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around 1959 to discontinuance on February The Official Newsletter of PCOMING EETINGS VENTS 2, 1963 so the 512 may have operated on the U M /E the Roanoke Chapter, National Shenandoah Division as well. Before being cut Regular Meeting Locations are at Railway Historical Society, Inc. off in 1966, trains 15 & 16 usually ran with the O. Winston Link Museum. only one coach and were usually assigned cars 501 or 502 that seated 68 but, like anything March 21 - General Meeting Volume 45, Number 1 else, there were probably exceptions. At any April 2 - Board Meeting Jan.-Feb.-Mar. 2013 rate, we are all pleased to get this car home April 18 - General Meeting where it came in handy for Rail Day rides at The Virginia Museum of Transportation on May 7 - Board Meeting February 9 & 10. May 16 - General Meeting By-Laws June 4 - Board Meeting On March 4, the Board of Directors June 20 - General Meeting approved a revised set of By-Laws. Members July 2 -Board Meeting who would like a PDF copy may email By-Laws Committee Chairman Walter Alexander at July 18 - General Meeting [email protected], or may call him at (540) August 6 - Board Meeting 345-5826 and request a paper copy sent by US August 15 - General Meeting postal mail. Visit us on the web: www.RoanokeNRHS.org Turntable Times is published monthlybimonthly as asthe the newsletter newsletter of ofthe the Roanoke Roanoke Chapter, Chapter, National National Railway Railway Historical Historical Society, Society, Inc. Inc. Opinions Opinions and and points points of viewof view expressed expressed herein herein are are those those of theof the staff staff members members of theof the Turntable Turntable Times Times and and not not necessarily necessarily reflect reflect those those of theof the members, members, officers officers or directorsor direc- oftors the of Chapter.the Chapter. Items Items of interest of interest should should be sent be sentto Editor to Editors, Kenny P.O. Kirkman, Box 13222, 590 Murphy Roanoke, Road, VA 24032 Collinsville, VA 24078-2128. Editor, Turntable Times Roanoke Chapter NRHS Return Service Requested P.O. Box 13222 Roanoke, VA 24032-3222 Dated Material Please do not delay home, it will be 10 years in April since C&O Southern. In less than five minutes I would Kanawha No. 2732 was moved from the for- be shaking hands and talking with them The Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society mer Richmond, Virginia, Visitor Center site both. This is what I am referring to when I will hold its next regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, March it its new home at The Science Museum of sometimes ask myself that question noted 21, 2013. The meeting will be held in the auditorium at the O. Virginia, formerly Broad Street Station. earlier on this story. Both men were friendly Winston Link Museum at 7:30 pm. Please be sure to enter at the When I arise early in the morning for a and talkative as if we had known each other west end of the building on the track level. day of railfaning or to attend a railroad relat- for years. CEO Moorman even requested my Throughout the year, please note our inclement weather policy ed event, I sometimes say to myself, “I won- email for a specific reason and he delivered below, and always check the website for the most up to date infor- der that the day will bring.” Those of you just before Christmas. After speeches by a mation.Meeting Notice that are involved with railroading are aware number of individuals, the train and yours Volume 45, Number 1 Our April meeting well be held Thursday April 18 at 7:30 pm. that the new Amtrak service for Norfolk truly were off for Richmond. This time, I Jan-Feb-Mar. 2012 May's monthly meeting will be held on Thursday, May 16 and June starting this past December was a big goal and some others were in for a real treat. will be Thursday, June 20. of achievement for proponents of enhanced While the Whistle Stop Train was stopped at passenger service for Virginia and the Richmond for the festivities, Amtrak P089, nation as a whole. On Tuesday December the southbound Palmetto, arrived with a EDITORS: 11th, Amtrak operated a Whistle Stop Train Southern Railway business car bringing up Jim Overholser Cards and Flowers to promote the new service and to have its markers stopping right beside the Amtrak [email protected] If you know of a Chapter Member who is sick, lost a loved one the equipment in place for the first day of business car bringing up the markers on the new service scheduled for Wednesday, the WST. You folks should have seen the Dorr Tucker or has a new birth in the family, please contact Bonnie Molinary. December 