CSX Locomotive by the Marilyn Brown House - Thurmond, WV
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
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CSX Locomotive by the Marilyn Brown House - Thurmond, WV
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Susan Rissi Tregoning
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Photograph - Photography
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A CSX locomotive sits idling next to the Marilyn Brown house on the edge of the ghost town of Thurmond, West Virginia.
Circa 1900, this one-story, four-room home may be one of the smallest houses remaining in town.
A boomtown in the 1900s, Thurmond, West Virginia, was one of the busiest railroad towns along the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Right in the heart of the coal country, all the coal mined in the area was brought to Thurmond to be shipped out. Over fifteen passenger trains traveled through town daily, and the depot served around 75,000 visitors a year. When the diesel locomotives came along, and coal was not as widely used or mined, the businesses closed down, and residents moved on.
Like a time capsule, Thurmond still possesses all the characteristics of a 1920s Appalachian coal town. The town has been designated a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places and is part of the New River Gorge National Park.
Copyright 2023 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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September 13th, 2023
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