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The property owned and operated by the Winston-Salem Terminal Company, hereinafter called the carrier, consists of a passenger terminal and tracks appurtenant thereto, located in the city of Winston-Salem, NC The mileage consists of 1.049 miles of yard tracks and sidings. The station building is a modern 3-story brick and concrete structure 111 feet by 118 feet with a large concourse and platforms covered with butterfly sheds. There are 3 through passenger tracks and 1 stub-end track used for loading baggage and express.

The carrier is controlled jointly by the Southern Railway Company, Norfolk and Western Railway Company, and the Winston-Salem Southbound Railway Company. The property is operated by the carrier as a joint facility in the interest of the controlling companies under an agreement dated October 1, 1924.


CORPORATE HISTORY

The carrier was incorporated March 1, 1922, under general laws of North Carolina, for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and operating, or leasing to others, a union passenger station and other terminal facilities at Winston-Salem, N. C. The date of organization was March 25, 1922.

DEVELOPMENT OF FIXED PHYSICAL PROPERTY