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I am sorry I forgot to sign my submission.  I am Jim Cochran, member of
the BoD and chairman of the society's model committee.  I served on
the board 40 years ago and even back then we were discussing NS inclusion
to broaden the audience to which our efforts might appeal.  For all intents
and purposes the N&W ended in 1982 with the formation of NS.  The number of
folks with "first -hand" knowledge of N&W is getting smaller every year and
many people out there have only ever seen "da hoss" in daily operations.
Further, I personally believe that many people like to model what they see
out there in use.
As those of you who pay attention to the status of the society may know,
our membership has been in decline for a number of years such that today we
are a mere shadow of what we were in our heyday.  This means our revenues
from both membership dues and sales are correspondingly reduced making it
harder and harder to produce the Arrow or fund any other projects.
Embracing NS has always been considered as a way to get additional and
perhaps some younger members into the society.
It is not our intent to diminish our devotion to the N&W in any way and
that will always be the primary focus of our society.  However we will be
giving limited space in the Arrow to NS topics related to N&W in hopes of
appealing fo people interested in more current aspects of the road.
This is a thumbnail of the reasoning behind our decision.  Please send your
specific question and I or other BoD members will answer them as best we
can and thank you for your continued support without which we cannot
provide you with the Arrow, the archives, the database, and all the other
things that you may take for granted.
Jim Cochran
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