Fwd: [rlhsgroup] ANDREW DOW

Fri May 22 17:51:13 EDT 2015

I never met him but have inscribed copies of his N&W coal car book and his Dictionary of Railroad Quotations.  He was a very agreeable guy in the eMail correspondence I had with him,  He’s obviously going to be missed by a lot of people in a lot of places.  He was in the process of doing a second edition of the Dictionary, and had some material for a second edition of the coal car book.  

Thanks for passing it along.

Ed King

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Subject: Fwd: [rlhsgroup] ANDREW DOW

All....this was forwarded to me....thought the group should know.....

Jim Brewer

Greetings, 
      Andrew Dow, a faithful and enthusiastic R&LHS member, and a frequent contributor to this list, died on 24 April, at age 71 from cancer. He was a member since at least 1999. And his father was listed as a member in my 1985 roster, so I'm certain Andrew was reading our journals even back then in Yorkshire, England.
     You can read his long obituary here:
http://www.stephensonloco.org.uk/SLSobituaries.htm
      Two personal stories about Andrew. He was very fussy about his library. He long ago insisted that the R&LHS back issues he purchased, and he wanted them all, had to be perfect with no writing on them. I told him quite frankly that he would have many holes in his R&LHS collection if he insisted on that. So he backed down and trusted my judgement. And did quite well ending his life with all but seven editions: Andrew Dow wants: Nos.17, 18, 19, 20, 39A, 47A & 54 as of 8/22/14.
      The other thing was his method of payment. I gave him the usual options, and he wanted to send U.S. currency at his own risk. Which was fine until it arrived here, repeatedly, with a barely legible address, and in the usual British manner, with no return address. I'd open a tiny envelope that contained $300. But his faith was rewarded as we never had a problem.
     Wish I had met him...... :)
           Alden

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