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The railroad was started as part of Norfolk Southern's Thoroughbred Shortline Program, where low density lines were handed over to shortline operators. The current railroad began operations in 1990, was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000, [ 1 ] and subsequently acquired by the Genesee & Wyoming in 2012. [ 2 ]
Rock Island Southern Pacific: Memphis, Tennessee - Tucumcari, New Mexico - Los Angeles, California [1951] 1950-1958 Chesapeake: Amtrak: Washington, DC - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1993] 1973-1983; 1991-1995 Chesapeake and Ohio Express: Pennsylvania: New York, New York - Cincinnati, Ohio - Louisville, Kentucky [1895] 1895-1917; 1923-1935 ...
Southern’s Palm Limited: Pennsylvania, Southern: New York, New York–St. Augustine, Florida [1903] 1902–1910 Southerner: Pennsylvania and Southern: New York, New York–New Orleans, Louisiana [1945] 1941–1970 Southerner: Missouri Pacific and Texas and Pacific: Kansas City, Missouri–New Orleans, Louisiana (many different endpoints over ...
Norfolk Southern Railway: Catawba Valley Railway and Mining Company: N&W: 1902 1909 Norfolk and Western Railway: Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad: ACL/ L&N: 1887 1893 Ohio River and Charleston Railroad: Charlottesville and Rapidan Railroad: SOU: 1876 1914 Southern Railway: Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad: C&O: 1868 1878 Chesapeake and ...
The company's founders hoped that a rail line from the major north-south Potomac River crossings into Virginia near Washington, D.C., to a port on the Patuxent River near the Chesapeake Bay would spur agricultural and mineral businesses on the peninsula. [2] The company quickly set its sights on running into Washington, D.C. [3]
Southern Living makes train travel sound downright luxurious. “You spend the hours leisurely reading a new book, enjoying the view of rolling hills and glittering lakes, and savoring a delicious ...
The reorganized company, the Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic railroad (BC&A), was incorporated on August 30, 1894, with its principal office in Salisbury, Maryland. [2] That same year, the railroad also acquired several steamboat companies; namely the Maryland, Choptank and Eastern Shore Steamboat Companies, all of Baltimore, Md. for $1.7 ...
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