Suggestions Visiting WV/VA/MD

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Will do, see you there.

On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:24:51 -0400, NW Mailing List wrote:


>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:

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>> 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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