Highest Elevation Marker

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It has been well documented and I have read in several books where the highest point on the N&W "mainline" was in the Rural Retreat area.Jimmy LisleSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> Date: 12/14/20  3:45 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Subject: RE: Highest Elevation Marker Gary, If such a photographic record exist I'd say there's a good chance it may be in an old issue of the N&W magazine.  Not sure if it's possible to search the back issues for 'Rural Retreat', 'Highest' or 'Elevation'.  My 2 cents,  John Garner-----Original Message-----From: NW Mailing List [mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org] Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2020 12:38 AMTo: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.orgSubject: Re: Highest Elevation MarkerI guess I should have been more specific, apparently the marker was in place before the N&W took control of the Virginia Carolina railway and Whitetop took the prize. We’ve all heard the stories around here, but sadly, there might not be any photographic proof.Gary P. Price> On Dec 12, 2020, at 1:33 AM, nw-mailing-list-request at nwhs.org wrote:> > Send NW-Mailing-List mailing list submissions to>    nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit>    https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/nw-mailing-list> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to>    nw-mailing-list-request at nwhs.org> > You can reach the person managing the list at>    nw-mailing-list-owner at nwhs.org> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of NW-Mailing-List digest..."> > > When replying, please edit the Subject line so it reflects the topic you are responding to.> > Also delete the non-pertinent parts of the digest when replying to a referenced post.> > Your fellow list subscribers will appreciate it.> > > > Today's Topics:> >   1. Re: The 2021 NWHS Convention is postponed (NW Mailing List)>   2. Re: Highest Elevation marker? (NW Mailing List)> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > Message: 1> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 02:13:11 -0500> From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> Subject: Re: The 2021 NWHS Convention is postponed> Message-ID: <mailman.517.1607690472.14297.nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"> > A wise decision, as many of us are in high-risk groups.Sent from my LG > K10, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone------ Original message------From: NW > Mailing List Date: Thu, Dec 10, 2020 1:34 PMTo: NW Mailing List;NW > Modeling List;Cc: Subject:The 2021 NWHS Convention is postponedI'm > sure that many of you have received this information from other > sources, but we haven't made the announcement "officially".The 2021 > convention has been cancelled/postponed.? Your Convention Committee > (again; for both NWHS and NYCSHS)considered a number of factors, but > I'm afraid the decision took five minutes over coffee.? We considered > things like a probable date for the bulk of our members to get the > vaccine, the financial hit some of our members have taken this year, > the willingness of some of our members to be on a bus for six hours, > even if we were to get two buses so we can spread out, likewise jammed > in a clinic room, the financial hit we might have if we delay > cancelling, so we have postponed (yet again)to 2 022.? We are penciled > in for the same weekend at the same hotel.? I will be talking to Age > of Steam and the Warther Museum.? Our plan (which has become a very > dangerous word lately)is to do the same convention we were going to do > in 2020 and 2021. More details will be?published as we get them firmed > up.Also a factor was Tim Hensley's willingness to roll back, again, to > 2023.? ?He might be a tad worn out as?our President for what has been > a difficult?year, but we still appreciate it.We will follow the same > policy as last year for those who have preregistered?who would like to > roll over their registration for another year, or to get a refund.? > Please contact the Commissary.? And please be patient; with the move > and everything else the gang in Roanoke has had an "interesting" > year.Also, your Board of Directors is looking at the possibility of a > virtual mini-con to be conducted in the Spring of 2021; stay > tuned.??Frank Bongiovanni> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed...> URL: > <https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/attachments/2020> 1211/fcb73df0/attachment-0001.html>> > ------------------------------> > Message: 2> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:11:39 -0500> From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> To: "NW Mailing List" <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> Subject: Re: Highest Elevation marker?> Message-ID: <mailman.518.1607690490.14297.nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8";>    reply-type=original> > Gary -> > I don?t' know if there was a marker there.  It wasn't the highest > elevation on N&W - that was over 3500 feet just north of White Top Station.> > The elevation at Rural Retreat, just over 2500 feet and just a oittoe > higher than Bluefield,. was the highest elevation on any railr route > between New York and New Orleans.> > - Ed King> > -----Original Message-----> From: NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 2:31 PM> To: NW Mailing List> Cc: NW Mailing List> Subject: Highest Elevation marker?> > Does anyone have a photo of the old marker that was once at the crest > of the grade at Rural Retreat that stated it was the highest point on the N&W?> > Thanks.> > Gary P. 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