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This is a map of the Norfolk Southern Railway as of 2009, with trackage rights in purple (haulage rights are lighter). Email me if you would like a copy of the GIS data I created (modified from Bureau of Transportation Statistics North American Transportation Atlas Data) or if you see any errors.
Southern Tier Line: Binghamton, NY [6] Buffalo, NY: Mostly a former Erie line. A small portion was DLW. The line continues as ex-Southern Tier Line trackage leased to NYS&W from Binghamton to Port Jervis, NY, ex-Southern Tier Line trackage leased to MNR from Suffern to Port Jervis for the Port Jervis Line service, and NJT Main Line to Hoboken ...
Norfolk Southern's predecessor railroads date to the early 19th century. The South Carolina Canal & Rail Road was the SOU's earliest predecessor line. Chartered in 1827, the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company became the first to offer regularly scheduled passenger train service with the inaugural run of the Best Friend of Charleston in 1830. [18]
The Sunbury Line, formerly known as Sunbury Subdivision, is a rail line owned and operated by Norfolk Southern Railway which in turn is owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation. The line travels from Sunbury, Pennsylvania , to Binghamton, New York , connecting with Norfolk Southern's Southern Tier Line at Binghamton and Norfolk Southern's ...
The entire line became part of the Erie Railroad through leases and mergers. Norfolk Southern leased the section between Suffern and Port Jervis to the Metro-North Railroad on March 31, 2003. [7] It leased the section between Port Jervis and Binghamton to the Central New York Railroad on December 31, 2004. [8]
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The line runs from Cincinnati, Ohio, southeast to Portsmouth, Ohio, along a former Norfolk and Western Railway line. Its southeast end is at the Columbus District near Portsmouth, while its northwest end is in Mariemont, Ohio, where it meets the Indiana and Ohio Railway's Midland Subdivision and Norfolk Southern's Dayton District.
The line became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Conrail through leases, mergers, and takeovers. In the 1999 breakup of Conrail it was assigned to Norfolk Southern. The Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad has leased and been operating the part of the line between Machias, New York and Driftwood, Pennsylvania since 2007.