Lee Alley's Ghost Train.

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I only heard one story about his whistles that I can remember.  
He told me that there was a huge steam shovel digging a lake in Ohio many  
years ago and when the shovel was scrapped and put on the auction block, he 
went  up there to bid on the whistle He said because the lake had become a 
scenic  attraction in Ohio the state wanted the whistle, but had restricted 
the bidder  to how much they could pay. He said when that amount was reached 
he was the only  bidder left, so he got the whistle. So some of the whistles 
did not come from  trains, he just liked the sounds the whistles made..
He did say one time that one of the whistles was found along the tracks  
where it had fallen off an engine,someone knew he like whistles and gave it to 
 him.
Not much to go on!

 
 
David Hall
 
 
In a message dated 6/17/2012 6:53:50 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

 
I am pleased to announce that Mr. Lee Alley's  famous Ghost Train whistle 
machine and all of his whistles were willed to the  Watauga Valley Chapter of 
the NRHS, which he was a long standing member off.  The WVC plans on 
keeping his legacy alive by continuing to represent Mr.  Alley's memory at local 
events and parades. The next outing will be July, 4th  at Jonesborough TN. 
during the cities annual Jonesborough Days  Celebration.
 
However, Mr. Alley did not leave any documentation on  the heritage of each 
specific whistles. If anyone has any solid knowledge of  the heritage of 
his whistles, or which ones are  original, or copies, please contact me 
personally OFF-LIST so we can better  represent Mr. Alley. _nsheavyduty at yahoo.com_ 
(mailto:nsheavyduty at yahoo.com)   
 
Thanks.
Gary Price
Keeping Norfolk Southern safe...one tie at a  time.



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