NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 40, Issue 40 - Roanoke Shop

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According to my records, the S-1a's were built at the rate of two per month.

Louis Newton


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> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:10:19 -0500

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> Gordon:

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> I have noticed that all of the various services I use (terraserver, google 

> earth and maps, and live maps) all seem to have different photos at 

> various levels. It most probably comes from the satellite imagery 

> available for any point at a given altitude. Sometimes the difference from 

> one level to the next is really interesting.

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> I was looking at Shaffers Crossing this week with Live Maps and it is 

> interesting to use the zoom in feature that they call their "Birds Eye 

> View" and scroll in various directions.  At Shaffers Crossing trains will 

> appear and disappear, the area that looks to be a recycling yard is full 

> of trash in one view and empty when you refresh.

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> Makes getting a consistent view fun doesn't it!?

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> Hope this helps.

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> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:35:02 -0800 (PST)

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> I'm guessing during WWII there were 2 or 3 shifts in the shop, and 

> remember the workers were not long out of the depression, valued their 

> jobs, had great work ethics and under pretty strict shop foreman and 

> supervisors !! THEY GOT-ER DONE !!?Ron H.

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> John,

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> Generally for the A, J and Y6's, about one locomotive per month. During 

> WWII, it was about?one per every 2-3 weeks. For the S1a's, three?were 

> built about?every two months.

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> This new construction was done along with the other locomotives receiving 

> classified repairs, often the same shop personnel performing both 

> simultaneously.

> ?

> Bud Jeffries

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> What was the capacity of Roanoke Shop to build locomotives? (on a per 

> month basis)? Could they have built 2 per month, more?

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> Thanks,

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> John R.

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> Bluefield Daily Telegraph

> April 2, 1909

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> THE GRAHAM DAILY NEWS

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> Loafing at the Depot

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>    The Graham Daily News has been asked by several of Graham's most 

> prominent citizens to give its views on the loafing question around the 

> Graham depot.  It doesn't seem that anyone, be he black or white, would 

> have business at the depot the whole day through, crowding the persons who 

> wish to go away on the train out of the waiting room.  Now this habit of 

> loafing at the depot has become a rank nuisance, and the town council 

> aught to pass a law prohibiting it, as all other towns of good standing 

> have done.

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> Bluefield Daily Telegraph

> April 3, 1909

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> IN CITY AND COALFIELD

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> Officials Change

>    E. J. Shauffner [Microfilm blurred.  Best interpretation shown.], who 

> has been general foreman of the shops here for some time, left yesterday 

> for Roanoke where he will take charge of the west end round house, 

> succeeding J. J. Barry, who was appointed master mechanic of the 

> Pocahontas division, effective April 1st.

>

> Carload of Laborers

>    A carload of Hungarians passed through yesterday morning going to 

> various points in the coal fields.

>

> Foot Badly Mashed

>    T. R. Fink was the victim of a painful accident yesterday afternoon on 

> the east end yard, when a heavy rail fell on his left foot, mashing that 

> member badly.

>

> Princeton Division Point

>    Roanoke Times:  Division Superintendent L. R. Taylor and Chief 

> Dispatcher W. L. Melvin, of the Virginian Railroad [sic], have been 

> transferred from Roanoke to Princeton, W. Va., and the latter place is to 

> be made headquarters for a division terminus.  Victoria is to be the other 

> division terminus.  This means that the Virginian has been divided into 

> three divisions, one from Deepwater to Princeton, one from Princeton to 

> Victoria, and the other from Victoria to Norfolk.  Mr. Taylor has already 

> moved to Princeton and Mr. Melvin will leave for that place in a few days.

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> The item "Carload of Laborers" describes the group as 'Hungarians'.  From 

> my historical readings, particularly the Johnstown Flood of 1889, the term 

> was used not to indicate nationality, but to identify them as somewhat 

> undesirable and of a lower class.  For example, the term was used in 1889 

> in many reports of looting, alcoholism, etc. after the flood.

>

> Jerome Crosson

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> In a message dated 02/22/09 16:39:26 Eastern Standard Time, 

> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

> Bluefield Daily Telegraph

> April 3, 1909

>

> IN CITY AND COALFIELD

> ------

> Officials Change

>    E. J. Shauffner [Microfilm blurred.  Best interpretation shown.], who 

> has been general foreman of the shops here for some time, left yesterday 

> for Roanoke where he will take charge of the west end round house, 

> succeeding J. J. Barry, who was appointed master mechanic of the 

> Pocahontas division, effective April 1st.

>

> Carload of Laborers

>    A carload of Hungarians passed through yesterday morning going to 

> various points in the coal fields.

>

> Foot Badly Mashed

>    T. R. Fink was the victim of a painful accident yesterday afternoon on 

> the east end yard, when a heavy rail fell on his left foot, mashing that 

> member badly.

>

> Princeton Division Point

>    Roanoke Times:  Division Superintendent L. R. Taylor and Chief 

> Dispatcher W. L. Melvin, of the Virginian Railroad [sic], have been 

> transferred from Roanoke to Princeton, W. Va., and the latter place is to 

> be made headquarters for a division terminus.  Victoria is to be the other 

> division terminus.  This means that the Virginian has been divided into 

> three divisions, one from Deepwater to Princeton, one from Princeton to 

> Victoria, and the other from Victoria to Norfolk.  Mr. Taylor has already 

> moved to Princeton and Mr. Melvin will leave for that place in a few days.

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