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I remember when it arrived at Abingdon,and that was in early 2008 I
believe.  I was also there helping flag the crossing at Fuller St. the
day the movers lifted it off the tracks and onto a flat bed for a trip
up the street to its current location.  I remember it well because
that was in the fall of 2008 when I was the signal maintainer there.
It was in awful shape at that time, and looks much better now.

It probably was "just a caboose" to the townsfolk.  I doubt by that
time there were any wooden ones left.

As for me, I prefer the steel Virginian cabs!  I think they had a
beautiful styling, and an old conductor told me they were the best
riding of all of them in his opinion!

Ben Blevins


On 12/5/13, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> As a tourist attraction it has been quite successful in that very few

> families that have their picture taken in front of it have a member who is

> NW knowledgeable. Be gracious, it is in a highly visible spot and speaks to

> the railroad's importance to this region.

>

> Mike Pierry, Jr.

>

> On Thursday, December 5, 2013, NW Mailing List wrote:

>

>> Why in tarnation would the Town Fathers of Abingdon have put that garish

>> piece of junk on their square?

>>

>> I can understand why they didn't want an N&W wooden caboose (viz.

>> maintenance problems,) but the N&W steel cabin cars from the 1920s

>> numbers

>> 5184xx) were much more typical of equipment that ran through Abingdon and

>> one of them would have certainly made a more pleasing display.

>>

>> Methinks politicians and "public policy" types must have made the choice

>> on this dog, without the benefit of input of anyone with a fig of

>> historical consciousness !

>>

>> -- abram burnett

>>         the quintessential curmudgeon

>>

>>

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