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C&O Milepost 127.2
Station Number: 127
Code Number: 0191
According to McChord (1979), Tyler was once known as Dawson, but my records show that the earliest name for this station was Green Bay; it was listed that way on 1873 and 1874 time tables. The name was Dawson by 1881 and it was listed as Tyler in the 1906 Industrial Guide.
The house track in Tyler was extended in December of 1923. The 1937 Side Track Record showed that Tyler had a 1811' passing siding (track number 852) and a 518' house track (track number 853). In 1943 the tracks at Tyler were changed to the configuration shown on the 1963 map below. Tyler still had its station and an agent in 1948. The agency station here was converted to a non-agency station in March, 1953. The station building was retired in December, 1962. It was slated to be moved, but as it was lifted onto a flatbed truck it collapsed. By 1963, all that was left was the 1322' spur track, though the C&O continued to handle freight here through a mobile agent as late as 1985. Part of the spur was retired in September of 1970 and a report in the August, 1973 C&O Historical Newsletter said that the spur had been spiked and was out of service. The remaining portion was retired in 1997.
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This is what was left of the siding at Tyler when I visited on December 28, 1998. I’m facing west (by rail) toward Bumpass. The switch has been removed, but the rest of the rails were still in place. At one time there was a lumberyard here. (December 28, 1998 photo by Larry Z. Daily)
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These maps were prepared from U.S.G.S. topological maps, C&O track charts dated 1963, C&O Side Track Records dated 1937, a copy of the Side Track Records updated through the 1990’s, and C&O Valuation maps, also updated through the 1990’s.
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