Military Train

Mon Sep 10 17:40:55 EDT 2018

Ed,

I was retired about years ago from the Army after having finished my career as an Infantryman assigned to Military History Detachments including in OIF & OND (academic background in history, archeology, & museums). I’m still assisting the Army Museum system in various aspects. If I may be of any help directing you to a museum please feel free to email me at chad.christian.rogers at gmail.com & I’ll do all I can to help. By the way, there’s a couple of military railroad groups that probably would love to see photos of your memories. Thank ya for what you’ve done. 

Be well,

Chad C. Rogers
Jefferson City, Tenn. USA

> On Sep 10, 2018, at 16:28, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> From: Edward Svitil <nwsvitil at hotmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 7, 2018 12:48 PM
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> Subject: Re: Military Train
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> A question for the membership: I served in the USArmy's last active duty railway unit, the 714 TBROSD&E, from 1969-70, when I went to RVN.  I have quite a few items from my time, including photos, yardmaster schedules, locomotive plates (plastic from GP-9 #1814, etc).  As noone in my immediate family has any connection to this unit, I intend to forward all of my military memorabilia to the Ft. Eustis, VA,  Army Transportation Museum in Newport News.  While I was in HHC, C Company, the operating company, had numerous encounters with the N&W which ran outside the post.
> If anyone has another location which could benefit more, please let me know.
> PS - I'm sending all my OCS material to the Engineer Museum at Ft. Leonard Wood - I think it will have more meaning to an Army Engineer than the very nice, but generic (for lack of a better term) OCS Museum at Ft. Benning, GA.
> Thanks for your time - Essayons!
> Ed Svitil
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> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2018 12:26:02 PM
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> Subject: Re: Military Train
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> I know the topic is closed, but:
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> Mike: I was absolutely not admonishing YOU.  I just wanted to make sure that people, especially young veterans, know that we have been in a wartime period for 28 years (retired VA bureaucrat; there are some young folks out there who aren't aware that there are some wartime benefits to which they're entitled).  And you are totally right about in today's world where cameras in the pockets of just about everyone who is carrying a cell.  
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> Frank Bongiovanni
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> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 10:51 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> Did not think my photos would be admonished. Will give the critical comments due consideration.
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> Having lived (as a teenager) through the WWII years I understand the implications but recognize the difference in today’s world when a hundred iPhones record everything happening everywhere.
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> Mike Pierry, Jr.
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> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 5:06 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> Amen to the observations on train movements of our military equipment. Do we really need to know their exact schedules or routes in these turbulent, tenuous times? 
> You would think a few tarps would have been a good investment to cover the machines. They do look like formidable but very expensive rides.
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> Hopefully, we can continue to enjoy our shared passion for trains and all of the many different loads we see on the tracks without doing anything that causes problems for our troops. 
> 
> Yes, let's get back to trains.
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> Howard Leedy
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> From: NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org> On Behalf Of NW Mailing List
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 4:02 PM
> To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> Subject: Re: Military Train
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> Technically, we have been at war since about September 1990.
> There's actually a regulation that specifies periods of war, at least for VA benefit purposes.
> So that's 28 years.  And still ongoing.  And we thought at 11 years (later changed to 13 years)Vietnam was long.
> Some of our young men and women have done their entire 20 during wartime.
> Although the point about taking pictures of a trainload of tanks during a war is valid.  Part of the reason we don't have pictures of the hoppers PRR leased to the Virginian during WWII.  
> Just for the record.  Back to trains.
> 
> Frank Bongiovanni
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> > On Aug 28, 2018, at 1:23 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> > This discussion would have been a bad thing if we were officially at war.
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> >     WJPowers
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> >> On 8/28/2018 8:52 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> >> 052 suffered a broken knuckle near the rear of the train so it spent 
> >> several hours in Bristol. The pix were made about 3:00pm as it 
> >> finally moved east to clear the State St crossing.
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> >> Mike Pierry, Jr.
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> >>> On 8/28/18, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> >>> Cool Pics once again Mike.  You are going to have to let us know when stuff
> >>> like this is headed towards Radford.  What Time was this ?   I would have
> >>> liked to have seen this on the New River bridge or at Harrison 
> >>> street up close.
> >>> Best regards
> >>> R. Ervine  ( At the other end of the Pulaski district)
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> >>> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 7:08 PM, NW Mailing List 
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> >>>> NS 052 came through Bristol today e.b.  Anyone know it’s destination?
> >>>> 
> >>>> Mike Pierry, Jr.
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