Sunday, May 12, 2024

Logan, WV: CSX/C&O Peach Creek Yard and Roundhouse

Railyard: (Satellite, it still has its long tracks)
Roundhouse: (Satellite)

Tim Starr posted
Chesapeake & Ohio "Peach Creek" roundhouse under construction in Logan WV, 1914. (Marshall Univ. archives)
Terry B. Carlson: I went through the 10 page Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Logan, WV, 1918. I couldn't find any roundhouse.

Dennis DeBrule commented on Terry's comment
The turntable still exists:
 https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8742713,-81.9866807,373m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu
Terry B. Carlson: Found it. This is a history site from the area:
https://loganwv.us/peach-creek-wv/ [This webpage has some photos of the railyard including a closeup of a coaling tower.]

1963 Henlawson and Logan Quads @ 24,000


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