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The pick and move did indeed occur in November, 2008 and NS traffic was not
interrupted.

Mike Pierry, Jr.


On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 5:29 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>wrote:


> 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

>

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