Teman station took its name from the nearby home of a distinguished
Hanover County family. According to McChord (1979) Teman was once known as Mantico.
There was a 595' loading track (track number 848) and a passenger shelter listed here
in both the 1937 Side Track Record and the 1963 track charts. According to
the C&O’s 1950 Industrial Directory, the Teman team track had a capacity
of 8 cars. For some reason, it was listed under the Beaver Dam
entry. The Beaver Dam and Teman sidings served the following industries: the Birchall-Hammer
Lumber Co. (sawmill), the A. L. Luckado coal yard, Linwood Marks (pulpwood shipper), the R. S.
McDonald lumber yard, and E. C. Terrell (pulpwood shipper). The shelter
was removed in the early in November, 1964 and moved to a nearby farm. Sometime on the 1980’s it
was purchased by Causey and Bev Davis. They moved it to Richmond and restored it. The C&O was still
handling freight here as late as 1985. The loading track was retired in September, 1991.
Photos
This is the C&O’s shelter from Teman
as it exists today. The shelter was moved from its original site to a farm near Holiday, where it sat
next to the Holiday shelter. In 1977 Causey and Bev Davis purchased the Teman shelter and moved it
to Richmond. They restored it to the appearance shown in the photos. According to Causey Davis, they
found a date of 1917 carved on one of walls during the restoration. (November 2009 photo by Causey Davis. 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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