N&W in Petersburg

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A friend took me to the grand old Petersburg passenger station that looks
like it would be at home in Mount Vernon.  Plus there are many very old
brick buildings in the area, evidence of track in the cobblestone streets, a
long freight house -- also brick.  All are very, very interesting with lots
of character -- in fact, just about everything in that old town has
character.

Since I am not much of student of the N&W (I'm more on the VGN side of the
family), what are the good resources in print or in existence that would
tell me more of N&W-in-Petersburg story -- history, structures, track
diagrams, operations, etc?  The Archives has some material (some of it going
way back) according to the on-line database, but I didn't see any valuation
maps -- perhaps I just missed them.  There are sources for Sanborn maps
(Library of Virginia in Richmond for one) and those would probably be very
revealing.

Any pointers, hints, suggestions or recommendations would be greatly
appreciated.

Hilary Smith
Vienna, VA