sept. 2012

Volume 44, Number 3July-Aug.-Sept. 2012Editors:Jim Overholserjgoverholser@verizon.netDorr Tuckerjoandorr@cox..netMixed FreightRobin R. Shaversrobin.shavers@gmail.comHistorianKenneth L. Millerklmiller@rev.netAll materials should besent directly to the Editorsat their email address listedwith their names.Turntable Times is publishedquarterly as the newsletter ofthe Roanoke Chapter, NationalRailway Historical Society, Inc.Opinions and points of viewexpressed herein are those of thestaff members of the TurntableTimes and not necessarily reflectthose of the members, officers ordirectors of the Chapter.Meeting NoticeThe Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Societywill hold its next regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday,September 20, 2012. The meeting will be held in the auditorium atthe O. Winston Link Museum at 7:30 pm. Please be sure to enter atthe west end of the building on the track level.Throughout the year, please note our inclement weather policybelow, and always check the website for the most up to date information.Our October meeting well be held Thursday October 18 at 7:30pm. November meeting will be held on Thursday, Nov. 15.From The Head EndCards and FlowersIf you know of a Chapter Member who is sick, lost a loved oneor has a new birth in the family, please contact Bonnie Molinary.Bonnie is responsible for Chapter cards and flowers and can bereached at 362-0273.Deadline for Turntable TimesThe deadline for the next issue of Turntable Times is Saturday,December 1, 2012. Please send articles, information and exchangenewsletters to: Editor Turntable Times, P.O. Box 13222, Roanoke,VA, 24032. All parties sending newsletters to the Roanoke Chaptervia email should send them to Jim Overholser: jgoverholser@verizon.net, Dorr Tucker at joandorr@cox.net and Ken Miller atklmiller@rev.netMeeting Cancellation PolicyAny Chapter meeting will be considered cancelled if any of thefollowing conditions are due to weather: Roanoke City Schools areclosed on the day of or for the day after the meeting, or VirginiaWestern night classes are cancelled for the night of a meeting.Cover PhotoLightning CAN strike twice. It had been 6409 days since a livesteam locomotive was seen at this spot. The Southern 630 is arrivingin Roanoke at 4:05 PM on June 24, 2012. In the second lightingstrike, Chesapeake Western No. 662 is resplendant in fresh paintat the Chapter's 9th Street Facility on July 4, 2012. Hard to belivethat the 662 looking at her today was one of the rust bucket "lostengines of Roanoke" in a scrap yard for almost 45 years! 630 photoby Kenneth L. Miller, 662 Photo by Lewis Foster.1

Wanda L. Troutman, 1935-2012IJeff Sanders, Presidentt is with much sadness that I report toyou the passing of our good friend andfellow Chapter member Wanda Troutman,who passed away suddenly and unexpectedlySaturday, May 12. Wanda was a tirelessworker for the Chapter for about forty years.After joining the Chapter in the early 1970s,Wanda served in many capacities, includingbeing on the Board of Directors, andworking as Treasurer for twenty-five yearsfrom 1982 to 2007. She also worked hardon all of our excursion trips, both day andmulti-day trips, working in food service and,later, heading up the First Class service onthe private cars. She had planned to do thesame for the trips this year. Very unassuming,Wanda never looked to be in the spotlight,but her contributions to the Chapterwere some of the most important. She wasa willing servant. Her presence will be sadlymissed by all who knew her, and here contributionsto the Chapter will be difficult tomatch.Our hearts go out to her family, alsoChapter members, husband Bernard, sonand daughter-in-law Bernie and Sherry, andgrandchildren Christopher and Holly. I askyou to please hold the family up in yourprayers during this difficult time. (Readat the General Meeting of the RoanokeChapter, NRHS, May 17, 2012)CondolencesJulia O. Akers passed away on August 7.She was the mother of member ChuckAkers and had been a member for manyyears. Many remember her working withthe food service on past Chapter excursions.Condolences to Chuck and his family.Board Meeting Summary, July10, 2012By Jeff Sanders, PresidentBoard Attending: Jeff Sanders, EddieMooneyham, Skip Salmon, Jim Cosby, BillMason, Carl Jensen, Landon Gregory, KenMiller, Gary Gray. Trip Committee: PaulHowell, Elly Wefel, Bill Arnold, Dorr Tucker.Also attending: members Percy Wilkins,Harold Hunley.Paul Howell reported that all NS 21stCentury Steam program trips had car hostsfrom our Chapter. Our Fall Trips were promotedon all NS trains.Fall trips: Jim Cosby reported that tickets,agent