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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Jay,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Great idea. We can cite a reference, or I can go down there tomorrow and take a reading. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Frank Akers</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Depot Foundation</div><div><br></div>
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On Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 07:24:05 PM EDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpd5408b79yiv4229274510"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div id="ydpd5408b79yiv4229274510yqtfd27379" class="ydpd5408b79yiv4229274510yqt2547348392"><div style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;" class="ydpd5408b79yiv4229274510gmail_default"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM Jay wrote:</span></div></div></div><div id="ydpd5408b79yiv4229274510yqtfd06112" class="ydpd5408b79yiv4229274510yqt2547348392"><div class="ydpd5408b79yiv4229274510gmail_quote ydpd5408b79yiv4229274510gmail_quote_container"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="ydpd5408b79yiv4229274510gmail_quote"><div class="ydpd5408b79yiv4229274510msg2711928315558328826">
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My Grandfather ran the Rural Retreat Drug Store for many years so as child born in 1951 I was very fortunate to see N&W steam engines working for a living whenever we visited. I have fond memories of small town life in the 50's which I wish I appreciated more
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I am getting ready to order the 611 license plate for my new car and I'd like to honor my family in a small way by including the elevation of the tracks in the town of Rural Retreat as part of the number. I've looked in the archives for that information and
would be happy to order a few of them if I can be certain they'd have that info on them but the writing is a little too hard for me to make out.</div>
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When I do a google search for that info I get 2513' but I have no way of knowing where that measurement is taken.</div>
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</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;" class="ydpd5408b79yiv4229274510gmail_default">Using the mapping software I use for search and rescue, the coordinates of the grade crossing of Main Street at the station are 36.89370, -81.27586 and the elevation there is 2,512 feet.</div><div style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;" class="ydpd5408b79yiv4229274510gmail_default"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;" class="ydpd5408b79yiv4229274510gmail_default">Bruce in Blacksburg</div><div style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;" class="ydpd5408b79yiv4229274510gmail_default"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div><div id="ydpd5408b79yiv4229274510yqtfd46437" class="ydpd5408b79yiv4229274510yqt2547348392">
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