Question for Messrs. King and Hamilton - V.L. Minnick

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I thought that Charlie Wilkerson was the Master Mechanic at Shaffer's 
Crossing.

Jimmy Lisle

On 9/29/2019 9:18 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> I have no knowledge of V. L. Minnick slthough the name is familiar.
> When I got to Shaffers in 1959 Mr. Francis was MM.
> - EK
> *From:* NW Mailing List
> *Sent:* Saturday, September 28, 2019 11:30 AM
> *To:* N&W Mailing List
> *Subject:* Question for Messrs. King and Hamilton - V.L. Minnick
>
> A trip through an old N&W Magazine yesterday brought to memory Mr. V. 
> L. Minnick, who was for decades-on-end Master Mechanic (I think) at 
> Shaffers Crossing.  For a man whom we never saw, his name was 
> certainly ubiquitous.  It was shown on on kinds of shipping and 
> waybilling, and carloads of material were waybilled to "V.L. Minnick, 
> Shaffers Crossing."  One could not walk around the Shop Track or the 
> Round House without seeing his name stenciled on something.
>
> It occurs to me that Mr. Hamilton and Mr. King would have known him, 
> so can one of you please provide some details?  What was his first 
> name, where was his office at Shaffers Crossing, and what was his work 
> history?
>
>       -- abram burnett
>
> brakezman lost in the dark
>
>
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