1941: Norfolk & Western Roanoke Shops begin building Class ... Jan. 23, 1956: 611 derails near Cedar, West Virginia. Subsequently repaired. 1959: 611 retired from passenger rail service.

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A Boomtown at Its Peak By 1910, Thurmond had become the chief railroad center on the C&O Railway mainline, generating more revenue than Cincinnati and Richmond combined. The town’s depot served ...

From the 1870s through the 1950's, steam locomotives pulled long trains through the mountains of West Virginia ... Adams visited Thurmond, a legendary train town, that once had 500 people and ...