CHARLOTTE

Proposed Charlotte Transit Station to be built on the site of the original 1907 Southern Railway depot. It is planned to be built by the City of Charlotte, the State of North Carolina and AMTRAK.

Artist's conception by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, Rail Division.

Southern Railway depot, built in 1961. Now used by AMTRAK

Originally built in 1907 and used by Seaboard Air Line Railroad. This station has been restored and is used as a daytime shelter and counseling center. It is located on North Tryon Street an the east-west line through the city.

S. David Carriker photograph

Southern Railway station, built circa. 1900.

Passengers waiting to board a train in 1957 (Courtesy of the Charlotte Observer, http://www.charlotteobserver.com/)


Photo of the station as it looked in 1961 (Courtesy of the Charlotte Observer, http://www.charlotteobserver.com/)


Photo of the station as it looked circa. 1900 (Courtesy of the Charlotte Observer, http://www.charlotteobserver.com/)


Postcard from International Post Card Co., New York (Alan Coleman collection)

Richmond & Danville Railroad passenger depot. Built in 1886 for the R&D and later used by the Southern Railway until replaced by the depot above. The R&D depot replaced the Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railway depot which stood just across the tracks. The depot was located on the south side of Trade Sreet and on the east side of the bypass tracks around the downtown area.

S. David Carriker collection


S. David Carriker collection

Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railway depot.

1888 drawing. S. David Carriker collection

Piedmont & Northern Railway passenger depot. Built in 1912 behind the old Charlotte Mint. It stood just north of the P&N freight depot and was demolished sometime before 1970.

S. David Carriker collection

Piedmont & Northern Railway freight depot. Built in 1912 behind the old Charlotte Mint. It stood just south of the P&N passenger depot and was demolished in the 1990s.

Photograph by S. David Carriker

Seaboard Air Line 1912 freight depot and cotton platform in downtown Charlotte off of Tryon Street.

S. David Carriker collection

Southern Railway freight depot built in 1898. It stood on the east side of the North Carolina Railroad in downtown Charlotte.

S. David Carriker collection

Southern Railway quartermasters' depots.

S. David Carriker collection

CSX Yard Office. Built in 1998.

Charlotte Street Railway stone trolley shelter.