Grafton & Belington Branch - B&O RR
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The Grafton & Belington Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) extended southeastward from Grafton, WV (http://www.wvexp.com/index.php/Grafton%2C_West_Virginia) along the east bank of Tygart River (http://www.wvexp.com/index.php/Tygart_River) to Belington, WV (http://www.wvexp.com/index.php/Belington%2C_West_Virginia), a distance of 41.3 miles. The road was originally built by the Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad (G&G), which was chartered in April, 1881. The G&B completed its narrow gauge line between Grafton and Phillipi, WV (http://www.wvexp.com/index.php/Philippi%2C_West_Virginia) in December, 1883, opening the line to traffic in January, 1884. The line was extended to Belington in 1887.
The railroad was purchased by the B&O in 1892 at foreclosure and was reorganized as the Grafton & Belington Railroad (G&B), and converted to standard gauge on May 1,1892. By the early-1910's, the B&O's Grafton & Belington Branch was handling a large volume of freight traffic in coal and lumber.
Stations
The following stations were located on the Grafton and Belinton Branch of the B&O in 1913.
| Distance from Grafton in Miles |
Station | County | Elevation |
| 0.0 | Grafton (map (http://www.wvamaps.com/maps/index.php?place=Grafton&state=WV&pop=5489&county=Taylor&lat=39.3408&lon=-80.0192&elev=1100)) | Taylor | 999.85 |
| 5.4 | Stonehouse (map (http://www.wvamaps.com/maps/index.php?place=Stonehouse&state=WV&pop=0&county=Taylor&lat=39.2764833&lon=-80.0117456)) (1) | Taylor | 1001.5 |
| 6.9 | Cecil (map (http://www.wvamaps.com/maps/index.php?place=Cecil&state=WV&pop=0&county=Taylor&lat=39.2714&lon=-79.9875&elev=1160)) | Taylor | 1011.0 |
| 8.8 | Sandy (map (http://www.wvamaps.com/maps/index.php?place=Sandy&state=WV&pop=0&county=Monongalia&lat=39.6353&lon=-80.195&elev=1091)) | Barbour | 1035.6 |
| 41.3 | Belington (map (http://www.wvamaps.com/maps/index.php?place=Belington&state=WV&pop=1788&county=Barbour&lat=39.025&lon=-79.9358&elev=1704)) | Barbour | 1701.6 |
(1) Stonehouse, or Stone House, was later inundated by Tygart Lake, in 1938