12. The Whistle Stop Tour made excitement on Mr. Moorman’s face when [email protected] Bonnie is responsible for Chapter cards and flowers and can be reached at 362-0273. stops at Ashland, Richmond’s Staples Mill he returned to the Amtrak business car and MIXED FREIGHT From The Head End Depot, Petersburg (Ettrick Station), and of noticed the Southern business car on the Robin R. Shavers Deadline for Turntable Times course, Norfolk. My goal was to attend the next track over. For the uninformed, Mr. festivities in Ashland and then Richmond. I Moorman worked for Southern Railway in [email protected] The deadline for the next issue of Turntable Times is Saturday, May 25, 2013. Please send articles, information and exchange hit the tracks early to take in some morning maintenance of way in the earlier days of HISTORIAN newsletters to: Editor Turntable Times, P.O. Box 13222, Roanoke, CSX action and to arrive in Ashland around his railroading career. Kenneth L. Miller 10 a.m. The festivities were to start around VA, 24032. All parties sending newsletters to the Roanoke Chapter Powhatan Arrow Coach Returns [email protected] via email should send them to Jim Overholser: jgoverholser@ 10:30 with the train arriving around 10:45. verizon.net, Dorr Tucker at [email protected] and Ken Miller at To my surprise, I secured a parking spot less To Roanoke [email protected] than a block from the Ashland Station. A By Dorr Tucker All materials should be CSX official arrived right behind me. There ormer Norfolk and Western P2 66 pas- sent directly to the Editors Meeting Cancellation Policy was a nice sized crowd on hand. The weath- Fsenger coach No. 512 owned by the at their email address listed er was sunny and very cool. It was tee shirt Chapter has returned home after 13 years of Any Chapter meeting will be considered cancelled if any of the with their names. flip flop weather the day before. Ashland service elsewhere. This car, built by Pullman following conditions are due to weather: Roanoke City Schools are residents had tables of cookies and hot bev- Standard for The Powhatan Arrow, was in closed on the day of or for the day after the meeting, or Virginia erages available to all. MAN THAT CIDER regular service on trains 25 & 26 as well as Western night classes are cancelled for the night of a meeting. WAS GOOD. The train arrives with an Turntable Times is published trains 3 & 4 from delivery in December 1949 quarterly as the newsletter of Cover Photo Amtrak Heritage Unit on the point, the origi- until the end of scheduled N&W passenger the Roanoke Chapter, National nal scheme dubbed “bloody nose” by rail- service in May of 1971. In later years, par- Railway Historical Society, Inc. Top: Ken Miller was lucky to catch heritage unit 1069 in Virginian Opinions and points of view paint going west with an empty train at Montgomery Tunnel on fans. Passengers detrain. I recognize two of ticularly in the late 1960s, the car was also expressed herein are those of the February 24th, all he had was his cell phone. She sure looks good! them immediately - Mr. Joseph Boardman, seen on trains 41 & 42. In all probability the staff members of the Turntable President and Chief Executive Officer for car may have operated on trains 17, 18, 45 Times and not necessarily reflect Bottom: Skip Salmon captured 8099 in Southern paint sitting in those of the members, officers or front of our station with snow on the new tile roof. Some of us Amtrak and Mr. Wick Moorman, President & 46 on occasion. Valley trains 1 & 2 were directors of the Chapter. thought we might never see the day, for either of these images! and Chief Executive Officer for Norfolk assigned modern P series coaches from 1 14 a vintage bus ride from the Commonwealth door leading into 1148’s dinette was covered Member Julien Sacks Passes Virginian Station Update Coach and Trolley Museum, members were by cardboard to conceal our evening feast treated to dinner in our diner-dormitory from the passengers. Unfortunately the pun- By Jeff Sanders By Jim Cosby and Skip Salmon 1148 Devils Lake on the grounds of the gent aroma of garlic was a dead giveaway ulien I. Sacks, charter Chapter member onstruction for Phase I (Brownfield Virginia Museum of Transportation. The that the Chapter crew was having a far bet- J(from 1968), passed away January 16, Ccleanup, building stabilization and roof menu included flounder rolled into a lobster ter evening meal than our customers. This 2013, in Rockville, Maryland. He was 91 replacement) commenced on February puree, duck spring rolls and watercress salad resulted in a long standing policy remaining years young.
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