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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