<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div> </div><br><div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, 7 September, 2009 7:44:43 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: NRH&W (Wolf Creek line)<br><br></font><snip><br><br>So, was this line destined to be built to Saltville? That is<br>certainly possible as it is on the other end of that valley. I also<br>remember reading in a post not too
long ago that they were headed for<br>Sharon Springs, Ceres, and possibly Bland. Of course, Bland was not<br>on the way to Sharon Springs so I don't know how they wanted to route<br>it.<br><br>Was there a mine at Suiter? What was their source of revenue? Any stations?<br><br><snip><br><br><span>Some details are at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bland.k12.va.us/bland/rocky/railroad/web-content/index.html">http://www.bland.k12.va.us/bland/rocky/railroad/web-content/index.html</a></span><br><br>"<font size="3" face="Times New Roman">New River, Holston, and Western
Railroad Company continued the railroad all the way to Rocky Gap in
1912. This came about because of a purchase by W.M. Ritter Lumber
Company called Buck Horn Timber. The railroad was built to Suiter in
1914, when Mr. W.E. Mingea, Jr., of Abingdon, Virginia, owner of all
the big survey in Bland County, built it to help the lumber and bark
industry. In 1919, it was sold to Norfolk and Western Railroad Company."</font><br><br>It seems to have been more the timber interests that were the attraction.<br><br>Dominic Pinto<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ecademy.com/user/dominicpinto">http://www.ecademy.com/user/dominicpinto</a></span><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/dominicpinto">http://www.linkedin.com/in/dominicpinto</a></span><br><br>e-m: dominic.pinto@ieee.org<br>Skype: zorrodp<br>M: +44 780 302-8268<br>Ph: +44 207 379-8341<br>In the U.S. M/Cell: +1 215 667-3001<br></div></div></div></div></body></html>