NW Virginian station renovation

r_i_straw · Sep 22, 2009

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Virginian passenger station renovation gets OK

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Published: Thursday, September 17, 2009
ROANOKE, Va. — Renovation of the city's historic Virginian Railway passenger station at Williamson Road and Jefferson Street, exposed to the elements since a 2001 fire, is finally getting underway, says The Roanoke Times. The project got the go-ahead Sept. 10. The first of three construction phases will include securing the walls and installing a rudimentary roof.

About $500,000 in federal funds was designated for the project years ago, but actual work has been slowed by government regulations and red tape, said Skip Salmon, secretary of the National Railway Historical Society's Roanoke Chapter, which owns the building. Among the issues has been proving the project will not negatively affect the habitat of an endangered fish species in the Roanoke River, he said.

The Virginian Railway, which operated in Virginia and West Virginia, was a competitor to the Norfolk & Western Railway. The Virginian merged with the N&W in 1959. The N&W combined with the Southern Railway to create Norfolk Southern in 1982. The building, built in 1909, housed a feed store before the fire. It was donated to the historical society in 2003.
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N&W · Sep 22, 2009

yeah this is good news!

Station renovation gets nod - Roanoke.com

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