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Bellville, Ohio as a display for a restaurant. M2 #1118 is owned by the Roanoke Chapter Historical Society without a tender. M2 #1134 is displayed in Portsmouth VA at the Railroad Museum of Virginia with a tender. M2c #1151 is owned by the Virginia Museum of Transportation, and currently sits unrestored with a tender from an A class engine.
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railcars. These autoracks had end doors and were very large by the standards of the time; at 75 feet (23 m) long, each autorack could carry 8 completed automobiles. These autoracks were a big success and helped lead to the development of today's fully enclosed autoracks. Tri-level autoracks were
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for 1938. In a promotional booklet published in 1939, the N&W wrote "For the second time in 12 years, the
American Museum of Safety has awarded the Harriman Memorial Gold Medal to the Norfolk & Western Railway for the outstanding safety record during 1938 among class I railroads of the United
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Four other engines survive known as the Lost
Engines of Roanoke; a group of engines that survived in a Roanoke Scrapyard from the late 1950s until all were retrieved in 2009. These four engines included a Class W2 2-8-0 #917, Class M2 #1118 and #1134, and Class M2c #1151. #917 is displayed without a
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Roanoke. The Shops employed thousands of craftsmen, who refined their products over the years. The A, J, and Y6 locomotives, designed, built and maintained by NW personnel, brought the company industry-wide fame for its excellence in steam power. The N&W's commitment to steam power was due in
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reserves grouped together to form the coalfields' largest landowner, the
Philadelphia-based Flat-Top Coal Land Association.The N&W bought the association and reorganized it as the Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company (PCCC). The PCCC was later renamed the Pocahontas Land Corporation (PLC) and is now
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Virginia. Mahone got quickly to work restoring "his" N&P, and resumed his dream of linking the three trunk lines across the southern tier of Virginia to reach points to the west. He became president of all three, and drove the
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Roanoke & Southern Railway Company was organized in 1887, succeeding separate companies called Roanoke & Southern in North Carolina and Virginia. Norfolk and Western leased the Roanoke & Southern (called the Norfolk, Roanoke & Southern Rail Road by 1896) starting in 1892 but it
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Kentucky, but was never built. Mahone retained control of AM&O for several more years before his relationship with English and Scottish bondholders deteriorated in 1876 and receivers were appointed to oversee his work. After several years of operating under receiverships, Mahone's role as a
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to build and operate steam locomotives, and partially due to the major commodity it hauled, coal. During the 1950s, N&W rebuilt its W Class 2-8-0 Consolidations into Shop Co W6 0-8-0Ts. In 1960, the N&W became the last major railroad in the United States to abandon steam locomotives for
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VGN operated over more modern alignments than the C&O, and the N&W, and its track was built to the highest standards. It provided major competition for coal traffic to C&O and the N&W. The 600-mile (970 km) VGN followed Rogers' philosophy throughout its profitable history,
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Philadelphia. This allowed for a trip from western Virginia to New York, bypassing Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. In contrast with other N&W trains from south of Roanoke which traveled east from Roanoke, this overnight train continued north from Roanoke along the
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Roanoke locomotive department, in 1916 the N&W added a large terminal (one full-circle roundhouse and two half-circle roundhouses), car shops, and yard at Shaffers Crossing, west of downtown. These continued to operate after the conversion to diesel power.
1357:, Norfolk–Cincinnati/Columbus) was the N&W's flagship passenger train, sporting a regal maroon livery with gold trim and hauled by a J Class 4-8-4 Northern Type steam locomotive, the railroad also operated a number of other passenger trains. These include:
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since its first days of passenger traffic, and deliberately powered them with steam engines after 1960, when most other trains had been switched to diesels. The excursion trains were powered by several of the N&W's famous steam locomotives, including
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At the end of 1925, the N&W operated 2,241 miles (3,607 km) of route on 4,429 miles (7,128 km) track; at the end of 1956 NW operated 2,132 miles (3,431 km) of route on 4,759 miles (7,659 km) of track.
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in the early stages, and the bigger railroads did not take Page seriously. However, the partners planned and then built a "Mountains to Sea" railroad from the coal fields of southern West Virginia to port near
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During the 1960s, autoracks took over rail transportation of newly completed automobiles in North America. They carried more cars in the same space and were easier to load and unload than the
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331:, for most of its existence. Its motto was "Precision Transportation"; it had a variety of nicknames, including "King Coal" and "British Railway of America". In 1986, N&W merged with
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513:(1784–1853), a Virginia state treasurer. Popular legend has it that Otelia and William Mahone traveled along the newly completed N&P naming stations along the 52-mile (84 km)
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States." It is further noted that the railway carried one million passengers more than 86,000,000 miles (138,000,000 km) without incident in the period from 1924 to 1938.
