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Shenandoah Valley Railroad was a line completed on June 19, 1882, extending up the Shenandoah Valley from Hagerstown, Maryland through the West Virginia panhandle into Virginia to reach Roanoke, Virginia and to connect with the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W).
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad (reporting mark SV) is a shortline railroad operating 20.2 miles (32.5 km) of track between Staunton and Pleasant Valley, Virginia.The railroad interchanges with CSX and Buckingham Branch in Staunton and Norfolk Southern in Pleasant Valley. [2]
Shenandoah Valley Railroad refers to one of several railroads in the U.S. state of Virginia: Shenandoah Valley Railroad (short-line) , a current short line Shenandoah Valley Railroad (1867–1890) , predecessor of the Norfolk and Western Railway
Shenandoah, Virginia: The line is a former N&W property and it was once part of the Shenandoah District, a former N&W line. [26] The Shenandoah District was also known as the Shenandoah Valley Line, Shenandoah Line or Hagerstown to Roanoke. [27] [28] [23] Norfolk District (formerly Lamberts Point to Crewe) Norfolk, Virginia: Crewe, Virginia
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad reached Luray in 1881 and constructed a station near where the present station is located. Shortly after the Norfolk and Western Railway absorbed the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in 1890, plans arose to construct a new station in Luray. [5]
For a number of years, the Buckingham Branch operated the Shenandoah Valley Railroad (SV) under contract. That short-line extends from Staunton through Augusta County north to Pleasant Valley outside Harrisonburg in Rockingham County. In 2002, the operating contract was lost to another Virginia-based short-line road, the Eastern Shore Railroad ...
Shenandoah Valley Railroad: N&W: 1867 1890 Shenandoah Valley Railway: Shenandoah Valley Railway: N&W: 1890 1890 Norfolk and Western Railroad: South Atlantic and Ohio Railroad: SOU: 1882 1898 Virginia and Southwestern Railway: South and Western Railroad: ACL/ L&N: 1905 1908 Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway: South and Western Railway: ACL ...
This connected the railroad's eastern division with its expanding line across the Blue Ridge in the Shenandoah Valley. Having reached Clifton Forge by 1857, the railroad began operating the completed Blue Ridge Railroad in 1858 and continued preparing for further expansion until the beginning of the American Civil War in 1861.