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The Portland and Western Railroad (reporting mark PNWR) is a 516-mile (830 km) Class II railroad serving the U.S. state of Oregon, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of shortline and regional railroad holding company Genesee & Wyoming Inc. The PNWR includes a subsidiary, the Willamette and Pacific Railroad (reporting mark WPRR).
Neither company directly connected to any P&W line; the leases were motivated by a desire to prevent either company from competing with the P&W for traffic. [27] [28] Both leases expired in 1883, with the two railroads resuming independent operation that year; the Milford and Woonsocket took over the Hopkinton the following year. [27]
The P&W Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation, the Allegheny Valley Railroad (AVR), and the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad (BPRR) in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The line runs from Rankin north through Pittsburgh to West Pittsburg (near New Castle ) [ 1 ] along a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line ...
P&W may refer to: Passion and Warfare – an album by Steve Vai; Philadelphia and Western Railroad; Poets & Writers – a nonprofit literary organization; Portland and Western Railroad; Pratt & Whitney – an aircraft engine manufacturer; Pratt & Whitney Measurement Systems – a maker of metrological equipment; Providence and Worcester Railroad
It was leased to the B&P, and was connected to a branch of the Old Colony Railroad in 1890. Moshassuck Valley. The Moshassuck Valley Railroad was chartered in 1874 and opened in 1876 as a branch from the joint B&P/P&W at Woodlawn, Rhode Island north to Saylesville. The company remained independent until 1981, when it was bought by the P&W. Seekonk
WFRX - WFEC Railroad Company; Wells Fargo Rail; WGBX - W. G. Block Company; WGCR - Wiregrass Central Railroad; WGRR - Williams and Grand Ronde Railroad; WHCX - Western Hay Corporation; WHI - Burlington Northern Railroad; WHN - Conrail; WHSX - GE Rail Services; WICT - Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad; WIF - West India Fruit and Steamship Company ...
In 1902, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) took control of the P&W. By 1911, the P&W was dissolved, and the B&O took over all operations. That same year, most of the narrow gauge was converted to 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge track. The B&O would continue to operate the line until 1982 when it was acquired by Sloan Cornell ...
The Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway (PR&WC) was a railroad company in the southern United States that operated on 229 miles (369 km) of 4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm) gauge track. [1]