Stations

[NW Mailing List]

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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