"Reference Book of the Norfolk & Western Railroad," mid-1880s

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Abe/Bud

This one is a little tough to date, but probably 1890-91 is a best guess.

It states on page 34 that a new hotel is to be erected in Salem in 1890, and that the Salem passenger station, the stone one is under construction.

According to the annual report from 1891 on page 104:
"Conducting Transportation Buildings.-The first-class stone psssenger station at Salem erected during latter part of 1890, was completed and opened February 19th, 1891. 


Ken Miller 

> On Nov 6, 2018, at 10:02 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
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> Abe,
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> This is a very good historical source about the N&W RR at a point in time.  I think it was published in 1888 or 1889 since it shows the curve bridge in Radford (which was completed in 1888) and talks about Roanoke being started six years before (that would have been 1882). There are references to things being completed in 1890 and the Ohio Extension to be finished in 1892.
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> Thank you for sharing this.
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> Bud Jeffries
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> For any of you who do not already have this book, I have put it up on Google Drive and you may get it at this link:
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> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1t3MXZ5k7BkU-WpQ8YQwLavyEu8c564ez <https://drive.google.com/open?id=1t3MXZ5k7BkU-WpQ8YQwLavyEu8c564ez>
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> Although undated, I believe the book was published about 1886.  This opinion is based on the fact that Joseph Sands is shown as General Manager, and he was not appointed to that position until Nov. 1, 1885.
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