Stations

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Sun Jan 21 10:01:55 EST 2007


don't forget the Tazewell Station is still standing also.
Nathan Robinette
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> Not quite an old station list, but there was a thread

> back in March on sightseeing in the Shanadoah Valley.

>

> I kept for a future visit down to Wytheville (I loved

> and worked there is the early '70s, and regularly am

> back ever since.

>

> The O Winston Link Museum - and refurbished / modified

> Roanoke Station - should definitely be on the list,

> plus Rural Retreat. Wytheville's station is long gone

> (but there's a range of photos on the Virginia Tech

> Image database.

>

> Others to consider:

>

> Staunton http://staunton.depotgrille.com/

> Boyce http://www.railwaystationpress.com/

> Abingdon http://www.abingdonartsdepot.org/

> Luray

> http://www.citytowninfo.com/places/virginia/luray/travel

> (under local landmarks)

>

>

>

> Here's what I kept:

>

> -- Mason's Quick and Easy List of stuff to see...

>

> For the N&W fan coming from Roanoke, take I-64 off

> I-81 to Waynesboro

> and

> follow US Rt 340 north. Plan some extra time in your

> schedule.. : )

> -

> Scanner frequency used is 160.440

> - At Waynesboro the shifter still works with an N&W

> caboose.

> - U.S. 340 roughly parallels the old Shenandoah

> Division northward and

> any

> train movements can

> be easily spotted (or heard on the scanner).

> - An N&W Ore branch existed at Crimora. If you can

> study in advance on

> old

> maps you can still see traces running eastward to ore

> bank in Blue

> Ridge

> mtns.

> - Restored N&W section house at Island Ford on the

> Coors Property - can

> photo from public area

> - Shenandoah VA - Division point (crew change and CW

> interchange) old

> main

> street front yard is being restored - N&W CF caboose

> and other N&W

> material

> at town welcome center,

> Mof W equipment in N&W paint maintained by yard forces

> in lieu of trip

> to

> ROK for NS "safety orange"

> - Stanley VA - more N&W MofW cars

> - Luray - restored N&W station

> - Route 340 between Luray and Front Royal has N&W

> track with several

> spectacular trestles

> - Front Royal - shifter has N&W caboose - usually back

> at station by

> afternoon

> (NS/ex-SR traffic via Manassas joins Hagerstwon

> District at Riverton

> Jct)

> - White Post - station

> - Boyce - ... you already know about that...

> - Charlestown WV - 2 stations (N&W + restored

> SVRR/N&W) on west side of

> town

> - Shepherdstown WV - restored station

> - Antietam MD - station soon to house Hagerstown Model

> RR Club

> - St. James MD - station now private residience

> located approx. 1 block

> from

> RR on east

> - Hagerstown MD - Vardo Yard - Maryland Aveenue on

> east side offers

> some

> opportunity

> along with Downsville Pike bridge on south side and

> Virginia Avenue on

> the

> north end.

>

> --- NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

>

>> Thank you for the responses regarding trains 9 & 10.

>> I was raised in Wytheville, VA and frequently rode

>> the passenger trains with my grandfather back in the

>> 50s.

>>

>> Is there a source and/or a list of old N & W

>> stations in Virginia that are still standing? If

>> so, where could I find such a list? Thank you in

>> advance.

>

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