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July-Aug. 2003 Chapter Equipment The Official Newsletter of the Roanoke Chapter, National At long, long last, we can report that the UPCOMING MEETINGS/EVENTS Railway Historical Society, Inc. Chapter’s six passenger cars and Alco T6 August 21, 2003 – Regular Meeting locomoitve have left the West Virginia Volume 35, Number 7/8 Central. After what seems like an inter- September 2, 2003 – Board Meeting July/August 2003 minable delay, CSX picked up the cars on September 18, 2003 – General Meeting July 15th and took them to Grafton, they arrived at Cumberland on the 30th and October 7, 2003 – Board Meeting were interechanged to the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad who will be doing October 11, 2003 - Chapter Outing some repair work to the equipment to make October 16, 2003 – General Meeting it safe for the trip on to Roanoke, or wher- ever they may go for their next use. November 4, 2003 – Board Meeting Chapter members are prohibited from accessing or visiting the equipment without November 20, 2003 – Annual Meeting direct permission and clearance from Ken December 2, 2003 – Board Meeting Miller or Carl Jensen. Holiday Gathering - Stay Tuned! http://community.roanoke.com/RoanokeChapterNationalRailwayHistoricalSociety Turntable Times is published monthly as the newsletter of the Roanoke Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, Inc. Opinions and points of view expressed herein are those of the staff members of the Turntable Times and not necessarily reflect those of the members, officers or directors of the Chapter. Items of interest should be sent to Editor Kenny Kirkman, 590 Murphy Road, Collinsville, VA 24078-2128. Non-Profit Editor, Turntable Times Organization Roanoke Chapter NRHS U.S. Postage P.O. Box 13222 PAID Roanoke, VA Roanoke, VA 24032-1322 Permit No. 89 Dated Material Please do not delay On the first of August the DMV began Roanoke Chapter Operations Meeting Notice mailing out the first of the 611 license by Ken Miller plates. The custom plates are taking a bit The Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society o, not a trip type of operations! Sorry, we longer to be made, as the regular orders are will hold its next meeting on Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 7:30 only wish it was so. To keep the mem- pm. The meeting will be held at the First Presbyterian Church on being filled first. N I want to thank all the folks who have bership informed of the Board’s actions a the corner of McClanahan and Crystal Spring Avenue in Roanoke. new policy was enacted at the August Board Program for August will be Great Scenic Railway Journeys by been involved in this project, I’ll name a few, meeting to copy railroad practice and post RVC Video Productions. Visit thirteen of the greatest scenic rail- but there are more: Norris Deyerle, Galen ways the eastern United States has to offer. From Maine to North Wright, Ward Armstrong, Kay Strickland, all operating bulletins at the 9th Street Facility and Gift Shop, a brief synopsis will also be Volume 35, Number 7/8 Carolina, experience the history and beauty of railroading's gold- the other folks at the Blue Ridge Chapter en days. Plus a behind the scenes look at the filming of the train who kept the fires burning, Steve Barry of periodically published here as well. Please July/August 2003 wreck in the film "The Fugitive." Railroads included are the Railfan who gave us a nice plug with an arti- check out the bulletins at those locations. Conway Scenic, Potomac Eagle, Great Smokey Mountains and cle and photo, NRHS National who put it on Operations Bulletin 1 EDITOR many more. Thanks goes to Skip Salmon for the June program, the website during the process and, as they Due to poor track conditions at our 9th Kenney Kirkman The August program is the holdover from July. say, a cast of thousands. Street Facility, the board has decided to ban [email protected] One person needs to be singled out any operation or movement with any form of From The Head End though, and that is Bill Arnold, who took the motive power of equipment until conditions MIXED FREIGHT project in hand, organized, begged, pleaded have been repaired to the board’s satisfac- Robin R. Shavers Cards and Flowers and cajoled until we finally managed to make tion. If you know of a Chapter Member who is sick, lost a loved one the goal. It was appropriate that Bill received Operations Bulleting 2 SMALL RAILS or has a new birth in the family, please contact Bonnie Molinary. the first plate number 1001, since that is In order to control spending, a old policy Dave Meashey Bonnie is responsible for Chapter cards and flowers and can be where they started. has been reinstated, the use of purchase orders is now required on all purchases over [email protected] reached