Waynesburg and Washington Railroad
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The Waynesburg and Washington Railroad was a twenty-eight-mile, three-foot gauge subsidiary of the
From the 1870s through the 1920s, this line (often referred to as the Wayynie) served its namesake towns in
History
The Waynesburg and Washington Railroad ran between the county seats of
The line had fallen by the wayside around the time of the
Waynesburg was the southern terminus. This was the main yard for the line and had a
When war broke, Company K would all pile into the coaches at the station to ride to Washington and then on to Pittsburgh. After the line started failing, the yard was torn up and the station was passed on to a local wool dealer and then to the county road department. The yard was completely gone by the 1980s, and the station was near collapse. In the late 1980s, the station was torn down; Conrail now has an office and a siding in this spot. In 2023 it was announced a surviving locomotive will be featured at the 44th National Narrow Gauge Convention. The locomotive is currently housed at the Greene County Historical Society and will be displayed at a museum in the 2024.[4]
References
- ^ Cumberledge, Matt. "Greene Artifacts: Charles Alexander Black". greenescenemagazine.com. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "W&W Railroad History – Greene County Historical Society".
- ^ "Last Narrow Gauge Railroad Ends". The Pittsburgh Press. July 7, 1929. pp. 13, 15. Retrieved April 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Waynesburg & Washington Railroad". 44th National Narrow Gauge Convention. 15 July 2021.