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Jim - yes, I've been a member in good standing of that group for a while
now. It's a very good group! But I dislike the fact that it's not OUR group
under the N&WHS "brand." We somehow missed out on seizing that opportunity
early in terms of social media. Now that group has grown and has a
considerable "market share" of people who we'd love to convert to
dues-paying members of our organization!

On a separate note, and this is really getting off-track, I was part of the
group effort by N&WHS to create and launch the facebook group "Norfolk and
Western on Today's NS." However, it never really got up to speed with
anyone. I'd be interested in maybe converting that facebook group a general
history group for the sake of posting material from some of our noted
historians who are on Facebook already. While it probably seems redundant
with the existing N&W/VGN group, this might be a perfect place for people
to tell their family stories about growing up with the railroad.

To his credit, Ken Miller runs our N&WHS facebook "page," which is a great
place to post promotional items and stories of interest that help drive
sales and memberships. But it's not the same as running a group (which
takes a LOT of work to keep running smoothly).

Stephen Warren
Roanoke


On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 1:46 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> The facebook group is "Fans of the Norfolk & Western And Virginian
> Railway."
>
> 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 this, but if this outdated mailing list format was converted to a more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 Warren
> Roanoke
>
> 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.
>
> Jeff Wood
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