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formed a system that operated 7,595 miles (12,223 km) of road on 14,881 miles (23,949 km) of track from North Carolina to New York and from Virginia to Iowa.
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spoke at VGN's dedication in Norfolk, Virginia, only 6 weeks before Rogers died in May 1909 after his only inspection trip on the newly completed railroad. That June,
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shipping. A residential section was also developed to house the families of the workers. Many early residents of Lambert's Point were involved in the coal industry.
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earning the nickname "Richest Little Railroad in the World." It operated some of the largest and most powerful steam, electric, and diesel locomotives.
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Beginning as the Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad
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City Point, Southside and Virginia and Tennessee railroads
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part to its investment in the manufacturing capacity and
2339:(1st ed.). Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Co.
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As the availability and fame of high-quality Pocahontas
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545:. She tapped the Scottish Clan "McIvor" for the name of
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Norfolk & Western Railway, Pocahontas Coal Carrier
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1036:, the N&W was jointly operated with VGN under the
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Revenue freight traffic, in millions of net ton-miles
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In 1886, the N&W tracks were extended directly to
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Norfolk and Western Railway Company Historic District
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survives at the trailhead of the Virginia Creeper in
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Norfolk and Western magazine ad with system map, 1948
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Roanoke, Va. : Norfolk and Western Railway Co.
1828:
1480:, which also served as the N&W company offices.
1386:(coaches and Pullmans, Norfolk–Cincinnati/Columbus).
731:, led the railroad's efforts to open the Pocahontas
677:. The PRR was seeking a southern connection for its
616:. The South Side Railroad was also heavily damaged.
1299:In 1980, the profitable N&W teamed up with the
2425:Norfolk & Western Passenger Service: 1946-1971
1441:in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Railroad and
1067:
1051:N&W timetable for a division in Virginia, 1918
895:export facilities in the world was built to reach
459:
1713:N&W Class Y3a #2050 is also preserved at the
1484:Steam locomotive types on the Norfolk and Western
1402:) which continued in a pool arrangement with the
1295:Becoming part of the Norfolk Southern Corporation
342:The N&W was famous for manufacturing its own
4059:
2202:Norfolk and Western Coal Cars: From 1881 to 1998
646:. The Mahones moved to the headquarters city of
2423:Warden, William and Miller, Kenneth L., (2000)
2089:. MBI Pub. Co. and Voyageur Press. p. 15.
1857:List of Norfolk and Western Railway locomotives
1490:List of Norfolk and Western Railway locomotives
1275:(CN) introduced a group of innovative bi-level
467:(1826–95), an 1847 engineering graduate of the
2356:
2311:Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Co.
1990:
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1191:(ICC) approved VGN's merger into the N&W.
958:World Wars, Great Depression, and efficiencies
809:. This gave the railroad a reach north of the
565:was named. The N&P was completed in 1858.
357:In December 1959, the N&W merged with the
4078:Former Class I railroads in the United States
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2480:
2183:, Garrett and Massie Publishers; Richmond, VA
1423:Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
4073:Predecessors of the Norfolk Southern Railway
954:became part of Norfolk and Western in 1911.
907:The company was famous for building its own
788:Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Virginia Railroad
751:(near East Radford) up the west bank of the
581:. He was widely regarded as the hero of the
376:, another profitable carrier, to create the
2427:. Lynchburg, Virginia: TLC Publishing Inc.
2283:. Lynchburg, Virginia: TLC Publishing Inc.
2255:, Lynchburg, Virginia: TLC Publishing Inc.
2190:. Lynchburg, Virginia: TLC Publishing Inc.
1852:Norfolk and Western Railway Freight Station
1255:. The N&W was also a major investor in
1251:On September 1, 1981, the N&W acquired
705:. George Frederick Tyler became president.
404:The N&W's earliest predecessor was the
4148:Railroads in the Chicago metropolitan area
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2411:Coal On The Move Via The Virginian Railway
2395:Wiley, Aubrey and Wallace, Conley (1985).
2276:. Lynchburg, Virginia: TLC Publishing Inc.
