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Bay Line Railroad (AL and FL) BAYL Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad (CA and OR) CORP Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad: CFE Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad (IL and IN) CSS Cimarron Valley Railroad (CO, KS, and OK) CVR Deseret Power Railroad (CO and UT) DPRW Rail Link (operates 26 short line railroads) RLIX
The Princeton District and Deepwater District rail lines were part of the Kellysville to D.B. Tower rail corridor. Deepwater District- a former Virginian Railway rail line which passed down to Norfolk and Western. [15] Formed from the Virginian Railway main line and was combined with Princeton District to form Princeton–Deepwater District.
For loads not originating on their lines, ISS shortlines still collect a portion of the freight rate. It was reported in 2009 that shortline railroads employ 20,000 people in the U.S., and own 30 percent of the nation's railroad tracks. About a quarter of all U.S. rail freight travels at least a small part of its journey over a short-line railroad.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad: Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad: 1878 1932 N/A Fredericksburg and Gordonsville Railroad: 1853 1876 Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad: Fredericksburg, Orange and Charlottesville Railroad: 1872 1873 Fredericksburg and Gordonsville Railroad: Gladeville Railroad: 1892 1902 Virginia and Kentucky Railway
The company began with the acquisition of a 16-mile (26 km) long branch from the CSX Transportation's James River subdivision line near Bremo Bluff on the James River south to Dillwyn in Buckingham County. The interchange with CSX is at Strathmore yard, near the junction of the former Virginia Air Line Railway.
The Delmarva Central Railroad (reporting mark DCR) is an American short-line railroad owned by Carload Express that operates 188 miles (303 km) of track on the Delmarva Peninsula in the states of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. The railroad operates lines from Porter, Delaware to Hallwood, Virginia and from Harrington, Delaware to Frankford ...
In 2022 and 2023, the line was given money from the North Carolina government as part of a wider plan to help improve infrastructure on shortline railroads in the state. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] On June 17, 2024, the line was closed indefinitely following a train derailment in Chesapeake .
The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation is proposing adding the first east-west line to the service in 2025. The new route is planned to run from Virginia Beach to Harrisonburg. The 235-mile trip will take about six-and-a-half hours one way, with stops in places like Charlottesville, Richmond, and Williamsburg, among others ...