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Built in 1922, the concrete reinforced coaling station, was designed by the Fairbanks, Morse and Company, of Chicago, IL, to hold a 500 ton capacity of coal. Read more about the Thurmond Coaling Station ...
 
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The old Coaling Tower is one of the few remaining reminders of the stream-era left in the Thurmond Yards.


Another view of the C&O Ry.'s old Coaling Station at Thurmond, WV.


Pigeons often roost atop the giant Coaling Tower, at least  between the clatter of passing trains through Thurmond.
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Visit our sister site WVRailroads.net for history, news, photos, and links related to the railroads of West Virginia.  At WVRailroads you also can download  scale drawings of the Thurmond Coaling Station, Thurmond Depot, Thurmond Engine House, and Thurmond Yards.

Early History of the C&O --A Web page from Historic Mount Hope  provides a brief historical sketch of the early history of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. The WVa-USA.com site also provides a history of the C&O's Loup Creek Branch and histories of various shortline railroads of the area.

 

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