2141:"Norfolk & Western Historical Society"
2111:http://www.trainweb.org/varail/nsvall.html
1303:, another profitable company, to form the
4183:American companies disestablished in 1998
2307:Middleton, William D., (1974) (1st ed.).
2216:Norfolk & Western: Steam's Last Stand
2084:
1951:"Millionaire Coal Town-Historic Bramwell"
1645:Today, #1218 is on static display at the
1503:simple articulated Top Speed: 70 mph
1086:. Page had helped engineer and build the
948:
887:just north of the City of Norfolk on the
89:Learn how and when to remove this message
4158:Railway companies disestablished in 1998
2445:Norfolk & Western Historical Society
2399:. Lynchburg, Virginia: W-W Publications.
1616:
1343:leaving Norfolk, VA on November 24, 1968
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1024:The N&W operated profitably through
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52:This article includes a list of general
1911:The Official Railway Equipment Register
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1167:section through the Elkhorn Tunnel and
817:. This would become referred to as the
640:Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad
14:
4178:American companies established in 1896
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2188:Appalachian Coal Mines & Railroads
1245:; it is now part of Canadian Pacific.
1225:In 1968, the N&W formed Dereco, a
589:in 1864–65. Otelia Mahone served as a
27:Former US Class I railroad (1838–1982)
4153:Railway companies established in 1896
2603:
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2179:Blake, Nelson Morehouse, Phd. (1935)
1963:
1725:Presidents of the Norfolk and Western
1657:has been brought to Roanoke from the
1208:Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad
416:(now part of the independent city of
294:1970: 7,595 miles (12,223 kilometers)
2369:The Norfolk & Western: a history
2309:When The Steam Railroads Electrified
2051:Norfolk and Western Railway (1939).
2027:
1651:North Carolina Transportation Museum
1476:The Norfolk-bound trains arrived at
1204:Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
763:to the mouth of the East River near
292:1956: 2,132 miles (3,431 kilometers)
38:
2269:New York: New York University Press
2251:Huddleston, Eugene L, Ph.D. (2002)
2021:
1488:For a more comprehensive list, see
1090:(C&O) through the mountains of
805:In 1890 the N&W bought out the
436:. In 1854, CPRR became part of the
24:
4173:1998 disestablishments in Virginia
4118:Defunct New York (state) railroads
2455:Norfolk and Western 1966 timetable
2173:
1642:, but was finally halted in 1994.
1243:Guilford Transportation Industries
709:, a civil engineer and partner in
689:Name change to Norfolk and Western
440:, which connected Petersburg with
58:it lacks sufficient corresponding
25:
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2438:
2233:. Images of Rail (1st ed.).
1659:National Museum of Transportation
1647:Virginia Museum of Transportation
1406:from Hagerstown to Harrisburg to
1307:and it paved the way for today's
4123:Defunct North Carolina railroads
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2074: dj00000020011126dcc403idm.
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167:; after the 1960s mergers, also
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4143:Defunct West Virginia railroads
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1183:N&W system map, around 1975
1078:VGN was conceived and built by
1068:Acquiring the Virginian Railway
636:Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
614:United States Military Railroad
477:Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad
460:Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad
450:Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
394:
4133:Defunct Pennsylvania railroads
2397:The Virginian Railway Handbook
2297:. Kalmbach Publishing Company
2214:Ferrell, Mallory Hope, (2007)
2085:Borkowski, Richard C. (2008).
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1189:Interstate Commerce Commission
1042:Interstate Commerce Commission
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593:in the Confederate capital of
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2460:Operation Fast Freight (1950)
2367:Striplin, E. F. Pat., (1981)
2346:(1st ed.) Old Line Graphics.
1964:Dwyer, Shayne (May 6, 2021).
1896:
1886:Norfolk and Western class Y6b
1088:Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
800:Winston-Salem, North Carolina
454:James River and Kanawha Canal
2186:Dixon, Thomas W Jr., (1994)
1891:Dinwiddie County Pullman Car
1672:continues to operate at the
1427:Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
1305:Norfolk Southern Corporation
1266:
798:, and south from Roanoke to
669:, a private banking firm in
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529:, a book she was reading by
378:Norfolk Southern Corporation
32:Norfolk & Western (band)
7:
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2498:Norfolk and Western Railway
2450:Norfolk & Western Steam
2402:Wardeb, William E., (1996)
2325:, R.E. Prince; Millard, NE
2321:Prince, Richard E., (1980)
2231:Norfolk and Western Railway
1824:
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891:, where one of the busiest
819:Shenandoah Valley Division.
