North Carolina Railroad Station Photograph Collection, circa 1896-1977 (bulk 1953-1976)

Collection Number: P0073

Collection Title: North Carolina Railroad Station Photograph Collection, circa 1896-1977 (bulk 1953-1976)

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Durham County: Bahama (Lynchburg and Durham Railway/Norfolk and Western Railway), circa November 15, 1953; P0073/0073_0021, in the North Carolina Railroad Station Photograph Collection (P0073), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Size	0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 66 items)
Abstract	The collection consists of 66 images of North Carolina railroad stations. Images depict railroad stations in over 40 counties in North Carolina and consists of photographic prints made from images taken by unidentified photographers. Materials are arranged by location, and many descriptions include the name of the railroad company that owned or managed the stations.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection.
Language	English

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Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.

Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the North Carolina Railroad Station Photograph Collection (P0073), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Until 2011, the materials in this collection were part of the North Carolina County Photographic Collection (P0001). The materials were originally purchased from Louis Ginsburg of Petersburg, Va., in 1988.

Sensitive Materials Statement: Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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Processed by: Patrick Cullom, June 2011

Encoded by: Patrick Cullom, June 2011; February 2016

Archivists have not removed racial terms "Negro" or "Colored" because we feel they provide important historical context about the materials and who created them and they facilitate the research process. We recognize that these terms also may cause harm and will periodically revisit our decision to include them. We recognize the complexity of this issue and welcome feedback on this decision at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu

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North Carolina County Collection (P0001), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives
Frank Clodfelter (P0029), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives
Commercial Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.) Collection of North Carolina Photographs (P0072), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives

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The North Carolina Railroad Station Photograph Collection consists of 66 images of North Carolina railroad stations. Images depict railroad stations in over 40 counties in North Carolina and consists of photographic prints made from images taken by unidentified photographers. Materials are arranged by location, and many descriptions include the name of the railroad company that owned or managed the stations.

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Expand/collapse North Carolina Railroad Station Photograph Collection, circa 1896-1977.

66 items.

Arrangement: Location.

Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0001	Alamance County: Elon College (Southern Railway), circa 1962-1963 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Was first Boone Station. The Mill Point. First station circa 1887, before College was built."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0002	Alamance County: Haw River (Southern Railway), circa August 1965 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "New station after former sta. was torn down after partial demolishing by freight train derailment."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0003	Alamance County: Mebane (Southern Railway), circa August 1965 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Removed in 1975, No. Carolina RR opened to here from Raleigh in spring of 1855. In Jan. 1856 line completed to Greensboro."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0004	Alexander County: Hiddenite, June 1971 Black-and-White Print 1 image
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0005	Alexander County: Taylorsville (Alexander Railroad Freight Office), circa June 1971 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Old passenger station gone."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0006	Anson County: Ansonville, circa 1952 Black-and-White Print 1 image Image reads: "W-S Southbound railway station."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0007	Anson County: Lilesville (Seaboard Air Line Railway), circa 1976 Black-and-White Print 1 image
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0008	Bladen County Bladenboro (Seaboard Air Line Railway), circa 1958 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "About 1958, Part of this station now (1964) moved acrsss street as present station."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0009	Caldwell County: Hudson (Southern Railway), circa December 1973 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Not whole of original station, part of end was cut away."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0010	Caswell County: Semora (Norfolk Franklin and Danville Railway), January 1963 Black-and-White Print 1 image
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0011	Catawba County: Newton (Southern Railway and Carolina & North Western Railway), circa 29 December 1973 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "May be original station of the Carolina and Northwest before station of Other Railway was built. Line on left is the one to Salisbury."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0012	Chatham County: Bonlee (Southern Railway), circa 1961-1967 Black-and-White Print 1 image
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0013	Chatham County: Goldston (Southern Railway), circa April 1966 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Ready to be moved away Sept. 22, 1973"
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0014	Chatham County: Gulf (Norfolk Southern and Southern Railway), circa 30 April 1966 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "From Norfolk Southern track, has red tin roof, agency close Sept 1972."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0015	Chatham County: Pittsboro (Seaboard Air Line Railway), circa 17 September 1966 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Probably formerly passenger station also torn down about 1968 replaced by small front office."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0016	Craven County: Havelock (Atlantic and Eastern Carolina Railway), circa 1969 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Ex. N.S.?, Havelock N.C. A+EC (Now)"
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0017	Cumberland County: Hope Mills (Atlantic Coastal Railway/Virginia & Carolina Southern Railroad), circa October 1973 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Probably used to be the joint station with Va. and Carolina Southern."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0018	Davidson County: High Rock (High Rock's Union Station of High Point, Thomasville & Denton Railroad/Winston-Salem Southbound Railway), circa 24 October 1956 Black-and-White Print 1 image Includes: "Policeman Bob Murray""
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0019	Davidson County: Southmount (Winston-Salem Southbound Railway), circa 1952 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Gone-1970"
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0020	Duplin County: Magnolia (Seaboard Coast Line Railroad/Atlantic Coastal Railway), circa 1976 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Brick station, High platform (stone), Passing trains stopped at ends of station-not opposite"
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0021	Durham County: Bahama (Lynchburg and Durham Railway/Norfolk and Western Railway), circa 15 November 1953 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "L+D in eaves originally Lynchburg + Railroad"
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0022	Edgecombe County: Pinetops (East Carolina Railway), circa November 1970 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "East Carolina Railroad abandoned about 1967, station now police station"
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0023	Edgecombe County: Speed (Seaboard Coast Line Railroad/Atlantic Coastal Railway), circa March 1975 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "May be changed since passenger service"
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0024	Gaston County: Dallas (Soutern Railway/Carolina & North Western Railway), circa December 1973 Black-and-White Print 1 image
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0025	Gaston County: Stanley (Seaboard Coast Line), circa March 1974 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "SCL (Ex SAL -Seaboard Air Line), Stanley N.C. (West of Charlotte) by R.L. Drake March 1974"
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0026	Gates County: Roduco (Seaboard Coast Line Railroad/Atlantic Coast Line Railroad), circa February 1975 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Moved back from track about 50 feet. 22 miles south of Suffolk Va."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0027	Guilford County: Guilford College (Southern Railway), circa October 1967 Black-and-White Print 1 image
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0028	Guilford County: Pleasant Garden (Southern Railway), circa November 1966 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Waiting room has been removed since passenger service discontinued"
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0029	Halifax County: Halifax (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad), circa August 1962 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Atlantic Coast Line Station Halifax N.C. Halifax N.C. 8-62 N-1338."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0030	Halifax County: Littleton (Seaboard Coast Line Railroad), circa August 1968 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Formerly there was separate passenger station. This freight house was used by passengers until May or June 1968 when trains 17 and 18 were taken off. Wooden (?) in building probably first station about 1855, by Raleigh and Gaston Railroad."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0031	Halifax County: Palmyra (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad), circa 1923 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "This is the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad station at Palmyra, North Carolina, in Halifax County, in 1923. I was agent there from February 1920 to mid 1924. The picture was taken from the south and the door in the end is to the colored waiting room. The front entry is to the white waiting room and then to the office. Palmyra was then a thriving cotton, peanut, and spud farming section...(rest is illegible)- E.J. Sutherlin, February 1967."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0032	Halifax County: Weldon (Seaboard Air Line Railroad/Atlantic Coast Line Railroad), circa December 1971 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Formerly Union Station"
