N&W Ry, Radford Division
Stations, mileage, and telegraph signals are from Division Timetables, starting with Timetable #3 (effective Sunday, July 4, 1897) through timetable #18 (effective Sunday, May 26, 1901). Additional information was compiled 1-29-1994 by A.D. Burnett. Much of the historical information above was provided by William M. Harman of Christiansburg, Va., a 3rd generation N&W telegrapher, who hired in 1940.
| Station | Miles From Roanoke | Telegraph Signals | Location, history, details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roanoke | --- | MH | Roanoke depot |
| The N&W Passenger Station was built in 1909 and refurbished in 1949. The redesign was done by Raymond Loewy. The station is now home to the O. Winston Link Museum. | |||
| GM | General Manager’s Office, Roanoke (a system office; not a part of Radford Division) | ||
| R | Train Dispatcher’s Office of Radford Division; located at Park Street, Roanoke, and after that office burned down in 1930s, moved to General Office Building (along with KD, below) | ||
| KD | Radford Division Message Office, adjacent to Train Dispatcher’s Office | ||
| DO | Yard Office, 12th St Roanoke; “DO” probably stood for “Division Offices” at one time. | ||
| West Roanoke | 2.0 | UN | Tower and train order office near 24th St, Shaffer’s Crossing |
| WB | Train order office at west end of Roanoke Yard | ||
| Salem | 6.1 | SD | Salem depot |
| Deyerle | DY | Deyerle block office, near Salem brick works. Named for a nearby landowner, Joseph Deyerle, who built Pleasant Grove plantation. He was paid $950 by the Va. and Tenn. Railroad for rights to run the line through his acres along the Roanoke River. (Facebook post by Adam Norris Deyerle) | |
| Glenvar | 11.2 | DY | Glenvar tower; installed when Deyerle was closed |
| Balls | 15.6 | BA | Changed to Singer in TT #18 |
| S | Singer tower (later). Octagonal, shingle-sided tower. | ||
| Elliston | 19.9 | BS | Formerly Big Spring. After tower built, telegraph moved out of station and into tower. Tower closed and pneumatic interlocking remote from depot in svc. 1946-1954. |
| Shawsville | 25.3 | AG | Station was built as a stop for Alleghany Springs, a nearby resort |
| Arthur | 26.4 | WH | Arthur tower, opened 1900 (named for Arthur Seabold, who sold land to the RR) |
| Montgomery | 26.9 | WH | Montgomery (originally Big Tunnel Station). Served Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, a nearby resort. Telegraph signal removed in TT #16. |
| Houchins | 30.0 | CY | Houchins block office. Closed about 1900. May have been “NE” at one time. |
| Christiansburg E.D.T. | 32.0 | CB | End Double Track? Removed in TT #12. |
| Christiansburg | 32.7 | BX | Christiansburg tower (BX for “Buffalo Crossing”). Closed 1954. |
| Station is currently used by NS. This station is a “Farmville” type, built in 1906. It opened for business on September 3, 1906. It was a joint station with the Virginia Anthracite Coal & Railway Co.(the branch line to Blacksburg) until that company went under and was purchased by the N&W in 1912. The freight station was built as a passenger station by the AM & O Railroad. It is post-Civil War construction; the original station was destroyed by Union raiders who moved into Southwest Virginia from West Virginia. It is now privately owned and has been restored. The station was built by the AM&O, which combined the three separate railroads across Virginia into one company, predecessor of the N&W Railroad (which came out of its own receivership as the N&W Railway). | |||
| MC | Montague’s Cut block office. Closed when BX opened. | ||
| Vickers | 38.2 | VK | Vicker depot, formerly Vicker’s Switch, the ofs closed 1954; agency closed 7-15-1959 |
| Brown’s Tank | 40.1 | BH | First listed in TT #4 |
| Walton | 40.1 | BH | Walton tower, appeared in TT #16 in place of Brown’s Tank. |
| Pepper | 42.7 | CB | Added in TT #16, effective October 11, 1900. Added on the Walton cut-off between Walton and Belspring. |
| Brown | 46.5 | KU | Added in TT #16, effective October 11, 1900. Added on the Walton cut-off between Walton and Belspring. |
| Coe | 48.1 | MR | Added in TT #16, effective October 11, 1900. Added on the Walton cut-off between Walton and Belspring. |
| East Radford | 43.1 | CN | |
| Radford | 44.3 | R, JC | Signal not listed in TT #4 to TT #12, when it changed to JC |
| W.End Double Track | 44.6 | JC | New River Bridge, where Bristol Line splits. Not listed in TT #12 and after. |
| Schooler | 46.5 | SC | Schooler block office, on old line over Schooler Hill between New River and Belspring, which route was bypassed by new line via Bluff and Cowan. Signal removed in TT #17. |
| Belspring | 50.2 | PN | Belspring depot |
| Dry Branch | 53.7 | DB | Dry Branch tower |
| Berton | 55.7 | -- | Not listed in TT #4 or after, listed as flag stop in special instructions |
| Eggleston | 58.4 | SY | Was listed as Eggleston Springs prior to TT #4. Tgh ofs closed 1945, agency closed 7-15-1959 |
| Pembroke | 62.6 | MO | Pembroke depot |
| Walkers Creek | 64.3 | -- | Not listed in TT #4 or after, listed as flag stop in special instructions |
| Ripplemead | 65.7 | M | Ripplemeade depot, closed 1967 |
| Potts Valley Connector | Junction with Potts Valley Branch | ||
| Curve | 69.3 | JO | Curve block office; temporary end of double track; closed after WWI. |
| Pearisburg | 72.8 | PG | |
| Shumate | 74.9 | DX | Shumate block office |
| Narrows | 76.1 | NA | Narrows depot |
| Lurich | 80.5 | RH | Lurich depot, closed 1946 |
| OX | Lurich tower | ||
| Glen Lyn | 82.7 | GN | GN signal not listed in TT #4 or after |
| Wills | 85.1 | WS | Wills (W.Va.) block office |
| Oakvale | 90.0 | OV | Oakvale depot, closed 1960 |
| Hardy | 92.5 | NW | Hardy block office (located at present Hoot Owl School House) |
| Ingleside | 95.2 | DE | Ingleside depot, closed 1948 |
| East River | 96.4 | CU | Renamed Blake in TT #16. |
| Tulip | 100.4 | FX | Tulip block office (before Blake was put in; 2.9 miles west of Blake, 1.9 miles east of Ada). First appeared in TT #4 |
| Ada | 101.2 | AD | Ada depot, closed 1948 |
| East Bluefield | 105.2 | OX | Not listed in TT #8 or after |
| Bluefield | 105.6 | BF | |