Re: (rshsdepot) Question re: Madison, NC

[Jim Dent <jdent_@_erols.com>]

rshsdepot
Dean,

I checked my atlas. Besides the current NS (ex-N&W) line from Martinsville to Winston-Salem, another (now abandoned) line came into Madison from the southeast.  That line, an ex-Atlantic & Yadkin RR branch came off the A&Y at Stokesdale and ended at Madison.  The line to Madison came off an east-west A&Y line that was later operated by Southern RR but is now abandoned.  The east-west line went from Greensboro to Rural Hall, crossing the N&W at Walnut Cove.

This is all based on looking at the atlas, so take it with a grain of salt.

Jim Dent

Dherbert53_@_aol.com wrote:
> 
> rshsdepot
> Hi all,
> 
> We drove through Madison, NC yesterday (between Winston/Salem and Martinsburg
> VA).  Didn't find a station in W/S but found two in the town of Madison,
> adjacent to each other.  Only one set of tracks and was wondering what the
> other station was there for. One had been "remuddled" but both appeared to
> have been almost identical at one time. There also is a handsome brick
> building across the street with a large clock but bricked in arched windows.
>  Anyone have any suggestions?  The map shows a NS line between W/S and
> Roanoke which still has lots of traffic and a trestle through my sister's
> farm in Boones Mill.
> 
> Dean Carroll

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