AM&O RR - Question about Allegheny Station

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Thanks for the info Mr Kelling. I checked the N&W annual reports and found
the following. Not much detail but its something.

1904:

Interlocking and signaling apparatus were installed or improved

at Ironville, Riverton, Alleghany, Kelly Tank, Cooper, Coaldale,

Dunlow, East Portsmouth, and Glen Jean.


1910:

Passenger stations and freight depots were built or enlarged at

Suffolk, Petersburg,'Antietam, Shepherdstown, Rileyville, Stanley,

Buchanan, Starkey, Koehler, Ridgeway, Shawsville, Bluefield,

Cleveland, St. Paul,.and Devon.

1915:

Passenger stations and freight depots were built or enlarged at Waverly,
Riverton, Wirtz,

South Boston and Shawsville, Va., Charles Town and Kermit, W. Va., and
Mayodan, N. C.

- Roger Link


On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 4:41 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> I have the date of 1917 for Shawsville's brick station.  It appears to be
> no longer standing.
>
> J. Kelling, RRSHS
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 1:59 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org
> > wrote:
>
>> Another question on the Shawsville station. Was the vintage wooden
>> station in the same location as the later brick station? There is a 1891
>> drawing in the archives that shows a proposed station site across from the
>> cemetery. This would be about the location of the current Shawsville Middle
>> school.
>>
>> When was the brick station build? What happened to the wooden station?
>> Any ideas on why in 1891 they was looking to move the station?? (see
>> drawing below) I'm guessing these are all related.
>>
>> I started thinking about this because in the stereoview image it appears
>> the tracks east of the station curve to the right which they do not at
>> current station location. Looking closer at the image however I'm not sure
>> what I see are tracks at all!
>>
>> - Roger Link
>>
>> *V&T era station:*
>> http://www.nwhs.org/mailinglist/2018/20180217.AM&O%
>> 20Allegheny%20Station%20-%20Close%20up.jpg
>>   In N&W era
>> http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=15739
>>
>> *Brick station:*
>> http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=119310
>>
>> *Proposed station site drawing HS-H10160:*
>> http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=122603
>> http://www.nwhs.org/mailinglist/2018/20180221.HS-H10160.station.jpg
>>
>>
>>
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