Date:  ca. 1915

Image Number:  Roll4Neg9A

Comments:  The James River Division of the Chesapeake and Ohio, built in 1881, was of great importance to Scottsville as it hauled freight, passengers, and the daily mail to town.  As did the James River and Kanawha Canal before it, the C & O train connected Scottsville to the commercial centers of Richmond and Lynchburg.  A purely Scottsville amusement in the early 1900's was watching the train go by.   As shown here, it was common to see a good-sized group of townsfolk strolling down to the depot with Postmaster Gault to meet the Number 11 from Richmond and pick up the day's mail.

Following is a guide to the names of these town citizens waiting on the platform at Scottsville Depot and keyed to the image numbers below:
(1)  Mr. Mawyer; (2)  Matt Maseley; (3)  Howard Robinson;
(4)  Thomas Staples; (5)  Sam Bragg; (6)  Wilkes Dameron;
(7)  Willie Beal; (8)  Billy Londeree; (9)  John Davis;
(10)  Emmett Carter;   (11)  Forrest Paulett; (12)  James Londeree;
(13)  Walter White; (14)  Jim Poe.

As people began driving their own cars and, later, traveling by busses and airplanes, Scottsville's use of the railroad as a mode of personal transportation dwindled.  The last C&O passenger train from Richmond to Lynchburg (and beyond) stopped in Scottsville in 1956, and later the C&O depot was razed.