Piedmont and Western Railroad Club

Presents


Five North Carolina Railroad Stations, a Tower and a Traction Building in


RALEIGH

Former Union depot. Used by Raleigh & Gaston Railroad, Southern, Seaboard Air Line and Norfolk Southern. Built in 1890. Now occupied by a business.




1910 photo from the Art Peterson collection


Station corner stone marked for the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad.


Platforms while the station was still operating


Station interior


Station interior


Building abandoned and boarded up


Abandoned platforms and track


Last northbound Amtrak Silver Star on the old SAL main north of Raleigh.

Former Seaboard Air Line depot built in 1942. Now houses a business.





Amtrak station on Cabarrus Street, built in 1950.

Former freight depot on Cabarrus Street, built in 1920, and occupied by several different businesses.



Former Norfolk Southern freight depot at 518 Jones Street, circa. 1910. Now occupied by a restaurant.





Seaboard Air Line Railway / Norfolk Southern Boylan Tower




Library of Congress photo from Historic American Engineering Review, April 1981.

Former Raleigh Electric Co. trolley power house at 505 Jones Street, circa. 1900. Also occupied by a restaurant.







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