Woodsfield station and train yard.
Growing up, this was, and still is city park. I played baseball here as a kid, never knowing until I was an adult that this used to be the train yard. There is now a sign indicating this was the train station.
One of my HS friends grew up in the house in this picture.
The engine shed, later this area was the baseball field I played on in little league.
Just to the right of the engine shed, heading towards the station on the right around the curve.
train leaving the station west bound, heading to the cut thru town. 2nd picture is a crop of this picture.
The cut thru town. the track west of woodsfield was abandoned in 1928, 3 years before the entire RR shut down. Dad remembers trains going thru the cut, under the streets that had bridges over the tracks. The cut was blasted in 1882. On 12/9/1882 a Blast in the woodsfield cut damaged 2 houses with rocks.
Another view of the station.
city park where the railroad yard was. We had no idea what was here before.
Below, the Other direction of the park. The station was where the 2 buildings sit. Way up in the background is my Highschool, that closed down in 1996. We would sometimes come to the park for PE. All that history we were playing on, and it was never taught or mentioned in any class.
This is the historical marker put up in 2003.