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  2. List of Virginia railroads - Wikipedia

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    1880 1899 Danville and Western Railway: Danville and New River Railroad: SOU: 1873 1890 Danville and Western Railway: Danville and Seaboard Railroad: NS: 1887 1891 Norfolk, Albemarle and Atlantic Railroad: Danville and Western Railway: D&W SOU: 1891 Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad: PRR: 1883 1956 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington ...

  3. Shenandoah Valley Railroad (1867–1890) - Wikipedia

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    The northern section extended south to Shenandoah Iron Works on 12/20/1880. 1881 Elsewhere: Norfolk & Western Railroad Company (N&W) formed from purchase of Atlantic, Mississippi, and Ohio Railroad. Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia Air Line was formed via a contract between SVRR, N&W, and the East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railroad.

  4. Virginia and Tennessee Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad was an historic 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge [1] railroad in the Southern United States, much of which is incorporated into the modern Norfolk Southern Railway. It played a strategic role in supplying the Confederacy during the American Civil War .

  5. Richmond and Danville Railroad - Wikipedia

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    In 1880, control of the R&D was acquired by William P. Clyde and interests that controlled the Richmond, York River and Chesapeake Rail Road Company. [11] [12] In 1881, the Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company was organized to develop and expand the R&D, whose charter limited its control of connecting railroads. [12]

  6. Railroads played a large role in the development of the United States from the Industrial Revolution in the Northeast (1820s–1850s) to the settlement of the West (1850s–1890s). The American railroad mania began with the founding of the first passenger and freight line in the country, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in 1827, and the "Laying ...

  7. Richmond and York River Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia General Assembly authorized the railroad to issue additional bonds in an act approved March 4, 1880 in order to extend the terminal facilities at West Point. [14] A second mortgage, dated November 10, 1880 to secure $500,000 of bonds due November 1, 1900, later extended to November 1, 1910, was given to William P. Clyde, Isaac ...

  8. Norfolk and Western Railroad Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Norfolk and Western Railroad Historic District encompasses an historic industrial district of Norfolk, Virginia.Centered on the tracks of the Norfolk and Western Railroad between Bowden's Ferry Road and Monticello Avenue, it extends as much as three blocks north and south of the tracks, including within its bounds most of the industrial resources found in that area.

  9. Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad - Wikipedia

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    Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad (AM&O) was formed in 1870 in Virginia from three east–west railroads which traversed across the southern portion of the state. Organized and led by former Confederate general William Mahone (1826-1895), the 428-mile (689 km) line linked Norfolk with Bristol, Virginia by way of Suffolk , Petersburg ...