NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 114, Issue 16

Mon Nov 17 17:52:17 EST 2014

Ron, Thank you so very much for your response-it makes sense as I have noticed when I do see a train past the Hotel Roanoke Cam that it is moving much faster than  it used to.  I'll just have to watch for longer periods of time.
  The "Chesterton, IN West" cam is also very good for NS and quite busy.  CP seems to have a trackage right run-thru with a crude oil unit train.  The West site is very good because it includes the 4th street crossing so that when something is coming the gates go down. NS plus run-thru power such as UP and BNSF
Thank you again for the information.
Stewart Fritts 

On Sunday, November 16, 2014 1:39 AM, "nw-mailing-list-request at nwhs.org" <nw-mailing-list-request at nwhs.org> wrote:

Send NW-Mailing-List mailing list submissions to
    nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org

To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
    https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/nw-mailing-list
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
    nw-mailing-list-request at nwhs.org

You can reach the person managing the list at
    nw-mailing-list-owner at nwhs.org

When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of NW-Mailing-List digest..."

When replying, please edit the Subject line so it reflects the topic you are responding to.

Also delete the non-pertinent parts of the digest when replying to a referenced post.

Your fellow list subscribers will appreciate it.

Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Marion, Va. Station (NW Mailing List)
   2. Re: Rail traffic past Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, VA (NW Mailing List)

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Message: 1
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 23:19:17 -0500
From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Subject: Re: Marion, Va. Station
Message-ID: <mailman.15134.1416057032.13009.nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed

Jimmy,

There are not many station drawings for all of the reasons you list and more.

One thing to understand is that most stations were constructed using 
a number of standard designs.

The station at Farmville, VA is notable in that it was the first of a 
family of First Class stations all built to a standard design. The 
drawings for the Farmville station were also used for a number of 
other stations such as Luray and Charlestown, WV.

There is also a set of drawings for Second Class stations that were 
built at smaller towns.

The same standard drawings would be used to show basic design and 
construction methods to be used. Based on traffic at a given station, 
the freight and passenger areas would be enlarged or reduced from the 
"standard" size to match the demand.

Archives link to first class stations
http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/selectdocs.php?index=s&id=70

Archives link to second class stations
http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/selectdocs.php?index=s&id=123

These were not the only standard designs used for stations on the N&W.

So to answer your question, there is not a set of drawings for the 
Marion station specifically as it was built from a set of standard 
drawings that were used for many stations using that same design.

Ron Davis

At 02:50 PM 11/11/2014, you wrote:
>While passing through Marion, Va. recently, I noticed the passenger 
>station right off of Main St. What a beautiful station that is! 
>Searching the archives turns up but one photo and no elevation 
>drawings. This would be a nice station to model if one only had some 
>plans. This is not the only station that there seems to be no plans 
>available. Which brings me to the question, are the station plans in 
>the archives and just haven't been cataloged or do they exist and we 
>don't know where they are or are station plans something we just 
>don't have and are lost forever?
>
>Jimmy Lisle
>________________________________________
>NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org
>To change your subscription go to
>http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list
>Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at
>http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/

---
This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active.
http://www.avast.com/

------------------------------

Message: 2
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 23:27:42 -0500
From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Subject: Re: Rail traffic past Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, VA
Message-ID: <mailman.15135.1416057032.13009.nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed

Stewart,

The reason may not be that there is no traffic, but that the traffic 
that is passing is not taking as long to pass the camera. After the 
reorganization of the trackage through Roanoke this summer, trains 
frequently pass the Hotel Roanoke at double the speed they used to. 
Hence, when you look at the RailCam, you will be half as likely to 
see a train passing by.

Ron Davis

At 01:30 PM 11/8/2014, you wrote:
>Being a "yankee" member, can any one help me- I watch the Hotel 
>Roanoke railcam a lot-usually several times a day. Lately it seems 
>there is almost no traffic past this junction.  Can anyone help with 
>an explanation?
>Thank you, Stewart Fritts,  North Haven, Connecticut
>________________________________________
>NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org
>To change your subscription go to
>http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list
>Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at
>http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/

---
This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active.
http://www.avast.com/

------------------------------

Subject: Digest Footer

________________________________________
NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org
To change your subscription go to
http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list
Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at
http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/

------------------------------

End of NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 114, Issue 16
************************************************
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/attachments/20141117/f6228ed1/attachment-0001.html>