Bill Shumate

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Grant

Your VT Bill was the son of Red Shumate that was killed by the boiler 
explosion of 2153 Dec. 1955.  My neighbor was the father of Red and 
grandfather of Bill.


Shumate, W. D. 	Radford 	Fireman 	3 	1 	1903
Shumate, W. D. 	Radford 	Engineer 	5 	5 	1908
Shumate, W. D., Jr. (Red) 	Radford 	Fireman 	2 	2 	1945
Shumate, W. D., Jr. 	Radford 	Engineer 	
	
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Jim B

On 7/10/2023 9:21 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> 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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