at 362-0273. For those who did not order early, it is now available via the DMV itself on the web at: $25. The purchase order must be written out, and submitted to either the President or HISTORIAN Deadline for Turntable Times http://www.dmv.state.va.us/exec/vehicle/sp Treasurer before any purchase is made. The deadline for the next issue of Turntable Times is Monday, lates/info.asp?idnm=JLOC Kenneth L. Miller Operations Bulleting 3 August 18, 2003. Please send articles, information and all exchange Wear your plate proudly, it has been a [email protected] Due to ongoing inflation, it has been newsletters to: Kenney Kirkman, Editor,Turntable Times, 590 major task and great accomplishment for the decided to raise dues by $3 across the board. Murphy Road, Collinsville, Va. 24078-2128. Roanoke Chapter NRHS. All materials should be This is the first Chapter dues increase in sent directly to the Editor: Material for Turntable Times over ten years. National has gone up in that Kenney Kirkman Virginia Musuem of time, but none of that comes to the Chapter. 590 Murphy Road We are always in need of articles, photos or news items for the Transportation We hope these bulletins will keep the Collinsville, VA Turntable Times. Due to copyright restrictions, we cannot reprint membership informed of activities, and 24078-2128 ith a major success in the return of the articles from most newspapers; a condensed rewritten article actions so that everyone can follow what is crediting the source, however, is acceptable. W1218 to the Musuem, good things are Turntable Times is published happening there, however the beginning of going on. monthly as the newsletter of We love having articles of news, of a historical nature, the staff the Roanoke Chapter, National will be glad to assist in finding information or illustrations if you August brings the announcement that Railway Historical Society, Inc. Director Kay Strickland is leaving her post Opinions and points of view do not have any available. Nominating Committee after 12 years to accept a position at Hollins expressed herein are those of Chad Jordan will be heading up the nomi- the staff members of the Cover Photos College. nating committee for 2003. The election will Turntable Times and not nec- The Musuem has taken some great strides essarily reflect those of the Editor Kenney Kirkman provides us with a look at he 1218 both be held in November. members, officers or directors on its way and on final placement at Virginia Musuem of under Kay’s leadership, and we wish her the of the Chapter. Tranportation on June 11, 2003. See his story in this issue. best in her new endeavor. 1 12 Link was not – and is not – just a local phe- Chapter Outing Turntable Times dreary 'n' rainy weather. Saturday and nomenon, nor relegated to the historical Sunday were rainfree. The Altoona Police by Paul Howell past. Unfortunately, this months Turntable were busy but the former Conrail property t is time to get ready for an outing! This Gallery Five houses the open storage area, Times is running a bit off schedule due to was obviously not high on their agenda. year we have opted for a single day out a closely hung auto dimmed collection of I the holiday, and late arrival of some materi- Common criminals were. Ironically the last approximately half of the Link prints in the and back trip. Our date is October 11, a al. Rather than push the mailing due to late train I saw before I departed at 8:07 pm., Museum’s collection. Here, visitors may gain Saturday. We’ll be leaving town via the arrival from the printer, we decided to com- was an eastbound coal train complete with 3 a more completed experience of the steam Abbott bus, somewhere in the vicinity of 8 bine July with the August issue, to simplify Conrail blue SD40-2s on the point and 4 locomotive. The gallery will be equipped am, headed for Lynchburg and a brief stop the mailing process as well. The good news more like machines helping out on the rear. with interactive stations to view Winston’s at the recently completed Kemper Street is that we have a considerable amount of The Blue Ridge Live Steamers were unable entire collection of images and chose to lis- Amtrak station. If you have not seen the fin- material already on hand for the next issue, to have their Memorial Day weekend run as ten to several different recordings of the ished product, you should! We’ll put some including an article on some preserved sta- scheduled due to the property being over sounds of steam. box lunches onboard and head east for out tions by Gary Ballard Having articles on saturated with water from all of the rain the One leaves the museum as one entered, train ride on the Buckingham Branch rail- hand is wonderful! However, that is not state has been experiencing.
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