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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.
Norfolk Southern's predecessor railroads date to the early 19th century. The South Carolina Canal & Rail Road was the SOU's earliest predecessor line. Chartered in 1827, the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company became the first to offer regularly scheduled passenger train service with the inaugural run of the Best Friend of Charleston in 1830. [18]
Norfolk Southern Railway: Southern Railway – Carolina Division: SOU: 1902 1996 Norfolk Southern Railway: Southwestern Railroad: CG: 1845 Still exists as a lessor of Norfolk Southern Railway operating subsidiary Central of Georgia Railroad. Sparks, Moultrie and Gulf Railroad: 1903 N/A Sparks-Western Railroad: G&F: 1908 1911 Georgia and Florida ...
The Virginian Railway merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway on December 1, 1959. Other companies: Alabama Great Southern Railroad; Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Railway; Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad; Central of Georgia Railroad. The Georgia and Florida Railroad merged into the Central of Georgia Railway June 1, 1971.
The line is operated by Norfolk Southern (NS) as part of the railway's Piedmont Division. The R-Line originally operated by the former Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad , 12R before being merged in 1878 with the Richmond and Danville which merged with the Southern in 1894. [ 1 ]
The Washington to Atlanta Main Line is a railroad line owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway that runs through the southeastern United States.. It runs from a junction with CSX Transportation's RF&P Subdivision in Alexandria, Virginia southwesterly via Charlottesville, Virginia, Lynchburg, Virginia, Danville, Virginia, Greensboro, North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina ...
Columbus and Chattahoochee Railroad (reporting mark CHH) is a 26-mile-long (42 km) freight railroad running from Girard, Alabama, to Mahrt, Alabama, [1] and has shared trackage rights with the Norfolk Southern to use the track between NS Columbus yard in Columbus, Georgia, and Girard, Alabama. This track runs concurrent with 9th St. in downtown ...
The Crescent is a daily long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between New York City and New Orleans (the "Crescent City"). The 1,377-mile (2,216 km) route connects the Northeast to the Gulf Coast via the Appalachian Piedmont, with major stops in Charlotte, North Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; and Birmingham, Alabama.