Rural Retreat Depot

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Mon Sep 30 19:05:51 EDT 2013


Mr. Wohlford was one of several folks interviewed for an upcoming documentary on the depot being produced by the Rural Retreat Depot Foundation.  Look for it around Christmas.

Frank Akers
Rural Retreat Depot Foundation
www.theruralretreatdepot.com




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Dear all

Millie Rothrock has sent a link to another story she wrote earlier in the summer about a Wythe engineer - Doug Wohlford is older now, his body bent, his mind straining to keep up. But he remembers that crisp Christmas Eve
when he was young and strong and tending the fire that propelled The
Pelican from Bristol to Roanoke.

Dominic
London

 
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From: "Rothrock, Millicent W." <mrothrock at wythenews.com>
To: Dominic Pinto <dominic.pinto at ieee.org>
Sent: Monday, 30 September 2013, 15:03
Subject: RE: Rural Retreat Depot


Dear Dominic:
 
Thank you for the
information. Here is another railroad-related story I recently wrote. I
thought you might enjoy it. If you are ever this way again, stop by and say hello!
 
http://www.tricities.com/swvatoday/news/wytheville/article_0ef7acac-cfb5-11e2-8592-0019bb30f31a.html
 
 <snip>

I asked about the closure date for Rural Retreat and was pointed to the
attached that does not give a date or a year. I've asked again. I do
know that the Washington-Bristol service ran on N&W track until
Amtrak day - when it removed entirely off as the N&W weren't interested.

I'd expect that the station was still being used but some others did get
mothballed or even sold during the '60s. I remember when I was first in
Wytheville in the summer of '73 (I worked for Pendleton Construction
Corp. on I-77) staying with the Simmermans
going with Charles Simmerman and son Mike to take some beasts to load
at Wytheville's train station - no passenger service then of course -
and vaguely recall a Southern States depot there also. I have some
pictures from then but of course didn't take any
snaps of this!

If I get a date confirmed for the Rural Retreat station closure I'll let you know.

I haven't been Stateside for 7 years and was last in town staying with
Jamie and Dana Smith Christmas 2005 ..... I'm overdue a visit!
<snip>
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