Now that is one of the most interesting switches/turnouts I've ever seen,
"Dundon, WV Station and junction with the Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad. 5/29/1960"
I saw a similar setup on one of the New England railroads, CV, B&M, don't recall. The points were on one side of a through girder bridge and the frog on the other.
Would be an interesting model scene. This site has a photo looking in the other direction:
http://buffalocreektrail.com/dundon.html
I, too, have been enjoying the photos in the Thomas Underwood collection
https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/albums/72157718611162438
Up to 608 photos now
Thanks, Ed
I saw something like this in Rockford IL, where the BN/Milwaukee Road track would deliver cars to the Behr scrap yard. The siding into Behr was on one side of a paved road. Rather than put the moving points or the frog in the middle of the paved road, the points were on one side and the frog was on the other so there might have been 25 or 30 feet between the two. It being the 35mm slide era I did not take a picture! Each slide was considered expensive. A foolish economy on my part, since the slides of a gondola being shoved into the Behr scrap yard were nothing special and nothing unique.
Dave Nelson
That relatively sharp curve on the B&O side would be a bad place for a set of points. The station and the tracks behind the station prevent a better alignment, so the gauntlet track turnout puts the points on the straight, and used the right of way owned by both roads.
Sheldon
Looked up location on Google Maps, apparently abandoned tracks of both B&O and BC&G can be seen on sattelite view.
Though B&O is abandoned the bridge over Buffalo Creek, which is out of frame right side of photo above, reamins in place.Also is a light hued rectangular outline which may be foundation of brick building in photo.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dundon,+B,+WV+25043/@38.4616981,-81.071754,165m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1
KitbashOn30 Looked up location on Google Maps, apparently abandoned tracks of both B&O and BC&G can be seen on sattelite view. Though B&O is abandoned the bridge over Buffalo Creek, which is out of frame right side of photo above, reamins in place.Also is a light hued rectangular outline which may be foundation of brick building in photo. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dundon,+B,+WV+25043/@38.4616981,-81.071754,165m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1
I know at first glance the building in the backgorund looks brick, but it is wood framed and clapboard sided, just painted some color that resembles brick.
So yes I would say that foundation outline is from that building.