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373: 126: 29: 247:). The Interstate crossed the Guest River and split away to the north, running first along its east shore and then along its west shore and through the short Swede Tunnel. The Interstate crossed the Guest River again, where the river turned west, and continued north through another tunnel to 401: 408: 590: 290: 353: 364:). These branches all ran north alongside waterways; the one to Dixiana used the valley of the Guest River, and the one to Needmore ran along the Powell River. 306: 298: 267: 656: 402:"Class I Railroad Annual Report: Norfolk Southern Combined Railroad Subsidiaries To The Surface Transportation Board For the Year Ending December 31, 2007" 345: 248: 232: 334: 326: 661: 220: 161: 461: 526: 93: 536: 380:
As a part of Norfolk Southern's 30th anniversary, the company painted 20 new locomotives into predecessor schemes. NS #8105, a
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At Maytown, the railroad turned west, continuing to follow the Guest River (and crossing it several times) via
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NS Heritage unit 8105 in Interstate Railroad colors at Weller Yard, Grundy, Virginia, June, 2019
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This article is about the railroad in Virginia. For the railroad in Iowa, see
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Share of the Interstate Railroad Company, issued 2. December 1916
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The Interstate Railroad generally followed the valleys of the
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and again with the L&N and turned north alongside
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List of United States railroads by political division
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locomotive, was painted into the Interstate scheme.
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Other branches left the mainline east of Norton (to
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There it interchanged with the 280:Louisville and Nashville Railroad 274:, where it interchanged with the 367: 27: 547:Winchester and Western Railroad 38:needs additional citations for 394: 348:), at Dorchester Junction (to 1: 586:Fort Eustis Military Railroad 387: 352:), and east of Kelly View at 148:in the southwest part of the 212:, between those two rivers. 186:Norfolk Southern Corporation 7: 626:Former carriers in Virginia 276:Norfolk and Western Railway 208:, with only one summit, at 10: 683: 542:Virginia Southern Railroad 537:Shenandoah Valley Railroad 497:Chesapeake Western Railway 487:Buckingham Branch Railroad 215:The railroad began at the 15: 620: 604: 576: 555: 512:Delmarva Central Railroad 477: 568:Virginia Railway Express 532:Norfolk Southern Railway 190:Norfolk Southern Railway 18:Iowa Interstate Railroad 156:. It extended from the 596:Norfolk Naval Shipyard 377: 172:and north to the main 130: 667:Wise County, Virginia 612:Busch Gardens Railway 471:Railroads of Virginia 414:on September 10, 2008 375: 128: 62:"Interstate Railroad" 507:Commonwealth Railway 321:to the main yard at 217:Clinchfield Railroad 182:operating subsidiary 158:Clinchfield Railroad 47:improve this article 291:Dorchester Junction 135:Interstate Railroad 652:Virginia railroads 605:Heritage railroads 556:Passenger carriers 502:CSX Transportation 378: 239:(the line between 168:north and west to 131: 639: 638: 196:Route description 123: 122: 115: 97: 674: 578:Private carriers 464: 457: 450: 441: 440: 435:topographic maps 424: 423: 421: 419: 413: 407:. 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Clinchfield Railroad
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Norfolk Southern Corporation
Norfolk Southern Railway
Guest River
Powell River
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