Transfer Table: (Satellite, it is now a parking lot)
Roundhouse: (Satellite, the land now holds aggregates for loadout.)
The carshop survives, but the locomotive shop was torn down in 2006. The roundhouse was torn down by 1960.
Street View, May 2018 |
Bob Conte Virginian Railroad station in Princeton--recently placed on National Register of Historic Places. Merle Johnson: There is a railroad museum in the station now. Jim Kelling shared Princeton, West Virginia (Virginian station) |
Bill Johnson posted Old Virginian Railway locomotive shops and transfer turntable in Princeton, WV in 1983. These shops have now disappeared into history. Gilbert Porter: Curious, why where the shops on the right two to three stories high? For overhead cranes right? Shame as I enjoy seeing electrified railcard and shops. Giovanni Cardillo: What location is this or was this? Ken Heitzenrater shared Sort of remind me of photos of the shops in /Renovo PA scheduled to be replaced with natural gas generation facility. The era of natural light ...... Bill Johnson posted again The Princeton, WV locomotive shop and transfer table in 1984. All in this picture is now gone. (My picture taken in 1984) [The comments include a lot of information, including three photos of a building being torn down.] |
Tim Starr posted two images with the comment: "A Virginian Railway employee is working on the casing of a turbine in the Princeton WV powerhouse. These were the main back shops and continued to operate into the Norfolk & Western era and even for a period for the Norfolk Southern."
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1968 Athens and 1962 Princeton Quads @ 24,000 |
The interior of the Virginian caboose is preserved and viewable.
Jon Larcheveque, Oct 2022 |
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