Another somber anniversary, On December 1, 1959 the Virginian Railway was merged.

Mon Dec 2 09:00:06 EST 2019

Being the “mergee” is always tougher than being the “mergor”.

Ed King

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Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2019 3:18 PM
Subject: Another somber anniversary, On December 1, 1959 the Virginian Railway was merged. 

Ed Burnett reminded me that December 1, 1959 the Virginian Railway was merged away into the Norfolk and Western Railway. The Virginian Railway may be gone but it’s certainly not forgotten. The Virginian Railway group is 
very active within our N&WHS. I would also venture to say it’s the most popular of all of the beautiful NS Heritage Units!  
Happy Holidays! 
Norris 🚂🐄

Norris Deyerle
Blue Ridge Chapter, National Railway Historical Society Chairman of Virginia's Rail Heritage Region Partners
Info: www.blueridgenrhs.org
744 Chinook Place
Lynchburg, Virginia 24502-4908
Cell: 434-851-0151

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From: EDWARD BURNETT <ctwrwy at comcast.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 1, 2019 2:27:44 PM
To: NORRIS DEYERLE <RAILCOW at msn.com>
Subject: Re: Fw: [vrfd] A somber anniversary. Nov. 29, 1906 

Speaking of terrible anniversaries, today December first is the anniversary of the demise of the Virginian Railway. Merged away on December first 1959. -Ed 

  On November 30, 2019 at 9:56 PM NORRIS DEYERLE <RAILCOW at msn.com> wrote: 

  Click on the blue highlighted section to read the Washington Post story. 
  Thanks Ed! 
  Norris 

  Norris Deyerle 
  Blue Ridge Chapter, National Railway Historical Society Chairman of Virginia's Rail Heritage Region Partners 
  Info: www.blueridgenrhs.org 
  744 Chinook Place 
  Lynchburg, Virginia 24502-4908 
  Cell: 434-851-0151 

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  From: Ed Fielding <refielding at verizon.net>
  Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2019 9:03:28 PM
  To: 'NORRIS DEYERLE' <RAILCOW at msn.com>
  Cc: 'Rick Johnson - Blue Ridge Chapter, NRHS' <notch8 at aol.com>
  Subject: FW: [vrfd] A somber anniversary. Nov. 29, 1906 

  From: vrfd at yahoogroups.com [mailto:vrfd at yahoogroups.com] 
  Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2019 6:12 PM
  To: vrfd at yahoogroups.com
  Subject: Re: [vrfd] A somber anniversary. Nov. 29, 1906

  Wow.  What a terrible accident!  That’s sure an important part of the Southern’s history.  Tells us a bit about the times back then too.  Thanks for posting.  . . .  I noticed the 14 page Washington city paper’s price is stated as one cent.  Today a copy of the Washington Post is $2. Though we get a few more pages now….    - SS

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  Subject: [vrfd] A somber anniversary. Nov. 29, 1906

  https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1906-11-29/ed-1/seq-1/;words=[u'SPENCER',%20u'Spencer',%20u'SPENCERS',%20u'Spencers']?date1=1906&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=District+of+Columbia&date2=1906&proxtext=Spencer&y=14&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=7

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