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Alex,
Let me thank you again for all your information.  I have been going back
through pertinent sections of BDC and WV and I find very little about Ruth,
at the East end of the first Elkhorn tunnel.  Ruth is listed in time tables
and you place it at the turnout where the old line up MIll Creek joined the
low-grade line.  This would be in the same vicinity as the Sterling and
East mines, I believe.  Was there a community there serving miners or
anyone else for that matter?  Was there a station or company store there to
facilitate passenger/freight service to this location.  Any other
information on Ruth would be greatly appreciated, particularly pointers to
any photos not published in your previously mentioned works.
Thanks anew,
Jim

On Fri, Sep 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
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> Jim,
>
> That is a it just depends question. The N&W passenger agency at the
> Lynchburg Coal & Coke Company store at Kyle was closed on February 11,
> 1926. The passenger agency at Jenkinjones was either in the company store
> or the coal company office across from the store.
>
> Your second question is answered by knowing where the depots were built
> which is contained in the valuation books at the archives. All of the
> depots in West Virginia are listed in "The N&W in West Virginia ~
> 1881-1959." They are also included in the and in the N&W Branch line series
> of Books.
>
> N&W only built three depots on Tug Fork Branch - Wilcoe, Gary and Anawalt.
> The Anawalt depot was moved from Pageton.
>
> Alex
>
>
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> Many thanks Alex!  Could you buy a ticket at a company store or just board
> a train?  Also, I don't suppose there is any way to tell from a timetable
> (or otherwise) whether the stop was at an N&W-built station or a company
> store?  I am trying to tie a list of timetable  stops to "station"
> buildings.  Any advice on the best way to do this?
> Thanks again for all your help,
> Jim
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2025 at 6:44 AM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
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>
> Yes. Lick Branch, Upland, Kyle to name a few.
>
> Alex Schust
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>
> Were company stores used as stations on the N&W?
> Jim Cochran
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