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Author : Mason Y. Cooper
Release : 1998-01-01
Genre : Railroads
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Book Synopsis Norfolk and Western's Shenandoah Valley Line by : Mason Y. Cooper
Download or read book Norfolk and Western's Shenandoah Valley Line written by Mason Y. Cooper. This book was released on 1998-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Shenandoah Valley Railroad
Release : 1891*
Genre : Railroads
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Book Synopsis Corporate History, Shenandoah Valley Railway Company by : Shenandoah Valley Railroad
Download or read book Corporate History, Shenandoah Valley Railway Company written by Shenandoah Valley Railroad. This book was released on 1891*. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C. Nelson Harris
Release : 2009
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Norfolk and Western Railway Stations and Depots by : C. Nelson Harris
Download or read book Norfolk and Western Railway Stations and Depots written by C. Nelson Harris. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tracks of the Norfolk and Western Railway snaked through Virginia's Shenandoah Valley and the coalfields of West Virginia. For nearly 100 years, the Norfolk and Western brought freight, passengers, and economic vitality to large cities and rural mining towns. At each stop was the depot or station; some stations were large, architecturally ornate structures that represented the muscular energy and romantic era of this great steam railway with its famed J-class engines. In other places there were small wooden depots that depicted the hard-scrabble life of the mining communities, tucked amid steep mountain valleys that were indelibly shaped by the railway's presence. Today some of those structures remain, while many disappeared when the railway ceased passenger or other service. The Norfolk and Western eventually merged with the Southern Railway, and though the trains of the Norfolk Southern still run along those same lines, they simply pass by where they used to stop many years ago.
Author : Source Wikipedia
Release : 2013-09
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Book Synopsis Predecessors of the Norfolk and Western Railway by : Source Wikipedia
Download or read book Predecessors of the Norfolk and Western Railway written by Source Wikipedia. This book was released on 2013-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Shenandoah Valley Railroad, Virginian Railway, Wabash Railroad, New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad, Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Southside Railroad, Illinois Terminal Railroad, Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, Little Saw Mill Run Railroad, Chesapeake Western Railway, West Side Belt Railroad, Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad, Virginia-Carolina Railway, Big Stony Railway, Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway, Big Sandy, East Lynn and Guyan Railroad, New River, Holston and Western Railroad, Cincinnati and Eastern Railway, City Point Railroad. Excerpt: Shenandoah Valley Railroad was a line completed on June 19, 1882 extending down the Shenandoah Valley from Hagerstown, Maryland USA through the West Virginia panhandle into Virginia to reach Roanoke, Virginia and a connection with the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W). The development of this railroad had considerable backing from the Pennsylvania Railroad. On September 1890 it went into bankruptcy and was reorganized as the Shenandoah Valley Railway. Then in December 1890, it became part of N&W. Today the tracks are a major artery of the Norfolk Southern system. South of Harrisonburg, Virginia, a former part of the Norfolk Southern System a few miles west was a parallel line originally called the Valley Railroad. It was built in the late 19th century by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, a fierce competitor of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The line was purchased in 1942 by the Chesapeake Western Railway. A portion extending northward from Staunton, Virginia in Augusta County and Rockingham County became a new short-line railroad formed late in the 20th century by several major shippers. The historic name of the once rival was adopted for the current privately-owned intrastate...
Author : Nelson Harris
Release : 2003
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 274/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Norfolk and Western Railway by : Nelson Harris
Download or read book Norfolk and Western Railway written by Nelson Harris. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a century, the Norfolk and Western Railway operated as one of the greatest transportation companies in the southeastern United States. From developing the coal fields of West Virginia to accommodating passengers aboard its famous Powhaten Arrow and Pocahontas lines, the N&W was the last major railroad to abandon the steam engine. The story of the N&W is a story about people-a story of the tens of thousands of people who worked in the shops and aboard the trains, sold the tickets and moved the freight, laid the track and managed corporate affairs. Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway celebrates that heritage through the lens of some 200 archival photographs. From images of the muscular Class J steam locomotive to the lone agent of the rural depot, these photographs have been harvested from the N&W's files at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. The archival material provides the reader the rare opportunity to rummage through the N&W's attic. See the engine crews at the turn of the last century, the shop gangs, freight agents, roundhouses, stations, and iron horses of a bygone age. With views of the rugged and, at times, dangerous days of railroading in the late 1800s to the rise of the N&W as a member of America's corporate elite, these pictures convey the railway's storied history.
