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A number of different numbering and classification schemes were used for the locomotives owned by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and its constituent companies. The LMS, formed on 1 January 1923 from many smaller companies included the Caledonian Railway (CR), Furness Railway (FR), Glasgow and South Western Railway (GSWR ...
Virginia and Mount Airy Railway: Nansemond Land, Lumber and Narrow Gauge Railway Company: NS: 1873 1884 Suffolk and Carolina Railway: Nelson and Albemarle Railway: 1903 1963 N/A New River Railroad: N&W: 1877 1882 Norfolk and Western Railroad: New River Railroad, Mining and Manufacturing Company: N&W: 1873 1877 New River Railroad: New River ...
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS [a]) was a British railway company.It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act 1921, [1] which required the grouping of over 120 separate railways into four.
The Railways Act 1921 did not extend to Ireland, but Irish lines owned by constituent companies became part of the LMS: Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway (DNGR) 26 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (43 km) (owned by the LNWR) – operated from 1933 by the GNR(I) Northern Counties Committee lines (NCC) 265 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (427 km) (owned by the Midland Railway)
The "Big Four" was a name used to describe the four largest railway companies in the United Kingdom in the period 1923–1947. The name was coined by The Railway Magazine in its issue of February 1923: "The Big Four of the New Railway Era". The Big Four were: Great Western Railway (GWR) London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS)
West Virginia Secondary: Columbus, Ohio [17] Enon, West Virginia [18] Leased to Watco and operated as Kanawha River Railroad, LLC [19] New Connection Track: Norton Wye: Beech Fork Spur: Vulcan Middle Track: Virginia Division Pull-In Track: Former Virginia Division Altavista District: Abilene, Virginia Roanoke, Virginia: Former VGA line which ...
Amtrak Virginia is the collective name for Virginia's state-supported Amtrak train service, all of which falls under the Northeast Regional brand. Amtrak Virginia trains run between Washington, D.C. , and one of four southern termini: Richmond , Newport News , Norfolk , or Roanoke .
The streamlined three-car train was a single articulated unit; the two outer coaches were each 64 ft (19.51 m) long and rested on a centre coach that was 52 ft (15.85 m) long. The articulation was an idea that had been already taken up by Sir William Stanier for some locomotive hauled stock.