BM 343 Starkey Station
Starkey Combination Station.
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Roanoke Public Libraries
Circa 1915
Nelson Harris
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BM343
Davis 1.822 N&W freight station
Norfolk & Western freight station. Looking southwest toward downtown. View of buildings on Norfolk Avenue. St. James Hotel in background.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
Early 1950's
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Davis 61.01 N&W Passenger Station
The Norfolk & Western Passenger Station was built in 1907. It is now home to the O. Winston Link Museum and History Museum of Western Virginia.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
Circa 1925
Courtesy of Nelson Harris
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Davis 61.11 N&W Railroad
N&W Railroad - View looking east down tracks - N&W General Offices, Hotel Roanoke, and depot at Jefferson Street crossing all visible.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
Circa 1890
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Davis GL 40 Railway Station
View from Williamson Road of Virginia Railway Station. Jefferson Street bridge in background.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
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Davis2 63.1 Safety Motor Transit
Safety Motor Transit, formerly located at 12th Street and Campbell Avenue SE.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
Circa 1960
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Davis2 63.12 Safety Motor Transit
Safety Motor Transit, formerly located at 12th Street and Campbell Avenue SE.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
Circa 1960
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HNWR003
The carpenter crew has almost completed work on the station at Vicker, Virginia in this photo. Carpenters built everything from depots to boxcars and cabooses, to the finished interiors of passenger coaches.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
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This photograph captures the station and crew at Welch, West Virginia. It is believed that the building in the background is the courthouse. Notice the freight car to the left.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
Circa 1900
Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
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Here is the Old Yard Office located upstairs from the N&W Passenger Station at Radford. Pictured from right to left are Zince, Stump, E.E. Allen, Lawrence Allen, Louis Lucas, Horace Price, Tom Heslep, H.A. Hall, J.C. Turner, O.C. Charlton, J.H. Barnett, T.D. Gravah, Tebe Lawrence, Arthur Roberto, Kuhn Barnett.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
1916
Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
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HNWR049
The station at Schooler, Virginia was operated by W.H. Cord (left). The small station operated from March 1883, when coal first began to move from Pocahontas to Norfolk, until 1900 when the station was bypassed by new track. The young man in the photograph is W.H. Kegley.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
July 1900
Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
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One of the largest freight depots along the N&W line was in Roanoke. Today, the freight depot is home to the Virginia Museum of Transporation, wherein are housed many N&W artifacts and archival material, as well as some steam engines in the outdoor exhibit area.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
1931
Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
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HNWR121
One of the largest freight depots along the N&W line was in Roanoke. Today, the freight depot is home to the Virginia Museum of Transporation, wherein are housed many N&W artifacts and archival material, as well as some steam engines in the outdoor exhibit area.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
1931
Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
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HNWR121
HNWR122
The station at Christiansburg, Virginia awaits freight and passengers. Note the mail and express carts to the right.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
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The N&W, like all major railroads, served its country well during World War II for the movement of troops and military freight. In fact, passenger service reached its zenith during wartime. While the exact location of this scene is unknown, it certainly represents what was a common occurrence at rail stations across the country - men leaving with family and loved ones bidding them goodbye. In World War I, the Federal Government had taken over the railroads to manage military transportation. In World War II, however, the railroads railroads organized themselves, allowing the Federal Government to only coordinate (not control) military transportation. During World War II, the N&W moved the most freight in its history. Nearly ten percent of the N&W's workforce served in the Armed Forces during World War II.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
Circa 1942
Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
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Shown here is the back, lower level of the Roanoke passenger station three years before the Raymond Loewy renovation.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
1946
Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
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The N&W passenger station at Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
Circa 1940
Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
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The N&W station at Bluefield, West Virginia.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
5 December 1941
Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
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The N&W station at Portsmouth, Ohio.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
1940
Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
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The depot in Ivor, Virginia.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
1964
Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
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Engine No. 382 runs the steepest grade of all - a sustained three percent grade to the summit at White Top Station. This run, affectionately known as the "Virginia Creeper", ran between Abingdon, Virginia and West Jefferson, North Carolina. Here, the Class M engine passes Green Cove depot, but is still three rail miles from the summit.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
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The depot at Grundy, Virginia was reminiscent of many rural depots that lined the tracks of the N&W.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
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A postcard image of the N&W depot at Salem, Virginia. The depot still remains, although the shed at the tracks was dismantled many years ago. During the 1930s, depots like this dotted the lines of the N&W. Few remain today, either abandoned or in alternative uses, was reminders of the great era of the Norfolk & Western Railway.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
1910
Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
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Welch, West Virginia. The old N&W station is in the foreground; the courthouse is atop the hill and businesses are at left.
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Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
1905
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PC 112.1 N&W Depot
"Depot, Norfolk & Western Offices and Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia."
Roanoke Public Libraries
1908
postcard
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PC 122.2 Norfolk & Western Depot
"Norfolk & Western Depot, Roanoke, Virginia."
Gooch-Crosby Co.
Roanoke Public Libraries
1907
postcard
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PC 122.22 Norfolk & Western Depot
"Norfolk & Western Railroad Depot, Roanoke, Virginia."
Salem Post Card Co.
Roanoke Public Libraries
1913
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PC 122.3 Norfolk & Western Station
"Norfolk & Western Station, Roanoke, Virginia."
J.P. Bell Co.
Roanoke Public Libraries
unknown
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PC 122.4 N&W Depot
"Norfolk & Western Station from Auditorium, Roanoke, Virginia."
Roanoke Public Libraries
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PC 122.5 N&W Passenger Station
"Roanoke, Virginia - The Star City of the South. This city is headquarters of America's most prosperous railroad, the Norfolk & Western, and located here are its shops and offices. Today, Roanoke is a beautiful city - replete with fine schools and colleges, excellent hotel accommodations, varied recreational advantages - convenient to a world of natural beauty, resorts and historic lore."
Asheville Postcard Co.
Roanoke Public Libraries
unknown
postcard
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PC 122.51 N&W Passenger Station
"Norfolk & Western Train Station, Roanoke, Virginia."
Haynes Distributing Co.
Roanoke Public Libraries
unknown
postcard
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SR110 N&W Passenger Station
The passenger station hosted a prominent visitor on October 19, 1934, when President Franklin Roosevelt came to dedicate the new Veterans’ Hospital. After the ceremony, the President came to Salem where he was escorted by Salem’s mayor and a cadre of Boy Scouts to his waiting train.
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Roanoke Public Libraries
1912
Nelson Harris, George Wade
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SR111 N&W Passenger Station
The N&W Railway donated and created a park near the passenger station in 1933 at College Avenue and 8th Street. The park was one of several that were developed in Salem during that time period.
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Roanoke Public Libraries
1920s
Nelson Harris, George Wade
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SR113 N&W Passenger Station
For many years, Salem had also benefited from passenger service provided by the Virginian Railroad. Virginian passenger service in Salem ended in 1954, five years prior to its merger with the N&W.
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Roanoke Public Libraries
1910
Nelson Harris, George Wade
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