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Abandoned NC&STL Railway
Perryville Branch

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

Station/City/Road Valuation
Station
(approx.)
Milepost
(B) 		Elevation Meth.
of
Oper. 		Max.
Speed
(mph)
(C) 		County
(All in
TN) 		Car
Capacity
of
Sidings
(D) 		Items of interest (1920's) 1910
Popul.
(E)
Lexington (1) * UPDATE! 0+00 0.0 492
(F)
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) * UPDATE! 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 * UPDATE! 1277+76 24.2 372 23 team track, stockpen, river connection, turntable, depot 100

Footnotes:

(A) A green asterisk "*" is named station on the original NC&STL employee timetable and map.
(B) NC&STL Rwy. June 1, 1919 Time Table No. 12 Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nashville, Hollow Rock Jct., pg. 7.
(C) Per the Ghost Railroads of Tennessee book by Elmer G. Sulzer.
      P = Passenger trains and F = Freight trains
(D) Based on 55 feet per car.
(E) NC&STL Rwy. June 1, 1919 Time Table No. 12 Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nashville, Hollow Rock Jct., pg. 3 to 4.
(F) 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.

This webpage designed by Eric C. Fleet. If you have materials that you would like to contribute, contact me at ericfleet@ncstl.com.

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