Kanawha County, West Virginia

City Railroad Current Location Type Current Use Date Built Track Status Bldg. Mat. Current Railroad Notes Field Checked
Belle Kanawha & Michigan (NYC)   C     in use wood   Gone??
Cabin Creek Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Cabin Creek B       concrete   concrete arch
Campbell's Creek Campbell's Creek RR at the mouth of the hollow south of the U.S. 60 traffic light Eh unknown   in use metal at interchange with NS on property of Amherst Industries, most of railroad gone  
Cane Fork C&O on site Cd abandoned   in use concrete CSX 5/06
Charleston Charleston Interurban 200 block of Virginia St. W ICb business 1902 gone brick/stucco none track gone since 1939  
Charleston C&O 305 MacCorkle Ave., now 350 Station Place P business/rr 1905-6 in use brick/stone CSX 2 story, Amtrak uses small brick addition 9/10
Charleston C&O (also used by Charleston Interurban between 1906 and 1930s) West End paralleling Florida St., Kanawha River B community attempting to buy for part of rail trail sometime between 1895-1906   steel/wood CSX wooden trestle approaches, through truss, elongated S shape, see South Charleston for other end  
Charleston Conrail Smith St. O   business 1970s  in use brick NS     
Charleston K&M Smith St.between Dickinson and Capital F farmers market/shops/restaurant between 1895-1910 paved over to make parking lot brick NS nearby    
Charleston K&M near Pennsylvania St./Spring St. B rr   in use steel NS    
Diamond Conrail Quincy Yard south of U.S. 60 Y rr between 1985-2000 in use wood NS sided  
Diamond Conrail Quincy Yard south of U.S. 60 Y rr between 1985-2000 in use wood NS sided, located at engine service  
Diamond Conrail Quincy Yard south of U.S. 60 Sh rr between 1985-2000 in use metal NS next to car repair shed  
Diamond Conrail Quincy Yard south of U.S. 60 Sh rr between 1985-2000 in use poles/metal roof NS car repair shed  
Dunbar K&M (NYC) relocated along river, behind vacant discount store C private club   none concrete block none  
Elkview NYC   C private   gone wood none  
Handley C&O   Cd   1919 in use   CSX built 1919 by Roberts & Schaefer
Handley C&O   M     in use   CSX RR YMCA
Handley C&O   Y rr   in use brick CSX yard tower/office
High Coal C&O   Tn abandoned   gone   none West Portal, Coal River Tunnel, 3959' long
Kanawha Two Mile Coal & Coke (B&O) just north of city limits on the east bank of the Elk River B   1905-07   stone   two stone arches  
Kayford C&O just SE of town Tn abandoned   gone   none East Portal,Coal River Tunnel, 3959' long
Nitro Conrail across the tracks from the intersection of First Ave. and 22nd. St. Y rr between 1985-2000 in use wood NS sided  
Pratt interurban   IB highway   gone steel none  
St. Albans C&O 410 4th Ave. C museum 1906 in use wood CSX 12/09
St. Albans C&O   T     in use brick CSX 1 story , SA Cabin, ?
St. Albans C&O   T     in use brick CSX 1 story, CA Cabin, Cabin Creek Jct., ?
St. Albans C&O   Cd     in use concrete CSX ?
St. Albans C&O north portal just south of Kanawha Terrace, south portal east of Pennsylvania Ave. Tn rr   in use   CSX    
St. Albans Coal River & Western 3rd St. across from Presbyterian Church C residence 1902 gone wood none two story  
South Charleston C&O (also used by Charleston Interurban between 1906 and 1930s) West End paralleling Florida St., Kanawha River B community attempting to buy for part of rail trail sometime between 1895-1906   steel/wood CSX wooden trestle approaches, through truss, elongated S shape, see Charleston for other end  
South Charleston C&O in yard Y rr   in use various CSX yard office, miscellaneous structures  
Winifrede Winifrede RR up hollow from Winifrede Jct. C       brick   company store/depot, 2 story, ?
Winifrede Jct. C&O / WRR   O     in use   CSX modern structure

Compiled by M.J. Camp, Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.

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