N&W Model RR-Let me make this clear

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     I was reading the article in the new Arrow about N&W's model 
railroad. I would like to make something perfectly clear. Reading the 
caption to the photo on page 9, it should say "Photos courtesy of Jimmy 
Lisle, N&WHS Archives collection". Even though "Tony Cook, Editor, Model 
Railroad News" is credited at the top of the page, the way the page is 
laid out, it could be easily overlooked and one may assume that the 
blurb at the bottom of the page was written by me. _/All of the blurbs 
are none of my doing! /_
     Further more, I do not agree with Mr. Cook's assumption that the 
steam locos were not brass. If memory serves me correctly, the N&W 
provided plans to a top Japanese brass model manufacturer to make the A, 
J and Y6b locomotive models. In fact, Voyce Glaze, who years ago gave me 
the photos used in this article (maybe he should have been the one to 
receive the photo credits), also provided me with a copy of the Y6b 
plan, which I believe is the same as the one published in the old 
"Norfolk and Western Steam The Last 25 years" book. I also seem to 
remember conversations my father had with the men operating the layout 
in downtown Roanoke's Hospitality Center during one Christmas season 
that the locos were brass models made in Japan. So, I have to ask why 
was Mr. Cook asked to comment on the photos rather than first asking the 
N&WHS members for any known information?
     I also have to question why page 9 was laid out the way it was, 
being that the Virginian model railroad topic spilled over onto a page 
and underneath a totally separate title at the top of the page, picture?

     At one time this layout was in the garage at my father's house as 
it was being restored and cared for by members of the Roanoke Valley 
Model Railroad Club. It was displayed at Hotel Roanoke during an NMRA 
Convention in the late 70's. Its journey after I left the club in the 
late 70's is for someone else to tell. I do know who owns it now, but 
due to privacy, I'll leave it up to that person to come forward on their 
own. I have, however, sent word by messenger that there is interest.

Sincerely yours,
Jimmy Lisle
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