The 1937 Side Track Record listed a 2080' passing siding (track number 824) and a 580' team
track (track number 825) in Peake. The C&O had a station with an agent listed here in 1948. The team track was
retired in 1942 along with a portion of the passing siding. I’m not sure when the agency
was discontinued, but Peake was retired as a non-agency station December 11, 1961. The sation was retired in
November, 1962, though 633' of track 824 remained. It was retired in 1978.
Photo
This is the C&O depot in Peake circa 1920. (Photo from
the collection of Thomas W. Dixon, Jr. Used with permission.)
Maps
This map was prepared from U.S.G.S. topological maps, C&O track charts dated 1963, C&O Side
Track Records dated 1937, a copy of the Side Track Records updated through the 1990’s, and
C&O Valuation maps, also updated through the 1990’s.
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