| Cover Story: Slickin' 'Em Through Sardinia / A First Person experience on N&W's pesky 'Peavine' - Ed King |
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On 7/11/1953, and east bound time freight with Class Y5 #2105 in the lead crosses the Scioto Bridge at Vera Junction, where the "Peavine" joins the main line to Cincinnati, OH. (Jim Henry Collection) |
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These employee timetables from 1961 reflect train movements on the Portsmouth to Cincinnati "Peavine". (Ed King Collection) |
| The Good & Bad about Cabin Cars / All cabeese were NOT created equal - Jimmy Lisle |
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Photo of caboose #555002 (Jame F. Brewer Photo) |
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The 557s came from the Nickel Plate... and as far as the authors is concerned, the could have gone right back. (Bob Bowers Collection) |
| N&W's Screwy Reverse Gear / The Franklin Precision Power Reverse Gear - Robert Harvey |
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The Franklin Precision Power Reverse Gear (Locomotive Cyclopedia, 1922) |
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The wheel and spinner knob of the Franklin Precision reverse gear which inflicted so many injuries is at the right in this view of the backhead of Class Z1b #1409. The picture was make in November, 1934. The casing surrounding the fire door is the delivery end of a Hanna stoker, a kind not often seen. (N&W Photo / VPI&SU Collection) |
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The more handsome (but less likely to break your arm) Type E Ragonnet Power Reverse Gear offered by the Franklin Railway Supply Company. (Locomotive Cyclopedia Drawing) |
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The late afternoon December sun gleams on the boiler of Class Y3b #2080 (later changed to Class Y4), the first of its class. It had just been built by Alco's Richmond shop and is shown here in 1926 at Shaffer's Crossing in Roanoke. The operating cylinder of the Franklin Precision reverse gear is just ahead of the fire firebox. (N&W Photo / VPI&SU Collection) |
| Classic Railroad History II: / The Baker Car Heater Systems - Henry R. Bragg, Jr. |
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Baker Car Heater |
| Cavalier Memories / The last steam run in Ohio - Stephen Rineair |
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Class J #603. On 7/19/1958, she took here last run, hauling the Cavalier through the Ohio countryside. |
| The Evolution of the Norfolk & Western / A Complete timeline from then 'till now - James F. Brewer |
| The Tennessean / Midwest Meanderings - James Nichols |
| Tales from the Front / Tit for Tat: The Games Hoggers Played - James B. Scott |
| The Virginian Local / The Case of the Wayward Waycar - Martin E. Swartz |
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A high-level view of Romeoville's Safety Town show the restores VGN C-10A #334 in the far right corner. (Lt. John J. Jarecki, Jr.) |
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Original Virginia Railway drawing courtesy of the Caboose Museum, Mullens, WV. Enhanced for N&WHS by M. E. Swartz (M. E. Swartz) |
| Current News / Shenandoah Line see N&W red... briefly - Robert G. Bowers |
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Former N&W Class C32 caboose #555035 has the spent the summer in work train service. The car is spotted on a siding near Manassas, VA on 9/8/1998. (Mason Y. Cooper Photo) |
