Arrow tender articles

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Firstly, thanks Jim Nichols for the issue numbers. I will look through my father’s library of Arrows when I’m next over there. 

Regarding Mike’s comments below, I have mixed feelings about this. 
Information from past Arrows should absolutely be more easily available. By this I would like to see (at the least) more transparency on what topics were covered in past issues. The current back-issue page is part way there already.
I’m Ok with purchasing this information, with the understanding that such sales underwrite the organization. However to Mike’s point, selling entire issues will certainly put off some sales.

I’d like to see old issues digitized and articles made available for sale. This would certainly be a low-margin affair, but would serve the same “for the greater good” aspect of the Historical Society. 

Alternatively, relatively fundamental knowledge - such as tender use, lettering, etc. - would, I think, make perfect fodder for a purpose-made booklet, similar to the standards book the NWHS published a couple of decades ago. Since the steam-era history is no longer changing, these types of books would be a go-to legacy document. 

Matt Goodman
Columbus, Ohio, US

> On Jan 8, 2023, at 9:09 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> I wish that some of this key information would be shared more freely on the nwhs.org <http://nwhs.org/> site. Much info like this is "key info" that is basically locked away.  I am pretty much an outsider, so I don't know the inner workings of the Society sales, but how much revenue comes from old Arrow sales? Is there any chance some of the old Arrows could be made publicly accessible someday? For example, the articles Jim referenced below would cost my $70 to order.  I really, really enjoy learning about the tenders and how they moved around, and finding images in the Archives of the tenders.  But as it stands, I'll never see Jim's articles.  The really sad thing is, I was a member in the 90's, then kind of dropped out for a while with family and work, etc... so I probably had those volumes and lost them during moves, cleaning up the house, etc...
> 
> Mike Rector
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> Subject: Re: Decals - Steam Era cab-side lettering
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> My tender articles were in the following issues of the Arrow:
>      The first four were in Vol.15, Nos. 3,4,5 and 6 (May/June 1999- Nov/Dec. 1999
> Skip Vol16 No. 1 (that was another subject you might find interesting)
>      The fifth installment was Vol 16 No. 2 (Mar/April 2000
> Skip Vol 16 No 3 (again, a different subject)
>      The final installment was Vol. 16 No 4 July/Aug 2000
> In my (humble?) opinion, I think these six columns adequately cover the subject of modern N&W tenders. I did not attempt the ancient ones.
> 
> Jim Nichols
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