instructions and inserts are ready. Hewill handle agent training. Ticket sales willbegin on August 6, 2012 with the e-flyer andUSPS mailing going out then. Elly Wefel,Walt Alexander and Ken Miller will work onpublicity with Dorr Tucker. Carl Jensen willcheck on the tour bus market. Bill Arnold isworking with souvenir sales vendors. Skipis working on a Chapter T-shirt for the trips.Paul reported 20 volunteers so far.Financial report is on file for any Chaptermember upon request.Mechanical: See Bill Mason’s report infile. Eddie will get signed copies of leasesand insurance certificates for Jim Cosby.Gary Gray reported that Taylor Martinwill cosmetically restore our N&W box car#526521 for his Eagle Scout project.Carl Jensen reported a dues increase withNational from $36 to $39 a year, and to $40for at large members. The Cedar RapidsConvention was a “bust” financially. TheNational Office has hired a Public Relationsperson for $6,000. This fall the new boardof 25 members will meet in Wilmington,DE. Carl discussed grants given to ChapterProjects. The 2013 Convention will be inAlaska in September. National renewals2

October, the new Bylaws of the Societybecome effective and the new board willconsist of only 25 persons, instead of the160 + members under the old Bylaws. Newelectoral districts were established andNational Directors elected from within each.The former position of National Director hasbeen renamed and its organizational responsibilitieschanged. The position is now calledRepresentative to what will be called anAdvisory Council. This group is supposedto be the forum through which membersand chapters can channel their comments,recommendations or disagreements to andfrom the new BOD. It remains to be seenhow well this will work. Our Chapter hasdesignated the undersigned as our newRepresentative.This last BOD meeting was poorly attended,in fact it was necessary for the Secretaryto conduct a roll call to assure a quorum waspresent. (It was, barely). Items either duefor presentation or carried over from previousboard meetings covering either reportsor proposed revisions of policy were notpresented. These included a board motionof two years ago instructing officers to presenta new National Convention Policy. It wasnot even on the agenda. The annual budgetwas to be reviewed and if necessary revisedbut no discussion was held on this matter.President Molloy stated the 2011 AuditReport is complete, but not presented until atechnical error was to be corrected. It was tobe made available to Directors at a later date.A summary financial report was distributedbut is of little help in determining thereal financial condition of the Society, orwhere and how the money of the organizationis being spent.Again in this last dues renewal period for2012 there was approximately a 6% loss inmembership, a trend that has been in placefor at least the last 5 years. With a diminishingflow of money from dues, and management’scontinued spending for serviceswithout apparent effort to reduce expensesthe financial condition of the Society isbecoming tight. During the follow up generalmembership meeting held on June 23the President alluded to the tight financialcondition of the organization and noted thatdues income is less and less able to sustainoverall operations. While considerable talkhas come forth from the Chair over the lastseveral years about different fund raisingmeans, little significant progress has beenmade in this connection.Elections for the new BOD positions wereclosed August 1. The inclusion of membernames on the back of ballots was mentionedand Secretary Maloney stated the NRHSmanagement had no knowledge of how orwhy this happened. He stated the printerdid this on its own to facilitate mailing ina window envelope. Apparently there werea number of write-in votes for various positions,including several offices that had nocandidates listed. Results are supposed to bereleased by the end of August.The Cedar Rapids convention will probablylose money, according to Mr. Molloy.The convention was too long – in my opinion– causing many to pass it up because ofthe costs involved in travel and extra hotelnights, and additional trips, all of whichmade the overall potential costs too high formany. Due to very successful local televisionand press coverage of the convention,many local ticket sales were generated,reportedly inthe rangeof $47,000. This pretty much represented“found money” to the convention and willmake a major difference in reducing theextent of convention losses. NRHS has nothad a losing convention for nearly 20 years,and never when it was nationally sponsoredinstead of by a local chapter.4 1

