ROGERS ROAD STOCK AUCTIONED AT 23 5-8; First Public Offering of Shares in the Virginian Railway -- Given as Loan Bonus. ONE MORE MILE TO BUILD The Road Now All Financed and Equipment Is Being ...

When fire ripped through the former Virginian Railway Passenger Station in January 2001, the future of the structure and the half-century of local rail history it symbolized appeared bleak.

The old Virginian Railway passenger station saw its last train ride in the 1950s; now, ... That's now happening, and the building is almost exactly as it was nearly 100 years ago.

A piece of Roanoke's railroad history once threatened by fire and neglect is on track to be restored by early next year. The Virginian Railway Station, at Jefferson Street and Williamson Road, is ...