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Norfolk and Western magazine ad with system map, 1948. The Norfolk and Western Railway (reporting mark NW), [1] commonly called the N&W, was a US class I railroad, formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982.
Duke's Belt Line- a former Norfolk and Western rail line. [22] Concord—Forest Low Grade Line- a former Norfolk and Western rail line. [38] AC&Y District- - a former Norfolk and Western rail line. [39] Built by Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad and sold to the new Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway. AC&NA Branch- - a former Norfolk and Western ...
In 1992 N&W's successor Norfolk Southern moved into a new office building in Downtown Roanoke and donated the former offices to a nonprofit foundation. [5] The two wings comprising GOB–South were converted to upscale apartments in 2002, [ 5 ] while GOB–North is the home of the Roanoke Higher Education Center. [ 6 ]
Norfolk and Western Railroad: N&W: 1881 1896 Norfolk and Western Railway: Norfolk and Western Railway: N&W, NW N&W 1896 1998 Norfolk Southern Railway: Norfolk Wharf, Warehouse and Terminal Company: C&O: 1893 1896 Norfolk Terminal and Transportation Company: North and South Railroad: PRR: 1853 1878 Peninsula Railroad: Norton and Northern Railway ...
The Norfolk and Western Railroad Historic District encompasses an historic industrial district of Norfolk, Virginia.Centered on the tracks of the Norfolk and Western Railroad between Bowden's Ferry Road and Monticello Avenue, it extends as much as three blocks north and south of the tracks, including within its bounds most of the industrial resources found in that area.
The Southern Railway Building in Washington, D.C., formerly located at Pennsylvania Avenue and 13th Street NW in the early 1900s An 1895 system map A 1921 system map. The pioneering South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company, Southern's earliest predecessor line and one of the first railroads in the United States, was chartered on December 19, 1827, and ran the nation's first regularly ...
Norfolk & Western Railway (N&W) was expanded west into the coalfields and eventually into a much larger system. One hundred years later, the N&W was combined with the Southern Railway, another profitable carrier, to form Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) in 1982.
The Norfolk Southern Railway (reporting mark NS) was the final name of a railroad that ran from Norfolk, Virginia, southwest and west to Charlotte, North Carolina.It was acquired by the Southern Railway in 1974, which merged with the Norfolk and Western Railway in 1982 to form the current Norfolk Southern Railway.