says to me as I walked into the commissarycar, “Have I got something that I know youwill want for your collection.” That somethingwas a limited edition 1218 belt buckleshaped like the locomotive’s front numberplate. I still possess it and wear it.2012 also marks 25 years since theRoanoke Chapter NRHS sponsored the 1987National NRHS Convention which was highlightedby operating two steam poweredoperating trains from Roanoke to Radfordside by side for most of the trip. Class J #611 powered the conventionee ladened passengertrain and Class A No. 1218 towed atrain of empty N&W coal hoppers. Man, wasthat a sight and sound to behold. The eventwas presented on the 6:30 pm news by oneof the major TV networks.This past spring, Amtrak commenced andcompleted the task of cleaning up both AutoTrain sets and spare cars. The exterior of thecars now look brand new. Get your photossoon.The grand opening for the public of HighBridge on April 6 was a success to say theleast. 3,000 plus folks showed up representing14 states and the District of Columbia.On Sunday May 13th early on that morning,I observed a train load of West Virginiahead east down the former Virginian. Afterthat, my attention focused on the formerVirginian Railway passenger depot and itsin progress restoration. When completed,that structure will indeed be a real jewelfor Roanoke. I just imagined the RoanokeChapter holding its monthly meetings thereand even maybe, excursion trains departingand returning there at least every nowand then. I realize parking for patrons willhave to be worked out. I used my binocularsto observe up close areas in accordance tothe NO TRESPASSING signs. I too was beingobserved by some guy in a white van parkedin South Yard. Guess he wasn’t used to seeingsomeone like me taking such an interestin an old building.Traveling back to Richmond from Roanoke,I usually check out the former SouthernRailway Montview Yard in Lynchburg. I wassurprised and elated to discover that the treeline that prevented an excellent view of theyard from The River Ridge Mall had beenremoved. Now I won’t have to be restrictedto that little spot of ground where you enterthe yard next to Red Lobster’s parking lot.I was talking with a long time railfan associatewho is employed with the BuckinghamBranch. I inquired as to how things weregoing with the former Virginia Southern segment.He informed me, and this was back inJune, that they were operating one coal trainevery three months to the power plant andthat was due to a contractual obligation onthe part of the power plant.The buzz word I am hearing concerningAmtrak trains operating out of Norfolk forpoints north is the service is to commenceon Pearl Harbor Day, December 7th, 2012.Less Than Car Load (LCL)The concrete ties on the former Virginianmainline (Whitethorne District) at Kumishave been replaced with wooden ties. (GaryPrice)After 51 years the East Broad Top Railroadin Pennsylvania is not operating this year.Whether the narrow gauge steam railroadwill operate in the future is unknown. www.ebtrr.comAt the recent Norfolk and WesternHistorical Society convention in Lynchburg,VA, two Chapter members were honored,Skip Salmon and Louis Newton. ThePrecision Transportation Award is presentedto persons who perform outstanding serviceand dedication towards preserving the historyof the N&W and Virginian Railways.Skip Salmon attends most if not all Archives6 1

sessions to work on the Virginian portion ofthe archives, he writes a periodic newsletteron“Taking 20 with the Brethern,” and he is adriving force behind restoring the Virginianstation in Roanoke. The Golden Arrow ispresented for writers of the best article inThe Arrow magazine during the prior year.Louis Newton has been writing a series ofarticles continuing his “Rails Remembered”series of books on his experiences with therailroads. Congratulations to both. (RonDavis)Blue Ridge Live Steamers - In one of themany storms during recent months, ourfriends, the Blue Ridge Live Steamers inBurnt Chimney, suffered a tremendousamount of damage with a large amount oftrack damaged or destroyed by flooding,trees down and wash outs. Fortunately, mastertrack builder James Hughes is up to thentask and steadily working (with help) onrebuilding the track. Almost as a slap in theface to the natural disaster, the club sufferedanother set back in mid July, when it wasdiscovered that brand new cast aluminumswitch frogs and switch points had been stolenfrom the site. Now, it seems very unlikelythat this is simply a theft for scrap value,as it is not that much. Hopefully, the clubhas come together, and are moving forwarddespite the adversity. (Ken Miller)21st Century Steam – The