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converted excursion cars through Saltvilleon summer holidays. (From Gary Price viathe July, 2008 Watauga Chapter newsletter'Whistle Stop').While railfans and others were too late intheir attempt to save the SW-1 No. 1 atSaltville mentioned above, there is a muchhappier note regarding the wooden N&Wcaboose at Saltville mentioned in the aboveparagraph. On July 17, N&W woodencaboose 518173 was united under the shedin downtown Saltville with the two formerMathieson steam locomotives. (From GaryPrice via the August, 2008 Watauga Chapternewsletter 'Whistle Stop').Various sources indicate that efforts havebeen underway for some time to save theN&W train depot at Rural Retreat. The stationat Rural Retreat is probably best rememberedwhen O. Winston Link recorded thesounds of J Class steam engine No. 603arriving and departing on Christmas Eve,1957 with train 42, "The Pelican", whilechimes from a nearby church played thesong "Silent Night". Seven nights later thelast steam engine ran over the Bristol line.For what may be a victim of our economictimes, the Great Smoky Mountains Railroadis said to be shutting down its Dillsborooperations and laying off 40 employees.According to a company memo of July 23,"based upon the state of local and regionaleconomic conditions and rapidly risingdiesel fuel costs, the Great SmokyMountains Railroad has been thrust into aposition where the consolidation of trainservices is immediate and will be based solelyout of Bryson City". (From Midwest RailScene Report, Issue # 283, September 2008).2008 Chapter Christmas PartyWhere has time gone in 2008? Mark yourcalendar and makes plans to attend theRoanoke Chapter Christmas Party that willbe held at Calvary Baptist Church onThursday evening, December 18. Moredetails will be forth coming. Hope to see youthere!Notice of Annual MeetingThe Annual Meeting of the RoanokeChapter of the National RailwayHistorical Society will be held at the O.Winston Link Museum on Thursday,November 20, 2008. The meeting will beginat 7:30 pm. At this time, we will hold ourannual election in which four (4) directorswill be elected.Board members whos terms are expiringare as follows:Walt AlexanderEddie MooneyhamBill MasonKen MillerNominations will be accepted from thefloor at the Annual Meeting, please be sureyou have that person’s consent before makinga nomination. The committee is searchingfor nominees for these three positionsInstructions for Absentee Ballot: This yearwe will elect four (4) directors by secret ballot.Any member in good standing may voteby absentee ballot.Please Note: if you are interested in running,or know of another Chapter memberwho is, please contact the nominating committeepromptly.If there are no more candidates than positions,a motion to elect by acclaim will beaccepted.To vote by absentee ballot, one must:1 - Request an absentee ballot from theSecretary or a member of the nominatingcommittee. You will receive (a) one ballot;5
(b) one "ballot" envelope; and (c) one mailingenvelope.2 - Mark the ballot (vote for not more thanfour (4) directors. If more than four (4) votesare cast, the ballot will be discarded).3 - Place the ballot in the "ballot" envelopeand seal. Do not put your name on the ballotor "ballot" envelope.4 - Place "ballot" envelope in the mailingenvelope. Write your name and returnaddress on the mailing envelope and mailto;Roanoke Chapter, NRHSP.O. Box 13222Roanoke, VA 24032-1322or the envelope may be hand delivered tothe Secretary anytime before the election atthe annual meeting.Our CondolencesThe Chapter’s sympathey and thoughts goout to the family of long time memberJeanette Hamill who passed away on August22. Jeanette worked with the gift shop andhusband Willard is a past president andboard member. We know the family willtreasure their memories of her.Chapter Websiteby Ken MillerFor some months now, the Chapter’s newwebsite has been up and running. Thisweb presence is important in this day andage. The Chapter has an official webaddress: www.roanokechapterNRHS.org.This site has been up and running sincelate last year and still has a lot of material toadd. If there are things you’d like to see,read or find on line, please send the webmasteran email with your suggestions.We are also looking for details and suggestionsof events for the calendar of events.These things do take time, we are all volunteerand only have so many hours availableto do these jobs, so don’t necessarily expectto see things happen instantly.Blue Ridge Chapter’s Rail DaysOnce again this year, the Blue RidgeChapter had a very successful eventwith good attendance. The event was so successful,that the Blue Ridge Chapter made avery nice donation towards our VirginianStation project.Roanoke Chapter thanks Blue RidgeChapter for their continuing support andfriendship and offer our congratulations onreaching their milestone of 50 years in operationin August.Facts About our RailroadFrom the April 1954 N&W MagazineOne thousand new Norfolk and WesternB-8 box cars are equipped with lading tieanchors, as illustrated by this picture. Theseanchors, 48 of which are recessed in thesides of the cars, are used for anchoring theends of steel straps which when placedaround the bulkhead help to firmly bracethe load in the car.The Norfolk and Western’s terminal atNorfolk has more tracks (main line, sidingsand yard tracks) than has the entire State ofRhode Island in line mileage. NorfolkTerminal has 197.2 miles of track as comparedwith trackage totaling 183 line milesin Rhode Island.In 1953 our Roanoke Shops built 15 ClassS-la switching locomotives and made heavy6
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