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Jeff:
I'm not sure what a Data Series book is, but there IS a difference  between
Portsmouth and East Portsmouth.  The 04/01/72 edition of the  Stations
and Sidings list does not show East Portsmouth.  It is just east of MP  605.
In the 30's,  Portsmouth MAY have had a different MP location than  it
currently does because there were significant changes to the  alignment
between Valley Street and Spring Lane in the 30's to accommodate the
new  passenger station.  As for the difference in actual  miles and the
mile posts between Norfolk and Portsmouth -- the opening of  Pepper
Tunnel (date unknown) eliminated 4.3 miles, the Big Sandy Extension -
Naugatuck to Kenova - eliminated ABOUT 26.4 miles.
Two other factors--
1- The "Norfolk" of 1968 was different from the "Norfolk" of 1910.   Mile
    Post 0 was located somewhere on Water Street  in Norfolk and was
    near N&W's passenger station prior to  construction of Norfolk Terminal.
    By 1968, distance from Norfolk was measured from the  freight station
    at Lamberts Point.
 
2- Maybe the surveyors made a mistake OR maybe there have been
    line relocations, but there were  12 consecutive "short" miles between
    Farmville and Prospect. The longest of these  "short" miles was only
    4,930 feet.
                                                      Harry Bundy
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