Charlottesville C&O station

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I've been there and probably photographed both stations, but I'd have to 
go dig up the negs to be sure...

What is in the former C&O station now?

Ed

On 2/27/2012 3:13 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

> The C&O's main station was on E. Water St., built about 1905 and still 

> standing, though an earlier station may have been on the site.  The 

> Union depot off Main St. that the C&O shared with the SR (now used by 

> Amtrak) was built a few years earlier, and remodeled about 1905-1910.  

> I can't recall when or why the C&O sold its Water St. station, but 

> it has probably been reported before in the C&O Historical Society 

> magazine, an excellent resource.

> J. Kelling

>

> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 8:57 AM, NW Mailing List 

> <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:

>

>     C. Chamberlayne asked: "What was the station name for the downtown

>     C & O station in Charlottesville?"  It was named the Main Steet

>     Station.  It's telegraph call was MO.  When scanner radios were a

>     novelty in the 1970s, the yard personnel called the yardmaster

>     "Mm-Oh."

>

>     Abram commented that with telegraphy, station names and numbers

>     weren't spelled out when copying and repeating train orders.  His

>     posting was very informative for this green operator.

>

>     Good morning,

>

>     Frank Scheer

>     f_scheer at yahoo.com <mailto:f_scheer at yahoo.com>

>

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