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0033	Harnett County: Angier (Durham and Southern Railway), circa January 1975 Black-and-White Print 1 image
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0034	Harnett County: Dunn (Durham and Southern Railway), circa January 1966 Black-and-White Print 1 image
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0035	Harnett County: Lillington (Atlantic and Western/Norfolk Southern Railway Stations), circa March 1973 Black-and-White Print 2 images Back of images read: On Norfolk Southern Station "On branch Varina to Fayetteville" and Atlantic and Western Station "A and W abandoned from Jonesboro east. Was running Sanford to Lillington in 1959"
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0036	Hoke County: Rockfish (Aberdeen and Rockfish Railway), circa 22 September 1956 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Robert in cab of 205."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0037	Lee County: Broadway (Atlantic and Western Railway), circa September 1973 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Line abandoned east of Jonesboro."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0038	Lenoir County: LaGrange (Southern/Atlantic and East Carolina Railway), circa 1 July 1972 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "This line in 1935 was part of Norfolk Southern Railroad."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0039	Martin County: Jamesville (Seaboard Air Line Railroad/Atlantic Coast Line Railroad), circa February 1975 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "11 miles west of Plymouth."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0040	McDowell County: Marion (Southern Railway) , circa April 1974 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "New passenger section added to freight train in 1953."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0041	McDowell County: Old Fort (Southern Railway), circa 1930s and 1949 Black-and-White Print 2 images Back of image reads: "30257: Monument at right in commemeration of Old Fort which was near. Helper engine returned from pushing train up ridgecrest; 30304: Southern Train #16 Diesel 4134 West-High-Fill with 13 coaches."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0042	Mecklenburg County: Huntersville (Southern Railway), circa March 1972 Black-and-White Print 1 image
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0043	Mecklenburg County: Thrift (Seaboard Air Line Railway), circa November 1961 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "May not be original passenger station. In 1931 had passenger train. 9:43 AM West, 7:02 east (Richard and Jim in picture)"
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0044	Mitchell County: Kona (Clinchfield Railway), circa November 1976 Black-and-White Print 1 image
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0045	Moore County: Glendon (Norfolk Southern Railway), circa 30 April 1966 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Village voting place is in station. Post Office on right (station torn down 1972)"
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0046	Moore County: Jackson Springs (Norfolk Southern Railway), circa 1973 Black-and-White Print 1 image
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0047	Northampton County: Woodland (Seaboard Coast Line/Seaboard Air Line Railway), circa March 1975 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "(In George Village)"
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0048	Perquimas County: Hertford (Southern Railway Station/Norfolk Southern Railway), circa February 1975 Black-and-White Print 1 image
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0049	Person County: Woodsale (Lynchburg & Durham Railway/Norfolk & Western Railway), circa May 1976 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "N and W. Letters L and D (Lynchburg and Durham) in peak of roof. Probably original station."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0050	Pitt County: Fountain (High Point, Thomasville & Denton Railroad), circa 1 July 1972 Black-and-White Print 1 image Image includes diesel 203; Back of image reads: "Ex. HPT+D 202 owned now by Superior Stone Co. Idle here for a year. Only former East Carolina R.R. tracks left is from Fountain to Farmville."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0051	Randolph County: Liberty (Southern Railway), circa 29 May 1962 Black-and-White Print 1 image
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0052	Randolph County: Randleman (High Point, Randleman, Asheboro and Southern/Southern Railway), circa March 1967 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Station same as when passenger trains ran except (illegible) over recently. Showing Mr. F.L. Pressnell."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0053	Richmond County: Hoffman (Seaboard Air Line Railway/Seaboard Coast Line Railroad), circa April 1975 Black-and-White Print 1 image
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0054	Robeson County: Maxton (Maxton, Alma and Southbound Railway), circa February 1936 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Connects with Southern Air Lines at Alma."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0055	Rockingham County: Mayodan (Norfolk and Western Railway), circa July 1956 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Torn down about 1969."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0056	Rowan County: Granite Quarry (Southern Railway), circa December 1973 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "(Only bus service in 1935) Operated by Yadkin Coach Company."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0057	Rowan County: Rockwell (Southern Railway), circa December 1973 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Probably changed since passenger service. In 1935 was Yadkin RR (run by Southern) only bus service."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0058	Stokes County: King (Southern Railway), circa November 1965 Black-and-White Print 1 image
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0059	Surry County: Mount Airy (Southern Railway), circa November 1965 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Last passenger train 1937. Stone pass.(enger) sta.(tion) with wide stone steps."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0060	Surry County: Pilot Mountain (Southern Railway), circa October 1971 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "This was probably never used as Passenger station. Now freight Service. Possibly part of original station."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0061	Swain County: Jarretts (Richmond and Danville Railway), circa 1896 Black-and-White Print (Copy made from original) 1 image Back of image reads: "Richmond and Danville train Jarrett's N.C. 1896 (according to R.B. Carneal)."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0062	Vance County: Henderson (Seaboard Coast Line/Seaboard Air Line Railway), circa April 1969 Black-and-White Print 1 image
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0063	Wake County: Apex (Seaboard Air Line Railway), circa 29 May 1954 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Durham and Southern diesel 1200."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0064	Wake County: Fuquay-Varina (Norfolk Southern Railway), circa 22 September 1973 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Norfolk Southern engine 1615. RR to be taken over by Southern Railway January 1, 1974. This station is in Varina. Fuquay Springs station gone for about 15 years."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0065	Wake County: Wake Forest ("new" Seaboard Air Line Railway), circa August 1966 Black-and-White Print 1 image Back of image reads: "Built 1964 or 1964 (air-conditioning)."
Print Box 01 Black and White Photographic Print P0073/0066	Wake County: Wendell (Norfolk Southern Railroad/Norfolk Southern Railway), circa 1920 Black-and-White Print 1 image

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Collection Number: P0073 Collection Title: North Carolina Railroad Station Photograph Collection, circa 1896-1977 (bulk 1953-1976)