469:Virginia Military Institute
310:Norfolk and Western Railway
102:Norfolk and Western Railway
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4113:Defunct Missouri railroads
4108:Defunct Michigan railroads
4103:Defunct Maryland railroads
4098:Defunct Kentucky railroads
4083:Defunct Illinois railroads
2406:. Motorbooks International
2381:Traser, Donald R., (1998)
2265:Lambie, Joseph T., (1954)
1880:Norfolk & Western 2156
1874:Norfolk & Western 1218
1487:
1253:Illinois Terminal Railroad
1071:
1019:Source: ICC annual reports
807:Shenandoah Valley Railroad
794:, south from Lynchburg to
679:Shenandoah Valley Railroad
389:
346:, which were built at the
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2344:Virginian Rails 1953–1993
2109:'Shenandoah Valley Line'
1868:Norfolk & Western 475
1273:Canadian National Railway
1165:own, shorter, electrified
448:through traffic with the
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2342:Reisweber, Kurt, (1995)
2279:Lewis, Lloyd D., (1994)
2272:Lewis, Lloyd D., (1992)
2161:
2087:Norfolk Southern Railway
1478:Norfolk Terminal Station
1309:Norfolk Southern Railway
1280:developed in the 1970s.
1241:and D&H was sold to
1126:, in West Virginia, and
938:Bluefield, West Virginia
815:Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
630:1870 merger of N&P,
337:Norfolk Southern Railway
2409:Cuthriell, N.L. (1956)
2383:Virginia Railway Depots
2357:Starr, Timothy (2024).
2229:Harris, Nelson (2003).
2168:N&W System Map 1965
1991:Starr, Timothy (2024).
1862:Norfolk and Western 611
1715:Illinois Railway Museum
1655:N&W class Y6a #2156
1527:Top Speed: 110 mph
1413:Shenandoah Valley Route
1169:Great Flat Top Mountain
1084:Henry Huttleston Rogers
883:, which was located in
870:Bramwell, West Virginia
823:
769:Great Flat Top Mountain
673:with ties to the large
471:(VMI), was employed by
420:), a port on the tidal
319:), commonly called the
73:more precise citations.
4128:Defunct Ohio railroads
4093:Defunct Iowa railroads
2068:Dow Jones News Service
2053:Along the Right of Way
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1608:Top Speed: 45 mph
1598:Top Speed: 70 mph
1588:Top Speed: 65 mph
1578:Top Speed: 60 mph
1558:Top Speed: 55 mph
1545:Top Speed: 80 mph
1517:Top Speed: 60 mph
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796:Durham, North Carolina
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2337:The Virginian Railway
2218:. Hundman Publishing
1620:
1549:Classes M, M1, and M2
1404:Pennsylvania Railroad
1337:
1231:Delaware & Hudson
1182:
1175:Merger era: 1960–1982
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675:Pennsylvania Railroad
350:, as well as its own
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2495:Named trains of the
2363:. Privately printed.
2253:Appalachian Conquest
2070:. December 4, 1980.
1995:. Privately printed.
1819:Roanoke Chapter NHRS
1749:Frederick J. Kimball
1625:The N&W had run
1400:Hagerstown, Maryland
1330:Passenger operations
1194:In 1964, the former
1142:Booker T. Washington
1057:E. H. Harriman Award
841:a subsidiary of NS.
711:E.W. Clark & Co.
707:Frederick J. Kimball
667:E.W. Clark & Co.
583:Battle of the Crater
426:Petersburg, Virginia
2537:City of Kansas City
2204:. Motorbooks Intl.
