Summers County, West Virginia
City |
Railroad |
Current Location |
Type |
Current Use |
Date Built |
Track Status |
Bldg. Mat. |
Current Railroad |
Notes |
Hilldale |
C&O |
W portal of Big Bend Tunnel |
T |
abandoned |
|
in use |
brick |
CSX |
MW Cabin, ? |
Hilldale |
C&O |
|
Tn |
rr |
1932 |
in use |
|
CSX |
West portal new Big Bend Tunnel, 6152' long |
Hilldale |
C&O |
Tn |
abandoned |
1872-75 |
gone |
stone portals |
none |
old Big Bend Tunnel, 6560' long, made famous by John Henry, also called Great Bend Tunnel, completed after C&O line was opened in 1873 |
|
Hilldale |
C&O |
west of town |
Tn |
rr |
|
in use |
|
CSX |
Little Bend Tunnel |
Hinton |
C&O |
2nd Ave. at tracks |
P |
vacant |
1900, rebuilt 1913 |
in use |
brick |
CSX |
Amtrak stop, no agent |
Hinton |
C&O |
112 Fifth Ave. |
F |
business |
|
in use nearby |
brick |
CSX |
|
Hinton |
C&O |
2nd Ave. |
M |
municipal |
|
in use nearby |
brick |
CSX |
RR YMCA on hill above depot, now senior center |
Hinton |
C&O |
along tracks |
Y |
rr |
|
in use |
brick |
CSX |
two story, yard office |
Hinton |
C&O |
north end of yard |
Cd |
abandoned |
1929 |
in use |
concrete |
CSX |
|
Hinton |
C&O |
north of depot |
Wt |
rr |
in use |
steel |
CSX |
||
Hinton |
C&O |
south of depot nearly under Hinton New River bridge |
Wt |
rr |
in use |
steel |
CSX |
||
Meadow Creek |
C&O |
|
M |
rr |
newer |
in use |
wood |
CSX |
|
Talcott |
C&O |
|
Tn |
rr |
1932 |
in use |
concrete portal |
CSX |
East Portal Big Bend Tunnel, 6152' long |
Talcott |
C&O |
Tn |
abandoned |
1872-75 |
gone |
stone portal |
none |
old Big Bend Tunnel, 6560' long, made famous by John Henry, also called Great Bend Tunnel |
Compiled by M. J. Camp, Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.