Vachon might be standing on the Seventh Street bridge that takes you over the rail lines shown in this picture, and Blackwater Creek. A least one of these buildings still exists. Now, leading off the road, where you can see people have worn a trail of convenience, is the James River Heritage Trail/Lynchburg trail system.

Still in business today:

HANDY DISTRIBUTION was founded in 1891 by Nathan Bryant Handy, who began his family-owned business delivering galvanized black sheets, steel roofing, copper, solder and accessories to his customers by horse and wagon.

Several buildings and the N.B. Handy sign still exists to this day.

The station is long gone and only one track remains. Several of the buildings on the right still stand: SHOES and NB Handy. Looks like there is now a nice hike/bike trail.

A scene like this is perfect for a period model RR depot. Small enough for a corner of the layout, but full of detail, switches, and kit-bashable structures.

Tho the picturesque station in the foreground is gone, the building behind it has been transformed into Amazement Center ("an award-winning, multi-disciplinary, hands-on museum, and Virginia's first museum to be a Certified Autism Center"). So in a vague way it follows locations like Cincinnati and Kansas City, that similarly transformed their stations into museums -- admittedly they also kept the station buildings, but then, they had a lot more to keep.

The year I was born in St. Thomas Ontario.