Hello, Ross; Just want to send along some photos from the Tower A visit on May 1st and to convey my personal thanks for what turned out to be the most memorable PRRT&HS event for me. I was in total awe of the art-deco design of Cincinnati Untion Terminal, a structure I've always wanted to see most of my 66 years. Being from Altoona, sometimes we natives tend to take for granted our magnificent Horseshoe Curve; please don't take for granted that magnificent facility you all have in Cincinnati either. I want to offer particular thanks to Mr. Jim Corbett for most interesting conversation and the courtesies he extended at Tower A as well as the museum over in Covington. If you can, please forward these photos to him as well. I also enjoyed an interesting conversation with Mr. Stan Fletcher. Back in Altoona, I am a member of a retired railroaders group known as the Middle Division Transportation Committee. The unique characteristic of these railroaders, is that they have all sat down in groups of 4 and 5 to have their oral histories recorded. This was easily accomplished with a video camera, and, with the aid of a group moderator (an assistant yardmaster), they were engaged in ordinary conversation to 'spark' that memory. Even though they all worked together in what was once a vast railroad yard here in Altoona (not unlike Cincinnati), they all have different recollections and stories to tell. This included compilation of a list of everyones names...BUT...over the course of 40 years of working together, they ONLY knew each other by nicknames or monikers (not always kindly given in the workplace) and rarely knew the proper name. I relate all of this to suggest that your club please capture all the knowledge that retired railroaders like Mr. Fletcher have in their heads. Record the data. Retired railroaders, especially from the steam era, are in the same category as WWII veterans....in their 80's mostly, and dying off rapidly. With their demise, also goes their knowledge, recollections, stories, history. I am a docent/volunteer [and founding board member] of Railroader's Memorial Museum here in Altoona. Please preserve all that retired railroaders remember. So, many many thanks for a job well-done in Cincinnati. It was, indeed, a most memorable experience for me. If anyone from your groups should visit Altoona in the future, many of us here in Altoona (PRRT&HS as well as NRHS) would be happy to assist you in seeing the area. The railroad on the mountain is great if you know where to look. For reference, see: www.trainweb.org/horseshoecurve-nrhs. Also: www.railroadcity.com. P.S. I purchased a hardback book on Cincinnati Union Terminal at Tower A gift shop...had a blue cover....but, lost it somewhere in the building. I think possibly I left it under the banquet table. Just in the off-chance that it might have been turned in, I would be glad to pay postage to have it sent. I suppose this is a lost-cause though. Sincerely, David W. Seidel, Chapter Historian, Horseshoe Curve Chapter NRHS PPS: I like your e-mail address reference to the N&W "J" 611. I enjoyed some trips behind that Queen of the Rails myself.