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Perryville Branch

List of Stations, Mileposts, Speed Limits & Items in
the Perryville Branch (aka Pea Vine)

Station/City/Road

Valuation
Station
(approx.)

Milepost
(A, B)

Elevation

Meth.
of
Oper.

Max.
Speed
(mph)

(B)

County
(All in
TN)

Car
Capacity
of
Sidings

(C)

Items of interest (1920's)

1910
Popul.

(D)

Lexington (1)

0+00

0.0

492

(E)

P-30
F-25

H
E
N
D
E
R
S
O
N

Yard
90

junction, coal chute, water tank, sand house, stockpens, depot, scales

1,497

Warren's Bluff (2)

269+28

5.1

396

13

depot

30

Chesterfield

459+36

8.7

406

18

stockpen, depot

75

Darden

617+76

11.7

404

26

stockpen

175

County Line

702+24

13.3

396

-

between Henderson & Decatur Counties

-

Beacon

728+64

13.8

410

D
E
C
A
T
U
R

9

depot

-

Parsons

918+72

17.4

491

36

spurs, water tank, stockpens, depot

750

Perryville

1277+76

24.2

372

23

team track, stockpen, river connection, turntable, depot

100

Footnotes:
? - Incomplete data.
(A) NC&STL Rwy. June 1, 1919 Time Table No. 12 Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nashville, Hollow Rock Jct., pg. 7.
(B) Per the Ghost Railroads of Tennessee book by Elmer G. Sulzer.   P = Passenger trains and F = Freight trains
(C) Based on 55 feet per car.
(D) NC&STL Rwy. June 1, 1919 Time Table No. 12 Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nashville, Hollow Rock Jct., pg. 3 to 4.
(E) Method of operation was train order operation also called timetable/train order operation. The Lexington train order station was a continious station while Parsons and Perryville were 8 am until 5 pm stations. Lexington was on the main line therefore was needed 24 hours a day; the Parsons and Perryville stations were only needed during actual traffic operations along that branch. The Perryville branch would have never needed anything more advanced, given it was very much in decline during the thirties and abandoned in 1936.
(1) Lexington is also known as Midland City.
(2) Warren's Bluff was former known as Bluff.

 

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