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 Stephen: There is a Facebook group. It is called "Fans of the Norfolk & Western and Virginian." Join!
Jim Nichols
    On Friday, January 6, 2023 at 05:19:59 AM CST, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  
 
 It's clear to me, and even more so after these recent discussions, that our mission is to preserve _all_ of the history of the N&W and its predecessors. And that includes telling the stories of, and by, the workers and families along the line. To accomplish this, we shouldn't stop trying to do this work because we're limited by a page count. Instead, we could look for other channels for capturing these stories.
Now, this next idea is not going to go over well with most people reading this, but if this outdated mailing list format was converted to a more robust - and accessible - Facebook group, we could capture these stories and reminisce until the cows came home. At a zero cost basis....
How's that for stirring the pot?  Like I said, I don't expect to get a rousing ovation for this idea, but it's something to consider.
Stephen WarrenRoanoke
On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 1:21 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

I have written several pieces over the years and sent them in for Arrow publication. I joined the society in 1996. My first item was published in 2017. It was on how I became an N&W fan in Ohio. I submitted an article 202? for publication and shall wait for it to get published. Kenneth Miller has been such a great help to me. I can't even imagine what all he does to keep things on the rails. I do not have the writing skills or the technical background or the family history that I see others have. It impressive me the books people put out. I learned a lot about the Cincinnati district from Alex's book N&W in Ohio. I have learned so much more on how vast the history of the Peavine is by maps and drawings I have been getting from the archives since 2017, which is probably close to 900 now. I enjoy reading any history of the N&W and VGN but my concentration is the Peavine. I think how sad it is to read the N&W magazine and see how family oriented it was to ending up as all business in the end. Talking to original N&W train men and you can see it in their faces and hear it in their voices their love for the railroad and each other. 
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