2200:Dow, Andrew (1999)
1925:"Frederick Kimball"
1882:– Class Y6a 2-8-8-2
1700:Ohio Railway museum
1663:St. Louis, Missouri
1439:Birmingham, Alabama
1103:short line railroad
1080:William Nelson Page
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632:South Side Railroad
587:Siege of Petersburg
438:South Side Railroad
410:short-line railroad
406:City Point Railroad
103:
2579:Wabash Cannon Ball
2516:Birmingham Special
2335:Reid, H. (1961).,
2235:Arcadia Publishing
1779:Stuart T. Saunders
1685:Abingdon, Virginia
1674:Strasburg Railroad
1623:
1434:Birmingham Special
1345:
1313:CSX Transportation
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745:New River Railroad
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579:American Civil War
551:Southampton County
488:Great Dismal Swamp
452:(V&T) and the
418:Hopewell, Virginia
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213:Dates of operation
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2631:Class I railroads
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2544:City of St. Louis
2303:978-0-89024-316-9
2293:King, Ed, (1997)
2274:The Virginian Era
2244:978-0-7385-1527-4
2224:978-0-945434-60-3
2210:978-1-883089-36-8
1931:on March 20, 2002
1876:– Class A 2-6-6-4
1799:Richard F. Dunlap
1794:Robert B. Claytor
1769:Arthur C. Needles
1759:Nicholas D. Maher
1754:Lucius E. Johnson
1704:Worthington, Ohio
1640:Robert B. Claytor
1257:Piedmont Airlines
1220:Mississippi River
1212:Chicago, Illinois
1161:Narrows, Virginia
1128:Tidewater Railway
1124:Deepwater Railway
1118:in the harbor of
1074:Virginian Railway
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703:Norfolk, Virginia
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492:Norfolk, Virginia
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359:Virginian Railway
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2013:October 18,
1689:branch line
1455:New Orleans
1450:The Pelican
1419:Cannon Ball
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1320:Fortune 500
1216:Great Lakes
1157:electrified
1034:World War I
1026:World War I
944:Later years
749:New Kanawha
735:in western
620:Early years
585:during the
577:during the
444:, where it
422:James River
352:hopper cars
323:, was a US
237:Track gauge
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3921:SLIM&S
3581:CP&STL
3170:NC&STL
2940:CSPM&O
2900:CNO&TP
2865:CAR&NW
2572:Tennessean
2558:Pocahontas
1935:January 6,
1897:References
1744:Henry Fink
1425:, and the
1376:Cincinnati
1347:While the
1138:Mark Twain
877:coal piers
866:Depression
780:Ohio River
733:coalfields
563:Disputanta
549:, a small
523:Petersburg
503:Smithfield
414:City Point
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4031:1930–1976
4026:1910–1929
3916:SLB&M
3911:SJ&GI
3901:SFP&P
3891:SB&NY
3886:SA&AP
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3791:NJ&NY
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3721:KCM&O
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3676:GH&SA
3671:GC&SF
3666:FW&RG
3641:EP&SW
3631:DNW&P
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3591:CRI&G
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3190:NO&NE
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2990:D&TSL
2980:DSS&A
2975:D&RGW
2970:DM&IR
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1975:April 30,
1811:GE ES44DC
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759:and into
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648:Lynchburg
569:Civil War
543:Wakefield
442:Lynchburg
430:fall line
428:, on the
277:5 ft
231:Technical
221:Successor
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3936:T&BV
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3896:SD&A
3881:PS&N
3876:P&SF
3836:PB&W
3821:OR&L
3761:M&NA
3751:MD&V
3736:LE&W
3701:H&TC
3691:G&SI
3686:GR&I
3681:GM&N
3661:FS&W
3656:FJ&G
3651:F&CC
3646:E&TH
3636:D&SL
3626:DM&N
3616:D&IR
3551:CL&N
3546:CI&W
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3501:CA&C
3481:BR&P
3466:BC&A
3461:BA&P
3441:AB&C
3436:AB&A
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3385:TP&W
3375:T&NO
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3275:QA&P
3265:RF&P
3255:P&WV
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3020:FW&D
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2965:DL&W
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2870:CB&Q
2845:B&AR
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2530:Cavalier
1825:See also
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1679:N&W
1592:Class E2
1582:Class E1
1572:Class Z1
1562:Class S1
1556:Mastodon
1543:Mountain
1530:Classes
1408:New York
1368:Pullmans
1277:autorack
1155:The VGN
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737:Virginia
634:and the
595:Richmond
557:line in
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256: in
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181:Michigan
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145:Virginia
116:Overview
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3095:L&M
3080:L&A
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2850:B&M
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1521:Class J
1512:2-8-8-2
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1396:Roanoke
1372:Norfolk
1285:boxcars
1239:Conrail
1112:Norfolk
1013:22,364
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729:geology
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535:Windsor
527:Ivanhoe
519:Suffolk
515:tangent
501:, from
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390:History
321:N&W
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163:, and
141:Locale
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2162:Notes
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