Water Towers at Buena Vista

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John,

I do not know where the water towers in Buena Vista were located, but 
the Bontex plant is on the old C&O line towards Lexington. A little 
too far north I think.

The C&O had trackage rights over the N&W from Glasgow to Buena Vista. 
Louis Newton describes a trip he made to Lexington over this route in 
Volume 3 of his "Rails Remembered" series.

The Buena Vista Town Hall now sits where the station was located.

In Roanoke you saw the NKP 763 which is on its way to Ohio to be 
refurbished and placed under steam on the Ohio Central Rwy. It was 
moved out of the museum on July 24th.

Ron Davis

At 12:40 PM 9/3/2007, you wrote:

>I was in Buena Vista Sunday looking for the water tower site.  In an 

>email (which I can not find) I was told that the towers were north of town.

>

>Well, I thought I knew where to look, and went there to find the 

>Bontex plant.  Was I in the right place??  Or was the site across 

>the road where the single track runs aout of town?

>

>Also, I was in Roanoke on Friday and saw a steamer under the 

>overpass at Shaffers Crossing.  I looks like the Nickel Plate engine 

>that was at the VA Transporation museum.  Is there a plan to fix 

>this engine up?

>

>As usual, I thank all in advance for your help.

>

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>John C. Abbott

>

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