Greensboro (Milepost CF 70.0)
Greensboro is a large city. The Atlantic & Yadkin Railway was the only railroad (to date) to be headquartered here. The Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley at one time had there a relatively big yard with turntable and shop, a lot of local industry to switch, and a junction with the Southern providing a lot of interchange. After the A&Y was formed and taken over by the Southern, much of the CF&YV roundhouse, turntable and shops was no longer used and the A&Y shared the Southern's roundhouse and coaling facilities. This led to some interesting controversies when the A&Y began operating independently, especially under receivership. Greensboro is where the Southern delivered all the leased cars, cabs and locomotives that comprised the A&Y roster. The A&Y had no need to maintain it's locomotives elsewhere as most trains on the A&Y originated and terminated in Greensboro - a city centrally located on the line. Coaling stations and water tanks could be found along the line, and turntables and/or wyes were used at the terminal cities, but Greensboro facilities were the main hub of maintenance for the A&Y.
Here is a view of the yard tracks from a Southern Railway document showing
where the A&Y tracks were to be removed.
Document is from the collection of Marvin Black, Durham, NC.
Here is the
Greensboro station in the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley days.
Photographer unknown, image provided by Jim McGhee.
Here is a shot of the Greensboro underpass of the Southern
Railway. The track in the foreground was the Southern's heading up and away towards it's
mainline which is on that overpass running from right to left. The A&Y mainline
is the second track heading under the Southern's line and away north to Mount Airy.
Here is the junction looking south down the A&Y in the
direction towards Sanford.
