Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Looking east towards Signal Knob Mountain from Strasburg. The railroad bridge runs close to the Shenandoah and Warren County line.

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Damaged photograph showing railcars and the rear of the Strasburg Steam Flouring Mill in Strasburg Virginia.

Strasburg Steam Flouring Mills occupied the area at 390 East King Street and its parking lot. Original mill buildings stood at the back…

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Photograph of a group of unidentified people assembled in front of a rough-looking building that sits on footers. Railroad tracks are visible in front of the group.

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Photograph of an unidentified man wearing overalls. He is standing next to a powered railroad hand car.

This handcar was utilized on the "Dinky Railroad" which ran from Edinburg Virginia to Liberty Iron Furnace in Shenandoah County during the…

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Photograph of a railroad trestle on what is commonly called the "Dinky" Railroad which connected Edinburg Virginia to Liberty Iron Furnace in western Shenandoah County.

This is known as the Vann Trestle and it stood just west of the intersection…

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Photograph of railroad track in a forested area.

This image is identified as being part of the narrow gauge rail line which ran from Edinburg to Liberty Furnace and was operated by the Shenandoah Iron and Coal Company in the early 20th century.…

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Photograph of the Maurertown Rail Depot with several unidentified men and boys in front of it. The boys are barefoot and the sign advises: "Harrisonburg 43.1 miles" and "Manassas 69.3 miles".

The building is no longer standing.

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Color postcard labeled "Scenes Along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Cedar Creek, Valley of Virginia."

The image shows two men standing along Cedar Creek looking toward a railroad trestle located northwest of Strasburg Virginia along the…

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Color postcard bearing a photograph of a railroad bridge crossing Cedar Creek. The railroad bridge in the image is located west of the Town of Strasburg.

The card was produced by G.F. Norton Publishing Company of Winchester Virginia in 1909.

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Copy of a postcard with a picture of the Strasburg Depot.

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Color postcard with a picture of the Strasburg Junction located southwest of the town of Strasburg Virginia.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and the Orange, Alexandria, and Manassas Railroad created the junction when their rail lines met…

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Color postcard with a picture of the Shenandoah River, railroad bridge. and Massanutten Mountain's Signal Knob near Strasburg Virginia.

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Color picture postcard showing the ralline and passenger station in Strasburg Virginia.

The station served both the B & O Railroad and Southern Railway.

The Massanutten Mountain is visible in the background.

The card is dated 1921.

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In 1915 the German Army released the effective Chlorine gas attack of World War One against British positions in Ypres. Before the end of the war these types of Chemical agents would kill or injure millions of men on both sides.
To combat these…

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Engineering drawing of a flat car produced by the Ryan-McDonald Manufacturing Company of Baltimore Maryland.
The drawings are part of a collection related to the Liberty Iron Furnace Company which operated a narrow railroad in the western portion…

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Engineering drawing showing a hopper car. The drawings are part of a collection related to the Liberty Iron Furnace Company which operated a narrow railroad in the western portion of Shenandoah County.

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Complimentary rail pass issued to George Rye, Treasurer of Virginia, by the "Richmond & Danville and Piedmont Railroad Co's." in 1871. Rye was a resident of Edinburg Virginia

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Letter sent from the Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service to the Shenandoah Iron & Coal Company in Liberty Furnace Virginia.

The letter notes the Postal Department had approved delivery of mail using the company's rail line between Edinburg…

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Photograph showing the railroad bridge crossing Stony Creek in Edinburg after it was destroyed by a fire.

The photograph is undated, but the fire occurred on August 2, 1915.

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Photograph showing a crane mounted on a railcar working on the railroad trestle crossing Toms Brook in the town of Toms Brook Virginia.

This photograph was taken in the spring of 1924 when the Southern Railway Company installed a new bridge at…

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Photograph showing an elevated view of the Town of Toms Brook Virginia with a focus on the area along the Southern Railway line.

The Toms Brook Depot is visible in the foreground.

This photograph would have been taken in 1924 when the…

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Photograph of five men working with a railroad crane to install a piece of the railroad trestle crossing Toms Brook in the Town of Toms Brook Virginia.

The photograph was taken in 1924 when the trestle was reconstructed.

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Photograph of a group of men working with a railroad crane to install of piece of the railroad trestle crossing Toms Brook in the Town of Toms Brook Virginia.

The photograph was taken in 1924 when the trestle was reconstructed.

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Photograph showing a crane mounted on a railcar working on the railroad trestle crossing Toms Brook in the town of Toms Brook Virginia.

This photograph was taken in the spring of 1924 when the Southern Railway Company installed a new bridge at…

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Photographic card bearing an image of a steam locomotive and cars on the Narrow Passage Railroad Trestle located between Edinburg and Woodstock Virginia.

The reverse bears an advertisement for "War Views," images of various Civil War sites in…
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