Bill Shumate

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Jim,

Starting as a student, I worked with Bill _Sh_umate, a computer systems 
engineer in the EE Dept at Va Tech. Learning of my interest in the N&W, 
he related the loss of his father as engineer on the 2153 when it 
exploded in Wytheville on December 12, 1955.

Grant Carpenter

On 7/10/2023 5:52 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>
> Ray
>
> I assume it was on the river.  That was way before my time. Not sure 
> when the line to Miles landing was eliminated.  It was still listed in 
> the list of Official stations in 1926.  I assume that portion of the 
> line was abandoned when the dam was built.
>
> If my memory or whats left is correct the Charter for the Radford and 
> Southern envisioned the line going all the way to Floyd County.  That 
> would have been very interesting.
>
> I remember my first time I was near the branch.  My dad and Bill 
> Schumate a Bristol line engineer and neighbor liked to fish just below 
> the dam.  On several occasions when not in school I got to tag along.  
> I can remember the road leading to the dam ran right next to the 
> quarry.   I got to see the Porter and steam crane at  work.   Later 
> when I got my driver license went to the quarry one weekend and got 
> some photos of the locomotive and crane.  Not working but still warm.
>
>  Jim B
>
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