More on the Buchanan VA Stations

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Just a little more information on the stations at Buchanan, VA.

The C&O Station was lost to the "Flood of 1985". This flood was what is 
called a 100 year flood. The station was actually lifted from it's 
foundation and rotated about 90 degrees and slammed into another brick 
building.

The N&W station, on higher ground, was spared from the ravages of the flood 
waters. It was taken apart in 1985 board by board to be rebuilt as part of 
the Virginia Explorer Park. The "kit" was loaded into three trailers and 
never reassembled. In the attached photos you can see the part number and 
spray paint lines that will help in the reassembly. You can also see 
trailer number one in one of the photos.

Maybe someone else can give an update as to what happened to the N&W 
station after that.

Thanks,

Richard D. Shell
Nace, VA


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See images at following:

N&W station:
http://nwhs.org/wiki/tiki-browse_image.php?imageId=53
http://nwhs.org/wiki/tiki-browse_image.php?imageId=54
http://nwhs.org/wiki/tiki-browse_image.php?imageId=55

C&O station:
http://nwhs.org/wiki/tiki-browse_image.php?imageId=56
http://nwhs.org/wiki/tiki-browse_image.php?imageId=57
http://nwhs.org/wiki/tiki-browse_image.php?imageId=58
http://nwhs.org/wiki/tiki-browse_image.php?imageId=59