The Future ?

[NW Mailing List]

Marty,
     I will have to respectfully disagree with your interpretation. I 
feel that it has been made very clear in the "Vision Statement" that the 
powers that be have decided that "Central Appalachia" takes precedence 
over the rest of the N&W system.//May I remind you, and others, that if 
it wasn't for the SVRR many of the towns throughout the Shenandoah 
Valley, would never have been and that includes the great City of 
Roanoke. Again, what of other cities and towns along the right of way 
outside of "Central Appalachia"?



*I submit to the members of the N&W HS that the current "Vision 
Statement" be changed to read something more along the lines of:*
/
"Over the next 20 years we intend to implement the steps necessary to 
establish and maintain the Society and its //
//Archives as the recognized, authoritative sources for information 
about the history and operations of the N&W //
//and VGN railways //and their respective places/_**__*/in the 
development of the regions along their "Right of Way"/*_///and in the //
//development of rail transport in general. As our resources permit, we 
intend to put in place up-to-date, proven //
//research technologies to make our collections available to the wider 
history and research communities."

/Take care,
Jimmy Lisle


On 10/2/2014 11:17 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> My interpretation is that the railroads as a whole will be covered, 
> but that in addition to the history and operations of the railroads, 
> their roles in the economic and cultural development of central 
> appalachia will also be included. Let's face it, N&W overall didn't 
> have much of an impact on the growth of cities like Columbus or 
> Cincinnati, but there are multiple cities in towns in West Virginia 
> and Virginia that pretty much only exist because of N&W.
> So as far as railroad only articles and records, information will 
> continue to be spread across the entire system, but in certain areas, 
> it will be expanded to include the railroad's relationship with the 
> towns and people.  I think this phrasing also allows the Society to 
> expand its network, opening it up not just to railfans but to 
> historians as well.
> Of course, we'll have to wait and see what an official source has to 
> say, but that's how I read that statement, and I don't think it is a 
> major cause for concern.  I see it as more of an addition than a 
> subtraction of information.
> Marty Flick
>
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>     *Sent:* Thursday, October 02, 2014 9:59 AM
>     *Subject:* The Future ?
>
>     /"Our second step in moving the organization forward was to
>     develop plans consistent with implementing the NWHS //
>     //Vision Statement, which is posted at www.nwhs.org and says://
>     //
>     //"Over the next 20 years we intend to implement the steps
>     necessary to establish and maintain the Society and its //
>     //Archives as the recognized, authoritative sources for
>     information about the history and operations of the N&W //
>     //and VGN railways //and their respective places *_in the
>     development of the Central Appalachian region_*//and in the //
>     //development of rail transport in general. As our resources
>     permit, we intend to put in place up-to-date, proven //
>     //research technologies to make our collections available to the
>     wider history and research communities."  "/
>
>     Reading the above highlighted segment from the fourth quarter
>     eTAF, is this to say that the rest of the N&W is to be ignored? Is
>     the "Central Appalachain  Region" to be given top priority? What
>     about the Valley, Piedmont (including areas toward Durham and
>     Winston-Salem) and Tidewater areas of Virginia? What about the
>     Ohio districts? I somehow feel that this "Vision Statement" is far
>     too localized and out of line with what we should be doing.
>
>     Jimmy Lisle
>
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