"Takin' Twenty" with the Virginian Brethren by Skip Salmon

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Same here.

Frank Akers
www.theruralretreatdepot.com





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How can I obtain a copy of the photo of the Radford  Dispatch Panel?  Glad to 
pay any costs involved.
Glenn Fisher
Cornwall PA


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Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 8:11 AM
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Subject: "Takin' Twenty" with the Virginian Brethren by Skip  Salmon

Last night I had the pleasure of "Takin' Twenty" with eight of the Brethren  and 
Friends of the Virginian Railway. We signed a Happy Birthday card for Jim  
Cosby, Friend of the Virginian Railway and Chairman of the Virginian Station  
Restoration Committee.

We talked about last Sunday's Super Bowl and  several of the Brethren agreed 
that the Budweiser commercial was probably the  best and the Go-Daddy was 
probably the worse. The Brethren also liked the Paul  Harvey farmer tribute from 
Dodge Trucks. See we like other stuff too...

I  reminded the Brethren about this weekend's Train Lover's Day at the Virginia  
Museum of Transportation on Saturday and Sunday. We have our N&W Coach 512  back 
in service and will give train rides both days on the 512, Devil's Lake  Lounge 
car and two cabooses behind our Alco T-6 #41. Come join us if you  can.

Passed around for the Brethren to peruse was the March 2013 "Trains"  magazine. 
Most of this issue is devoted to "Steam is back! Norfolk Southern  embraces its 
roots" about the NS steam excursion program. The schedule for 2013  is now on 
the NS web site, for a train near you pulled by steam. Also in this  issue the 
"Map of the Month" is Virginia's tidewater coal ports in 1954 and  2012. The 
Brethren especially enjoyed looking at the Virginian Sewells Point  1954 part. 
Wis Sowder who served there in 1954 as a clerk, pointed out the coal  storage 
portion and told us "I spend many a cold night walking this yard  classifying 
coal for the mix". Ken McLain who also worked there told stories of  getting to 
and from the facility. Landon Gregory pointed out on the map where  the Yard 
Office was located and his spot.

For Show and Tell, Landon  Gregory brought a 2 foot by 3 foot framed color photo 
of the 1958 Radford  Division Dispatch Panel with Dispatchers Lucian Durham and 
Basil Ramsey on duty.  This beauty was taken by N&W photographers and given to 
him by legendary  Dispatcher Tommy Duncan. Landon said that the operator's 
office "KD" was right  next to the Dispatcher's office in the photo. This great 
slice of Americana  shows all the panels and items such as calendars, phones, 
papers, etc. typical  of a Dispatch Office of the era.

The Jewel from the Past, like one in  Bill Daniel's Hamilton 950 23-jeweled 
timepiece given to him by his father,  George E. Daniel, Jr. VGN Carman at 
Roanoke Yard (son of VGN Superintendent G.  E. Daniel) is from September 28, 
2006: "We discussed the old Jim Crow laws and  how they affected operations on 
the Virginian. 'Slick' Inge remembered changing  the signs in coaches to 
'Colored' when the passenger trains crossed the state  line at Glen Lyn heading 
east into Virginia. 'Slick' said he did not remember  any problems concerning 
the law. Rufus Wingfield said in the yard, he didn't  recall having any 
incidents either. Landon Gregory, VGN Operator said he knew of  no reported 
accounts of violence or other problems relating to the  laws".

Then there's this from our friend Bob Cohen: TEXTING CODE FOR  SENIORS:
ATD: At the Doctor's; BFF: Best friend's funeral; BTW: Bring the  wheelchair; 
BYOT: Bring your own teeth; CBM: Covered by Medicare; DWI: Driving  while 
incontinent; FWIW: Forgot where I was; HGBM: Had good bowl movement; LMDO:  
Laughing my dentures out; TOT: Texting on Toilet and my favorite WAITT: Who am I  
talking to?

Time to pull the pin on this one!

Departing Now from  V248,

Skip Salmon

CDLVII


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