Chapter participatedwith the Norfolk Southern/TennesseeValley Railroad Museum 21st Century Steamprogram trips in late June and early July.Chapter car hosts staffed the public June24 Winston-Salem to Roanoke trip with theTVRM 630 and the July 7 Roanoke to Bristoltrip with the Savannah and Atlanta NS heritagelocomotive. Members also worked theNS employee trips to Walton and return onJune 30 and July 1. The ex-Southern Railway630 suffered a hot driver bearing over thatweekend of extremely hot weather and dieselspowered the last trips. The engine wasrepaired in time to deadhead to Knoxville,TN, for the employee trips there althougha planned public trip from Knoxville toChattanooga had to be cancelled. Thanks toall the Chapter members, Norfolk Southern,and TVRM people who went above andbeyond the call of duty during the extremeheat and severe damage from the derechowind storm on June 29. Former NickelPlate Road 765, which belongs to the FortWayne Railroad Historical Society, was usedfor 21st Century Steam employee tripsout of Williamson, WV, and on the formerConrail. A deadhead move from Harrisburgto Pittsburgh up and over Horseshoe Curvenear Altoona, PA, was the railfan highlight.Norfolk Southern Heritage Units - OnJuly 3rd and 4th, the diesel railfan eventof the year occurred at the North CarolinaTransportation Museum in Spencer, NC. All20 of the new Norfolk Southern heritageunits (10 GE and 10 EMD) posed and paradedfor the faithful. While the weather wasvery hot, the fans were not disappointed.Thanks again to Norfolk Southern for paintingthe units in honor of NS’ 30th anniversaryand having the event. As NS CEO WickMoorman said (paraphrased) on July 3rd,“I’ve brought back mainline steam, and I’vecreated all these great heritage units. Nowmy mission is complete.” The 20 heritageunits are in revenue service, with manypassing through Roanoke.June 29th Wind Storm – The June 29thderecho wind storm caused massive damagein our area. The wind knocked down treesand tore off limbs, disrupting power over awide area. In many places half the peoplewere without power. The storm affectedthe railroads primarily in two ways – treesdown across the track, and the longer termproblem, power out for many days and evenover a week. The westbound Cardinal made17

national news when it was stranded at thePrince, WV, station for a day before buseswere able to reach and transport the passengersto their destinations. The Cardinaldid not run for a number of days after June29th. Amtrak service at Lynchburg wasaffected, too. In the Blue Ridge Chapternewsletter, editor and station agent GarlandHarper describes the storm hitting just asthe regional train from Boston was arriving,a driving wind and wave of dirt and grit,forcing people inside the station, which hadlost power. It sounded as scary as being ina tornado. Norfolk Southern and CSX wereboth badly affected.Amtrak – On July 30 Amtrak beganusing e-tickets instead of paper ticketsfor all trains. The extension of oneround trip Northeast Regional train a dayfrom Richmond to Norfolk is planned forDecember. Amtrak Thruway bus service ontwo routes begins this fall, connecting thePalmetto at Wilson, NC, to Morehead Cityand Wilmington. See www.Amtrak.com formore information.Pulaski Picture - Back in 1994 followingour Roanoke-Pulaski-Glade Spring 611 tripswe donated a photograph to be displayedat the newly remodeled Pulaski Norfolkand Western Passenger Station that becamethe town museum. The February 1967picture, by Dorr Tucker, was of No. 18,TheBirmingham Special, arriving with snowon the ground and Southern Railway E-7No. 2917 on the point. Unfortunately, theremodeled museum/station was destroyedby fire November 17, 2008, along withthe photo of No. 18. We finally replacedthe photo in a ceremony when the NS/TVRM 21st Century Steam Special (with theSavannah and Atlanta NS heritage unit substitutingfor the 630) ran from Roanoke toBristol on July 7, 2012.The TimetablePhase I construction of the RoanokeVirginian Railway passenger station is complete.The building (how about that newroof!?) looks great. There will be a delay ofseveral months, perhaps into 2013, beforePhase II, the windows and interior, begins.A big THANK YOU to the Virginian StationCommittee, and especially Jim Cosby andSkip Salmon. Chapter President Jeff Sandersreminds everyone to refer any questions toVirginian Station Committee Chairman JimCosby, phone 989-3198. To avoid confusion,he is the only person authorized to provideinformation to the media. See the BoardSummary for more information on the station.Virginia Museum of Transportation – TheChapter plans to operate our Alco T-6, N&W# 41, for train rides on Grandparents