RR bell

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Next tid-bit, name was Louis Howard Dull. He's shown in photo
 http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/nw3762.jpg

Tom Cosgrove wrote:

> OK worthy gentleman and ladies! Trivia that is both collectable and 
> genealogy!
>
> My daughter in law's  great-grandfather was a machinist at a facility 
> in "downtown"
> Roanoke without a turntable. His name was Howard Dull, born 1882.
> Retired about 1952.
>
> He has handed down a loco bell supposedly retired at the same time.
> Supposedly one of the last steam on the line (when did VGN drop fire?)
>
> Stamped on top of bell is 128. Cast into the hanger arm is
> 405, but no foundry or builder name that I can find.
> Bell is 15 1/2 inches across and about  13-14 inches tall.
>
> Any info on the man, which road, about the bell or the loco, any or all
> would be greatly appreciated.
>

-- 
Tom Cosgrove