NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 223, Issue 13

Wed Mar 15 01:15:38 EDT 2023

Thank you for the reply. Who sent this, btw? You forgot to sign your email.

We now have:
1 person telling me they knew the family and hunted their property, and the
family pronounced it "Bo-azz"
1 person telling me  train crews referred to it as "Bo-azz"
2 persons telling me train crews referred to it as "Bows"

I suspect everyone may be correct.  There were a lot of employees.

Thanks for the replies.
Mike Rector

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> The railroaders I talked to -- and there were many -- pronounced it
> "Bows," as in ribbons and bows.
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>   1. RE: Boaz siding (NW Mailing List)
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> Mike,I can assure you that the name is pronounced Bose, as the speakers.
> This comes directly from engineer's that I worked with that worked
> there.Jimmy LisleSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> Date: 3/12/23  7:18 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: NW
> Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> Subject: Boaz siding Does anyone
> have images or info about Boaz siding that they are willing to share that
> may help me model it in HO?? ? I am particularly interested in the length
> of the siding.? Placement of the buildings (sheds), and where the turnouts
> are located beyond (east) of the shed.? I also want to know about a culvert
> that I believe was located right where the crossover connected to the
> siding turnout.? I will need to model that, but don't know what to make it
> look like.? Also, probably most importantly of all: how to pronounce it.
> I'd assumed it was Bo-Azz since I heard about it as a kid.? I've read that
> it was pronounced Bose, like the speakers, and named for the local farmer
> family. One of the members of our Facebook group stated he hunted on the
> family property many years ago, and they pronounced it Bo-az
> z, so I consider it settled at this point, unless someone is going to say
> that?everyone on the railroad called it Bose (seemingly?incorrectly).I have
> a pretty good image of it from the Archives, taken from a distance.?
> Luckily it is mostly perpendicular to the track.? I have derived some
> distances, although there is some perspective involved that I will need to
> take into account. I'm including her a photo of the siding with my distance
> measurements, and a track chart/Google map overlay, to show the things I am
> looking at.I?am looking?carefully at Boaz siding images and info that?I can
> get my hands?on. I am planning to model it as a small diorama in HO scale,?
> mostly for taking photos of my rolling?stock, and to motivate me to weather
> and detail some locos.? The primary obstacle?to the process is believably
> modeling a weeping willow. If I can't nail that, there's really no point in
> proceeding.? I'm experimenting with some materials I have found online,
> such as large feathers from ost
> rich and peacock, and with miniature?fern fronds (from asparagus).? This
> all stems from my work to build a diorama of the Auville yard service
> area.? As I started buying lumber for that scene, I began thinking about
> the improvements in model scenery since I last built a layout.? Perhaps I
> should practice?on a small scene. Somehow I turned that into a 6 or 8 ft x
> 32 in diorama/module.???At least it's mostly track and wild grass fields
> scenery.Thanks for any pics or info you can share?to help.Mike Rector
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