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I model the N & W because I was born and raised in N & W territory, Farmville, then Blackstone, Va., where I now live. As a child in Farmville, my father would take me to the train station on weekends to see the big steamers roll through town. Then, A's, Y's, and J's thundered through town pretty much all day long! As one can imagine, being a child of about six years old, I was totally DUMBSTRUCK by these "fire-breathing monsters"! I've never gotten over it! I also had an uncle (deceased) who was a machinist at the Roanoke shops in the late thirties and early forties. I used to love to hear his stories about them building and maintaining those magnificent machines. They were, indeed, the most advanced steam engines ever. Not the biggest, just the BEST! <br />Mike Crafton, Blackstone, Va.
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