CONVENTION MEMORIES

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Hope all of you enjoyed Roanoke as much as I did. Thanks to all of 
those who continue staging our 'annual' at such a high level. I skipped 
the tours; have done them on previous visits. Instead focused on my own 
interests; track arrangements, bridges, some structures. Went to 
Wabun/Singer for another close look at the ex-VGN skewed truss bridge. 
Didn't get close; much more overgrowth now than 5 years ago made it 
risky..

Enjoyed meeting Tom Dixon; liked his comment that modelers are by 
nature the core of historic preservation. Brings a couple of NWHS 
members to mind.

Struggled with northbound I-81 traffic on the way home. Must have been 
liberals on their way to D.C.: limping along in the left lane; holding 
everything else up; ignoring the majority.

Jerome Crosson