Military Train

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Mon Sep 10 18:46:14 EDT 2018


Mr. Rogers,

     Would there be records of military passenger trains from the late 
50's till the end during the Viet Nam period? As a child, I saw a long 
all Pullman train on the Nickel Plate heading west from Cleveland. It 
was an amazing sight with streamline era sleepers from at least a dozen 
roads.

     WJPowers


On 9/10/2018 5:40 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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 
> <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Edward Svitil <nwsvitil at hotmail.com 
>> <mailto:nwsvitil at hotmail.com>>
>> *Sent:* Friday, September 7, 2018 12:48 PM
>> *To:* NW Mailing List
>> *Subject:* Re: Military Train
>>
>> 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
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org 
>> <mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org>> on behalf of NW Mailing 
>> List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 30, 2018 12:26:02 PM
>> *To:* NW Mailing List
>> *Subject:* Re: Military Train
>> I know the topic is closed, but:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Frank Bongiovanni
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 10:51 AM NW Mailing List 
>> <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     Did not think my photos would be admonished. Will give the
>>     critical comments due consideration.
>>
>>     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.
>>
>>     Mike Pierry, Jr.
>>
>>     On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 5:06 PM NW Mailing List
>>     <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto: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.
>>
>>         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.
>>
>>         Howard Leedy
>>
>>
>>         -----Original Message-----
>>         From: NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org
>>         <mailto: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
>>         <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>>
>>         Subject: Re: Military Train
>>
>>         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
>>
>>         Sent from my iPad
>>
>>         > On Aug 28, 2018, at 1:23 PM, NW Mailing List
>>         <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>>
>>         wrote:
>>         >
>>         > This discussion would have been a bad thing if we were
>>         officially at war.
>>         >
>>         >     WJPowers
>>         >
>>         >
>>         >> 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.
>>         >>
>>         >> Mike Pierry, Jr.
>>         >>
>>         >>> On 8/28/18, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org
>>         <mailto: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)
>>         >>>
>>         >>> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 7:08 PM, NW Mailing List
>>         >>> <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>>
>>         >>> wrote:
>>         >>>
>>         >>>> NS 052 came through Bristol today e.b.  Anyone know it’s
>>         destination?
>>         >>>>
>>         >>>> Mike Pierry, Jr.
>>         >>>>
>>         >>>> _____
>>         >>>>
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