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The Atlantic and Danville Railway was incorporated in 1882 and opened its mainline between Portsmouth and Danville in 1890. The Southern Railway leased the company from 1899–1949. A 3 ft ( 914 mm ) branch line ran from Emporia, Virginia to Claremont, Virginia and interchanged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad . [ 1 ]
The Richmond and Danville Railroad (R&D) Company was a railroad that operated independently from 1847 until 1894, first in the U.S. state of Virginia, and later on 3,300 miles (5,300 km) of track in nine states. Chartered on March 9, 1847, the railroad completed its 140-mile (230 km) line between Richmond and Danville in 1856. [2]
Southside Railroad: Atlantic Coast Line Railroad: ACL ACL 1898 1967 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad: Atlantic and Danville Railway: AD N&W: 1882 1962 Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway: Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad: N&W: 1870 1881 Norfolk and Western Railroad: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: B&O, BO B&O 1867 1987 Chesapeake and Ohio ...
The line was built by the Oxford and Clarksville Railroad, Clarksville and North Carolina Railroad, Atlantic and Danville Railway, Richmond and Mecklenburg Railroad, and Richmond and Danville Railroad, all predecessors of the Southern Railway (except for the short piece of A&D, which left the Southern system for the Norfolk and Western Railway ...
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad: Atlantic and Danville Railway: AD N&W: 1889 1962 Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway: Atlantic and East Carolina Railway: AEC SOU: 1939 2003 Norfolk Southern Railway: Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad: SOU: 1881 1882 Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway: Atlantic and North Carolina Company: NS ...
The Atlantic and Danville was incorporated August 2, 1894, under the general corporation reorganization law of Virginia for the purpose of acquiring the property, rights, and franchises of the Atlantic and Danville, the property of which company was sold at foreclosure on April 3, 1894, and was conveyed by deed of special commissioners, dated ...
Also known as DW Line, former Danville and Western Railroad: Greensboro, North Carolina: Cumnock, North Carolina: Also known as the CF Line. Former Atlantic and Yadkin. Greensboro, North Carolina: Rural Hall, North Carolina: Abandoned Greensboro, North Carolina: Goldsboro, North Carolina: Also known as the NC Line. Before 2020 known as the H Line.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad: Conway Seashore Railroad: ACL: 1899 1904 Conway Coast and Western Railroad: Due West Railway: 1907 1940 N/A Duval Transportation of the Carolinas: 1987 1987 Mid Atlantic Railroad: East Shore Terminal Company: ACL/ SOU: 1887 1903 Charleston Terminal Company: Eddy Lake and Northern Railroad: 1905 Edgefield Branch ...