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
>>
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>> *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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