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North-Western North Carolina Railroad: A 103.22-mile line from Greensboro to Wilkesboro, North Carolina. The NWNC RR was chartered in 1868 and acquired by the R&D in early 1871. The line was finished in 1873. Purchased by the Southern Railway along with the rest of the R&D system in 1894. [34] Richmond, York River and Chesapeake Railroad
Danville and Western Railway: Danville and New River Railroad: SOU: 1873 1890 Danville and Western Railway: Danville and Seaboard Railroad: NS: 1887 1891 Norfolk, Albemarle and Atlantic Railroad: Danville and Western Railway: D&W SOU: 1891 Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad: PRR: 1883 1956 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad ...
Danville and Western Railway: Danville and New River Railroad: SOU: 1873 1890 Danville and Western Railway: Danville and Western Railway: D&W SOU: 1891 Dismal Swamp Railroad: 1896 1941 N/A Dover and South Bound Railroad: 1905 1930 N/A Dunn-Erwin Railway: DER 1987 1989 Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad: Durham and Charlotte Railroad: NS: 1893 1912
The company was founded in 1882 and opened its mainline between Portsmouth, Virginia and Danville, Virginia in 1890. The Southern Railway leased the company from 1899–1949. The Norfolk and Western Railway purchased the company in 1962 and reorganized it as the Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway.
However, when that company's successor, the Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway, went bankrupt, the line was resold in 1898 to the Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway, a predecessor of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad (acquired by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1927). In 1938, the line was abandoned by legal means.
Chesapeake Western (Harrisonburg to Pleasant Valley) (formerly Chesapeake Western (Harrisonburg to Staunton) [23] It is an Excepted Track Chesapeake Western (Harrisonburg to Bowman) (formerly Chesapeake Western (Harrisonburg to Mt. Jackson) [23] Consists of Mt. Jackson Line railroad segment. George's Old Mill Track: Hill Top Branch: Nylon Spur ...
The Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway was a railroad that once operated in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.. Its immediate predecessor, the Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway, was formed on July 20, 1869, from the merger of the Indianapolis, Crawfordsville and Danville Railroad with the Danville, Urbana, Bloomington and Pekin Railroad. [1]
Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway: Danville and Rosedale Railway: C&EI: 1870 1872 Evansville, Terre Haute and Chicago Railway: Danville and Southwestern Railroad: NYC: 1879 1881 Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway: Danville, Tuscola and Western Railroad: C&EI: 1887 1887 Chicago, Danville and St. Louis Railroad: Danville, Urbana ...