I'm visiting my daughter and family in Bedford, Virginia. Last night they took me to Liberty Station, the old Norfolk and Western station that's been converted to a restaurant. Good food, good prices, and they had a fair amount of memorabilia around. Up on the wall behind our table was an original dining car menu from the Powhatan Arrow. Worth a visit.
Thanks for the tip Rocket! With my interest piqued, I found this great old photo on Virginia Tech's Imagebase website. Looking at the car, I'm guessing 1920s?
That's a handsome building! I do wonder how it appears today? Looks like the passenger trains diverged from the main track to pass by.
Yes, that's a very wide platform. Is that some sort of train order signal just beyond the canopy? Looks perhaps like a lantern hung by pulley and rope.
It is possible that is a signal. Train order, I would doubt. While they might have copied orders there, they really would not need one at that station.
