Cordova (formerly Dexter) Page 1
Abandoned NC&STL Railway
Route Between Memphis,
Jackson & Bruceton
Cordova Station (formerly Dexter) - Milepost ONI 212.8 (Page 1)
"The Cordova Branch Era" story
FREE story of The Cordova Branch Era
is now available. It is 15 colorful pictures on 10 pages about a brief history
of NC&STL main line in the early 1890's until the 1970's spur track of
Cordova Branch of the L&N to CSXT became today's railroad abandonment
and the future of Cordova Depot. Send me email asking for a copy of the story.
Click the NC&STL Cordova Depot in this switch stand hole above
for many pictures of the details. Photo by Eric C. Fleet.
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A L&N GP35 #1127 rolling on the switch track by the Cordova Depot traveling to east. Macon Road looking west
(milepost ONI 212.7) in the early 1980's. Photo and contributed by Richard Parker.
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An ex-L&N GP38-2 #4102 pulls Memphis Transportation Museum's GP-7 #1586 (ex-Burlington Northern) & passenger cars eastbound past the Cordova Depot in this mid-1980's view. Photo by Steve Forrest. Contributed by David Johnston.
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This view looks eastward at the Cordova Depot sometime in late 1984. MTM passenger cars are parked on the siding at the east end of the depot.
Photo & contributed by David Johnston.
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B Street looking west at Cordova Station. Note there is the letters read "MTM" under Cordova on the siding, MTM stands for Memphis Transportation Museum. The grass and dirt covered near 200-feet-long track siding beside the former main line for the small industry. The industry location may be former shockpens. "Clay shows at milepost 214 with Cordova at 213. The profile sheet shows 4 section houses at (213.2 south side of main) and the siding I called Clay starting at 213.0 and running on the south side of the main to about 214.4. It was a long siding. The Cordova station and stock pens were at 212.8 on the north side." Terry L. Coats
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B Street looking east at Cordova Station.
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This is the back of a freshly painted Cordova Station.
It is using for the private service and liking a "depot sweet home".
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This photo is somewhere on the Cordova Branch corridor near Cordova Station.
Photo & contributed by The Gates Of Memphis circa October 23, 2007.
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This webpage designed by Eric C. Fleet. If you have materials that you would like to contribute, contact me at ericfleet@ncstl.com.
