station drawings, etc.

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Black and white photographs of N&W structures, especially stations, are
quite numerous and of good quality for many of their lines, in the holdings
of the National Archives.  Station property inventories and diagrams may
also be present.  The information is not available online, however; the
original valuation records have to be searched.

J. Kelling

On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 9:18 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Another possibility for drawings could be the National Archives II in
> College Park/Adelphi, Maryland. I have been there on similar and other
> projects.
>
> However, on the B&O and Southern stations I went looking for, they were
> hit and miss and really few and far between. This surviving record was from
> the 1915-1920 era Valuation survey.
>
> Based upon what I looked at, and who knows what the N&W lines, Radford
> Division might hold, it could be anything, little or nothing.
>
> Plus, unless you know in advance that something specific is there, it
> could be an exercise in futility.
>
> However, next time I am over there, and I do have to go "sometime" on
> other research, I can see what is there on a general basis for the N&W or
> anything else and report. The place is only 20 miles away from me and of no
> expense.
>
> The only thing I'll have to do is renew my research card, but I've done
> that before and know the basic procedure.
>
> FWIW
>
> Bob Cohen
>
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