Day,Saturday, September 8, at the museum. AlsoSeptember 22 is Virginian Railway Day atthe museum. Saturday, December 8, willbe the Candy Cane Express train rides. Seewww.vmt.org for more information.Fall Excursions – Roanoke Chapter is sponsoringmain line excursions on November 10and 11 to Abingdon/Bristol and Shenandoah/Luray. Since this is Veterans Day weekend,the chapter is offering a discount forveterans. Volunteers are needed for bothdays – contact Paul M. Howell or sign up atChapter meetings. This is the major fundraiserfor the Chapter and as such supportsour mechanical committee work and theVirginian Station restoration project. Pleasedo your part to help out. Excursion informationcan be found at the Chapter website,www.roanokeNRHS.org. Trip flyers are availablefrom Dorr Tucker – please help promotethe trips.Holiday Gathering – Mark your calendarsfor our annual social event, the Holiday8

9Gathering, Thursday, December 20. We willbe at the Calvary Baptist Church again thatevening.AARPCO Convention Train – The 31 carAmerican Association of Private RailroadCar Owners special train is scheduled tostop overnight in Roanoke (South Yard)September 30. After touring the LinkMuseum and VMT, they depart about 1PM October 1 for Washington, DC, viaFront Royal. The train will be coming fromtheir convention in Chattanooga, TN. Thetrain will go to Tennessee via Lynchburg,Salisbury, and Asheville.The New River Train operates October 20,21, 27, and 28.The Spencer/Watauga group is runninga round trip excursion Saturday, November3rd, from Spencer, NC, to Appomattox viaLynchburg. On November 4th they go toToccoa, GA, and return.Amtraks’s only dome car, a former GreatNorthern full length dome, is scheduledto operate on the eastbound Cardinal inour area October 28, November 4, and 11(Sundays). It operates on the westboundCardinal on November 2, 9, and 16 (Fridays).The car will operate on the Adirondackbetween Albany, NY, and Montreal, Canada,from September 13 and October 21. (Amtrak)O. Winston Link Museum – Santa by Railis scheduled for December 1, 2012, from5:30 to 8 PM at the museum.2013 NRHS Convention – The latest issueof the NRHS News has information on the2013 NRHS national convention to be heldin Alaska in September 2013.Derailment At Randolph StreetBy Joe Fagan, former Leverman, RandolphBStreet Towerack before about 1955 trains enroute toWinston-Salem, NC, from Roanoke hadto be switched from the eastbound trackthrough 13 crossover to the westboundtrack to be directed to the south through 21switch. They then crossed the eastboundtrack to reach the west leg of the wye.This move was required because the curvewas too sharp to handle Y6 engines. JakeBrenner had a warehouse on the land thatthe Taubman Art Museum is on now. I guessN&W thought a couple of switches wouldbe a better deal for the Railroad than buyingthe building to realign the track. Thatworked pretty good for the class G and Wengines but the big Y engines just barelymade it. One day in the early 1950’s a bigY6 came along with a Punkin Vine train andthe engine crawled off the rails. The yardpeople pulled the train back into the yardand then about fifty officials supervised thewreck crew rerailing the engine to go backto Shaffers Crossing to be inspected. Theygot the track fixed and traffic moving againand the yard called the same train the nextday with the same engine and guess whathappened – it derailed again on the samespot as the day before with the same damage.They bought Jake’s warehouse, fixed thecurve and there hasn’t been a derailmentthere since. 73s you all!From Norfolk and WesternHistorical Society, Inc., ArchivesReport, July 22, 2012On July 7 the Virginia Museum ofTransportation held a “Party like its 1776”event where they rolled out the newlyrepainted N&W SD-45 1776. Joining the partywas the former Chesapeake Western 662following its miraculous restoration by theRoanoke Chapter NRHS. The 662 was one ofthe “Lost Locomotives of Roanoke.” Another“lost” locomotive, the CW 663 was donatedto the Roanoke Chapter in return for doinga cosmetic restoration of the 662. To add tothe festivities, NS brought three heritage

