CSX Train at Thurmond Depot - New River Gorge
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
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CSX Train at Thurmond Depot - New River Gorge
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
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Photograph - Photography
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A CSX train passes the Train Depot in the rural Appalachian mountain town of Thurmond, West Virginia.
A boomtown in the 1900s, Thurmond, West Virginia, was once one of the busiest railroad towns along the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Right in the heart of coal country, all the coal mined in the area was brought to Thurmond to be shipped out. Over fifteen passenger trains a day traveled through town, 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. Stuck in time, the town possesses all the characteristics of a 1920s Appalachian coal town.
Today, Thurmond, is not much more than a ghost town with only seven residents (2005). Located along the New River, it is currently owned by the National Park Service and part of the New River Gorge National River. Only the depot is still in use, it provides Amtrak service to the area and is the Park’s Visitor Center and Museum.
The entire town has been designated a historic district and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Copyright 2020 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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