Suggestions Visiting WV/VA/MD

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Somewhat off topic, but please say hello when you get to the COHS
Conference.
And make a point of coming to my clinic "Comparison and Contrast of the
Motive Power of the Three Pochahontas Railroads".
[couldn't resist the Shameless Plug].

Frank Bongiovanni

On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 1:33 PM, NW Mailing List
<nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>wrote:


> We only have a very limited number of days to sightsee and I'd like to

> focus on the natural environment where N&W was running. In addition, we

> would also like to visit Cass Scenic Railroad. We'll be traveling via

> Frederick, MD, on our way to Richmond (or also on the way back) and

> we'll detour, of course, both coming and going.

>

> Hakan

>

> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:01:44 -0400, NW Mailing List wrote:

>

> >Just off the top of my head, although not exclusively N&W, since you're

> >covering three states:

> >

> >Hagerstown MD; interesting yard area and a museum.  And the whole

> Shenandoah

> >Valley from Roanoke to Hagerstown

> >Princeton WV; yard, reproduction VGN depot.

> >Roanoke: NWHS archives if open, and as noted VMT and OWL.

> >VGN from Mullens up to Deepwater/VACO or (my personal favorite)up the

> >Winding Gulf (N&W after 1959 of course), and from Mullens west to Gilbert

> >(the only place served by all three Pochahontas roads IIRC)

> >COHS archives and Heritage Center in Clifton Forge, VA (okay; it's not

> N&W,

> >but it's still interesting, I think).

> >Beckley, including the Exhibition Coal Mine.

> >And, depending how far you're going in MD, there's Cumberland and the WM

> >Scenic, and the B&O museum in Baltimore (again, not N&W but still worth

> >seeing, I think).

> >

> >And for mines, grab some of the reference material on Southern WV and a

> big

> >map.  Depending on your endurance, there's a lot to try to jam in two

> >weeks.  Have fun.  Take a picture or two.

> >

> >Frank Bongiovanni

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 8:04 AM, NW Mailing List

> ><nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>wrote:

> >

> >> Pocahontas Division from Bluefield to Willamson WV. Also the Virginia

> >> museum of transportation and o Winston link museum in Roanoke

> >>

> >> On Jul 16, 2010, at 22:30, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

> >> wrote:

> >>

> >> > I am looking for suggestions for significant sites (to someone

> >> > interested in N&W) to visit in WV/VA/MD in two weeks. Examples could

> be

> >> > towns, coal mines, other points-of-interests etc. where N&W operated -

> >> > I am open to all suggestions.

> >> >

> >> > TIA.

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

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