locomotives (N&W, VGN and Interstate) andthe exhibit car. In spite of the heat, VMThad a record breaking day with over 1700people attending the one-day event.Letter From S. R. Winegard Sr.I recently visited the Chapter’s “Siding”at 9th Street and viewed the finished productof cosmetically restored ChesapeakeWestern Railway Baldwin engine 662.It is my desire to pass on accolades to allthe talented people who did the metal work,the electrical wiring, the great job of paintingand lettering, etc.As one who saw the arrival of the 661,662, and the 663 to the Chesapeake Westernshops in Elkton, VA, in late November andin early December 1946, I certainly couldnot imagine seeing one of these engines sowell restored, and on display at the VirginiaMuseum of Transportation for all to see in2012.Seeing this locomotive brings back a lot ofmemories of my close association to the CW.My dad was an engineer on that railroadand I spent many of my teenage days ridingwith him, both on the CW’s ex-N&W M andM-1 class steam engines, and the Baldwins.I am sure my dad has a great big smile ofapproval as he looks down on the well donework on the 662 by a lot of dedicated peoplein the Roanoke Chapter of the NationalRailway Historical Society.Number 662 - Our OutstandingRestorationWBy Dorr Tucker and Lewis Fosterithout question, the ChesapeakeWestern 662 is an outstanding exampleof cosmetic restoration. Resplendent instriking blue and gray with gold lettering,it is a magnificent addition to the VirginiaMuseum of Transportation’s collection oflocomotives that operated in Virginia.We owe a lot to our restoration team formany arduous hours spent on this time consumingproject. Many crafts were requiredin this restoration effort, including extensivemetalwork, media blasting, carpentry,paint, and lettering. During the restoration,as much as 20% of the sheet metal on theengine was replaced and many other areaswere repaired in place. The car body wasmedia blasted to bare metal and primer wasapplied before Chris McBride, our professionalpainter, applied several layers of theclassic color scheme. The cab interior wasremoved and rebuilt, using new masonitepanels for the walls and wood for the floor.Electrical wiring was added so that theengine could be lit while on display and theair system and wheel bearings were refurbishedfor the trip to the museum. S. R.Winegard, who grew up in Elkton and rodewith his CW engineer father on the Baldwindiesels, provided many details about theengines and was an essential part of therestoration effort. Many long evenings werespent at the end of the project detailing thecab interior. Deluxe gold lettering and stripingwas applied which put a fine finishingtouch on the engine. The chapter would liketo thank the members of the restorationteam: Keith Barnett, Fred Boettner, RussellChu, Megan Erickson, Lewis Foster, GaryGray, Landon Gregory, Bill Mason, TonyMcCray, Ken Miller, Eddie Mooneyham,Michael Preston, Rick Rader, Siegie Ritenour,Richard Shell, Jeff Shelton, Steve Smith, andWizzy Strom.Lewis Foster has prepared an articleon the restoration of the 662 for publicationin the NRHS News that will providemore information on this great project andphotos. We also received coverage in theOctober issue of Trains with 662, 663 and 41depicted.10

Notice of Annual MeetingThe Annual Meeting of the RoanokeChapter of the National Railway HistoricalSociety will be held at the O. Winston LinkMuseum on Thursday, November 15, 2012.The meeting will begin at 7:30 pm. At thistime, we will hold our annual election inwhich four (4) directors will be elected.Nominations will be accepted from the floorat the Annual Meeting, please be sure youhave that person’s consent before making anomination.The Roanoke Chapter is soliciting nomineesfor Directors to be voted on at the NovemberAnnual Meeting. There are four (4) positionsto be voted on.Upcoming Meetings/EventsRegular Meeting Locations are atthe O. Winston Link Museum.September 4 - Board MeetingSeptember 20 - General MeetingOctober 2 - Board MeetingOctober 18 - General MeetingNovember 6 - Board MeetingNovember 10-11 - Amtrak ExcursionsNovember 15 - Annual MeetingDecember 4 - Board MeetingDecember 20 - Holiday GatheringJanuary 7 - Board MeetingJanuary 17 -General MeetingVisit us on the web: www.RoanokeNRHS.orgTurntable Times is published bimonthly as as the the newsletter newsletter of of the the Roanoke Roanoke Chapter, Chapter, National National Railway Railway Historical Historical Society, Society, Inc. Inc. Opinions Opinions and and points points ofview of view expressed expressed herein herein are are those those of the of the staff staff members members of the of the Turntable Turntable Times Times and and not not necessarily necessarily reflect reflect those those of the of the members, members, officers officers or directorsdirectorsthe of Chapter. the Chapter. Items Items of interest of interest should should be sent be sent to Editor Editors, Kenny P.O. Kirkman, Box 13222, 590 Murphy Roanoke, Road, VA 24032 Collinsville, VA of 24078-2128.Editor, Turntable TimesRoanoke Chapter NRHSP.O. Box 13222Roanoke, VA 24032-3222Dated MaterialPlease do not delayReturn Service Requested