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The Virginia Southern Railroad (reporting mark VSRR) is a shortline railroad division of the North Carolina and Virginia Railroad (reporting mark NCVA), a subsidiary of the Genesee & Wyoming, with rights to operate 78 miles (126 km) of track between Norfolk Southern Railway connections at Oxford, North Carolina and Burkeville, Virginia.
Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway: Virginia and Potts Creek Railroad: N&W: 1906 1910 Big Stony Railway: Virginia and Southeastern Railway: SOU: 1904 1908 Virginia and Southwestern Railway: Virginia Southern Railroad: 1902 1931 N/A Virginia and Southwestern Railway: SOU: 1899 Still exists as a lessor of the Norfolk ...
The Norfolk Southern Railway owns and operates A vast network of rail lines in the United States east of the Mississippi River. In addition to lines inherited from predecessor railroads, Norfolk and Western, and the Southern Railway, it acquired many lines as part of the split of the Conrail system in 1999. [1]
Virginia and North Carolina Railroad: SOU: 1872 1873 Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway: Washington, Alexandria and Georgetown Railroad: RF&P: 1862 1868 Alexandria and Washington Railroad: Washington City and Point Lookout Railroad: B&O: 1873 1874 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great ...
The R&D property was formally conveyed to Southern Railway Company by deeds dated January 9, 1896, and August 30, 1897. [18] The Southern Railway Company, incorporated in Virginia on the same date, June 18, 1894, [18] controlled over 4,000 miles (6,400 km) of line at its inception. Samuel Spencer became Southern's first president.
Partly constructed by The Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad Company; completed by the Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway Company, 1878, Gretna to Pittsville, Va. 7.10 Reclassification by The Virginia Midland Railway Company of Front Royal track, Riverton to Front Royal, as main track— Constructed by a ...
There were many propositions starting as early as 1861 for railroads to service the area and decrease costs. Sharon eventually (with the addition of $500,000 in county bonds to move the railroad, equal to $16,955,556 today), envisioned a railroad to run from Virginia City, [2]: 136, 137 through Gold Hill where the first of the Comstock Lode was mined, passing the mills along the river, and ...
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.