Railyard: (Satellite, only a fraction of the original tracks is left.)
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| Donald Kerns posted The old roundhouse that once stood in Fairmont West Virginia. Linda Rutherford: Evan Cole The round house pictured is the second one or "new Roundhouse" constructed in the early to mid-1950's. I think it was built to accommodate the steam engine era and those larger locomotives. The entire B&O Fairmont (Bellview) Yard operation was gone and all its structures demolished in approx 25 - 30 years after the "new" roundhouse was constructed. In the early to mid- 1980's, if I remember correctly. I grew up there, playing in the woods and along the tracks, climbing on cars in the siding, and walking across the trestle over the Monongahela River. I never dreamed the bustling yard would ever be gone but watched the demolition in adulthood. Candy and pop, and occasionally a hot dog from the Beanery. Paternal grandfather was a Conductor, and would lift us up into the caboose when the train stopped to switch into the yard and we'd ride the last feet - what a thrill! Maternal grandfather was a machinist. Paternal Uncle rose to be General Chairman of the United Transportation Union. Another Uncle was a Brakeman and killed at Barrackville while working switching empties into the mine. Most of the neighborhood men worked there, too. Fairmont's long history with the B&O. Frank Gozel: Fairmont - Nickel Bridge? Linda Rutherford: The Nickel Bridge is further up river in Fairmont closer to WD Tower. |
The B&O was on both sides of the river. It is not unusual to have tracks on both sides of a river, but normally they are owned by different railroads.
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| 1958 Fairmont West and East Quads @ 24,000 |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Linda's reply about the WD Tower. Is this the WD Tower? I see that a branch up Buffalo Creek to some coal mines used to leave the mainline here. https://maps.app.goo.gl/uJkWemDcBeirTkX59 |
These are the piers of the Nickel Bridge. "Nickel" was the name because the toll was a nickel.
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| Satellite |
16 photos, includes photos of the depot and freight house as well as the railyard stuff. Many of the photos have informative comments.
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