Charlottesville C&O station

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Some company now owns the former C&O station, but I don't remember the
name.  The station platform has been completely enclosed, so it's not
photogenic on the trackside.  The street side is basically unaltered,
however.  An abandoned C&O coaling tower still stands a short distance east
of the station.
Jim Kelling
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:26 PM, NW Mailing List
<nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>wrote:


> 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

> > 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

>>

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