Norfolk Southern

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Ed Painter; member #70.

On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 9:18 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> So, does tis mean that there will be articles on the Southern as well?
>
> Carl Barna
> Emmaus, PA
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> Why is the moderator allowing unsigned post into this list?
> Larry Evans
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Oct 27, 2024, at 3:46 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
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> As a charter member of the society, and one whose experience with the N&W
> began in the 1940's, I welcome the idea of including NS material in the
> Arrow. While I prefer steam, I realize that N&W had diesels longer than my
> experience with steam. And they were N&W locomotives. Today's NS diesels
> run on lines that used to be N&W, so I keep up with them, as I consider
> them to be the present generation of "N&W power." Thanks Stephen and
> Michael for your comments. N&W history did not end when it became part of
> Norfolk Southern.
>
> Jim Nichols
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> On Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:18:45 PM CDT, NW Mailing List <
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Whoever wrote this – well said.  In recent conversations with one of the
> well-known leads of another historical society –  a west coast railroad –
> the fellow said that folks become involved with organizations with some
> “current” content out of interest in what preceded the present situation.
> The same may hold true for our society.
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> The editorial content of the most recent Arrow got me to thinking – but I
> do not have any magic answers.  I actively recruit in my area for the NMRA
> and encounter the same issues of declining interest among younger folks in
> railroads in general and building things (vs. gaming on one’s phone).
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> I for one will continue to be a member of the society even if the Arrow
> begins to include NS content.
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> Michael Ross MMR
>
> Ft Worth, TX
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> Where the VGN Railway is being rebuilt though the Appalachians in O scale
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> [Norfolk Southern today is the window for younger folks to see  and learn
> about the Norfolk and Western.  We must look for ways to interest younger
> folks that never saw the N&W.   We must have younger members to keep the
> Society alive and well as  those of us who are older die off.  Other
> Societies such as the L&N do this.  We need to also do this.]
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