Waiting for the Train

An old, empty baggage cart awaits the arrival of the next train at the train depot in Staunton, Virginia. The site of the station has been a railroad depot since 1854. The present railroad station is the third one on this site. The first station was destroyed by Union General Hunter's troops in June of 1864. A runaway train in 1890 destroyed the second station. The third and existing station building was designed by Staunton architect Thomas Jasper Collins and built by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in 1902. It is still an Amtrak Station today for trains that travel to New York City and Chicago.

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