1920 Sanborn Maps - Charlottesville, VA

Sanborn Maps - 1920

Another from Trumbull Photography - Charlottesville

Several of these building still exist today along the tracks. Can't wait for him to release more from this collection.

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Merry Christmas

Today's picture is the Southern passenger station used by Amtrak even still today. Amtrak service at the C&O station stopped sometime in the 70's. This view from the C&O side shows the station prior to its refurbishment. This is how the station will be done on the layout.

Union Station 1996

Historic Pictures

I've decided to start posting pics of my modeled area that I find on the web. One of my favorite sites is Steve Trumball's "Charlottesville - Then and Now".  Steve finds historic photos taken around Charlottesville and shows the current "today" view.

His site is also a blog site, found at http://charlottesvillethenandnow.blogspot.com

This Ed Roseberry photo shows downtown Charlottesville in 1972. Matacia Fruit Co. is in the lower center.
Charlottesville warehouse district aerial view 1972

I'll continue to add more as I have the time.

PS - walls have been painted, more Masonite backdrop is up, drop ceiling partially installed.
Yes, I'm getting something done!

Looking down the aisle.

Left side:
Lower is Charlottesville
Upper will be Staunton, VA
Right:
Lower will be redone as west of Charlottesville
Upper will be Brand siding, start of Staunton

Charlottesville - lower deck

Still need to build the upper deck here. It will be Staunton, VA. To the right is the Southern Crossing at Union Station. You can really see the 3 different backdrop colors in this pic (see LED post)