West End of Thomas/C76.9
West End of Thomas/C76.9





A WM Train-Order Office and Station was at the West End of Thomas. A branch to the mines known as the Francis Branch left here at a switch just before the station.


WM's Thomas Car Repair Shed and Roundhouse photographed in 1917. (thanks to Warren Hart for photo)

First photo is the Thomas Engine house in the 1930's. Both of the Thomas Engines houses are pictured in the second photo taken in this early 1950's photograph. (thanks to Warren Hart for photo)

Looking at the Thomas Station in 1903. This view which was taken from the top of the coal tipple shows the hillside and all the company housing. (thanks to Warren Hart for photo)

Looking up at the WM girder trestle and Thomas Station from the Blackwater River in 1917 then again in 2010. (thanks to Warren Hart for the 1917 photo)

Two photos both looking east from the former site of WM's Thomas Station. The first photo was taken in 1979 or early 1980's and shows the WM track layout and signal at the west end of the Tmas Yard. The switch in the foreground is for the Francis Branch. On December 29, 2010 the Thomas sewage treatment plant is pictured sitting at the same location and on the mainline. However tracks could pass to the right of the plant to head up the Francis Branch to Davis. (track photo by Warren Hart)

Two views both at the same location looking down the Davis/Francis branch towards the Thomas Station in 1917 and again on 12.29.2010. (thanks to Warren Hart for the 1917 photo)

Two photos (the first taken by Warren Hart in 1979 or the early 1980's and second by myself on December 29, 2010) were taken from the western side of the WM bridge looking east.

Both photo looking west down the grade, the first take from the former site of WM's Thomas Station. (12.29.2010)


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