In 1960, the headquarters was moved from Wilmington to Jacksonville.
Evidently the museum allows you to tour the interior of their caboose.
And the museum has a model railroad layout.
Is this a replacement or a heavy remodeling of the Union Station?
According to some comments below, this city is one of those that built Liberty Ships during WWII.
The building to the south of the museum would have been the original freight house because it has the two-story office building on the end.
The ACL had four routes that terminated here and the SAL had one. The SAL shared the bridge to access its freight houses and share ACLs track to Union Station.
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| Street View, Jul 2022 |
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| Street View, Apr 2019 |
The building to the south of the museum would have been the original freight house because it has the two-story office building on the end.
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| Street View, Apr 2019 |
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| Michael Stamey posted ACL freight houses and warehouses Wilmington, NC 1940's. Larry Kent Neal Jr: Amazing how much of that remained in the 80s. Even most of the Seaboard buildings were still standing. I remember going out onto the dock as well. Whit Whitaker: Couple of comments here. If I'm not mistaken, the building in the center is now the railroad museum in Wilmington. It's worth a visit if you're in the area. Wilmington did build Liberty ships during the WWII. Speaking of ships, the tanker at the dock looks to be a T-2 tanker, the tanker version of the Liberty ship. As I understand it, tankers from the Gulf of Mexico would dock in east coast port and gas products would be distributed from there, so I guess those tank cars are leaving the docks loaded. Edward Riddle: On my first visit to Carolina Beach in 1955, in crossing the NE Cape Fear at Wilmington, many Liberty Ships lined the banks north of the bridge. Randall Hampton shared The two long buildings have survived. The one at center is the railroad museum. Far left has become a hotel. Land on the right was used for a convention center and parking deck. Lance Eubanks: The museum is worth a visit. Here’s a video there I did not long ago. https://youtu.be/k6SNrHAxanQ?si=F1JfTmO65rrZdUD3 Randall Hampton: Lance Eubanks I also see that there's a caboose tour, inside and outside, that begins at 23:30. [Actually, 23:32. At 28:11 is a wheel lathe.] |
The ACL had four routes that terminated here and the SAL had one. The SAL shared the bridge to access its freight houses and share ACLs track to Union Station.
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| 1947 Rocky Point and 1948 Wilmington Quads @ 62,500 |
Today, CSX uses the former SAL Davis Yard. There must be cheap property taxes here because the yard still has most of its tracks.
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| Satellite |
Evidently the museum allows you to tour the interior of their caboose.
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| Vasilii Surov, Jul 2021 |
And the museum has a model railroad layout.
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| Jonathan Reichle, Aug 2022 |
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| Michael Stamey posted FP7's backing to train - Wilmington, NC 1957 Dan Gurley: I'm guessing that's the Third Street Bridge behind the units? If so, the new Wilmington passenger station will be built to the immediate right of the units. The structure will be a partnership with Cape Fear Community College which will occupy a number of floors in the building. [There are several comments about plans to build a new passenger station where the old one stood. But some of the comments wonder how they would restore the tracks to the station. The trench does still exist. The original station required a "reverse stub track movement."] |
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| Michael Stamey posted Wilmington, NC 1964 |
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| Tom Killian commented on Michael's post Here is a photo of the ACL general offices in Wilmington. [I think this was the ACL headquarters until they moved the headquarters to Jacksonville, FL.] |
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| Tom Killian commented on Michael's post Here’s a rendering of Union Station. |
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| Street View, Jul 2022 |
I included the navy ship near the lower-left corner.
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| EarthExplorer: Mar 12, 1929 @ 20,500; AR1SWCG00010055 |
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