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I don't think the shorting caused by the BS Extention moved any existing MPs.  The BS Extension MPs are NA0.0 at Naugatuck to NA58 or 59 (not sure of actual number, others might be) at Kenova where the original MPs take back over.  What is left of the original Tadpole retained their MPs.  Lavalette is about MP N556.
---- nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote: 

> 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