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West Virginia Northern Railroad: WVN 1899 1991 N/A Continued as a tourist railroad until 1999 West Virginia and Pittsburg Railroad: B&O: 1890 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: West Virginia Short Line Railroad: B&O: 1895 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: West Virginia South Western Railroad: N&W: 1902 1909 Norfolk and Western Railway: West ...
Bluefield, West Virginia: Walton, West Virginia: Forrest District-C Line Bement, Illinois: Gibson City, Illinois: Formerly Wabash 6th, 7th and 8th Districts, which ran from Chicago (Dearborn Station) to Effingham, IL. C Line partially abandoned from Manhattan, IL to Gibson City, IL and completely abandoned from Bement, Il to Effingham, IL.
While West Virginia was once crisscrossed with commercial and passenger railroad networks, the decline of the coal and timber industries, coupled with the rise of the automobile, led to a sharp drop in track mileage in the state. Many of the former railroad grades are used as trails for hiking and biking throughout the state's numerous woodlands.
If you were paying attention in history class, you’ll recall the Underground Railroad wasn’t a railroad at all. Rather, it was a fluid network of locations where freedom seekers sought refuge ...
East St. Louis, Madison and Granite City Railroad: SOU: 1900 1904 Southern Railway: East and West Illinois Railway: MP: 1902 1902 St. Louis Valley Railway: Eastern Illinois and Missouri Railroad: C&EI: 1899 1899 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad: Eastern Illinois and St. Louis Railroad: C&EI: 1903 1905 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Design work is being commenced on a 11-mile (18 km) segment of the King Coal Highway from Horsepen Mountain to Isaban and from the Mercer County Interchange to West Virginia Route 123/Airport Road. The work being done on a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) section of highway near Horsepen Mountain is being done by mining companies that will save taxpayers over ...
SR 9 at Virginia state line state line near Keyes Gap: 1922: current WV 10: 148.5: 239.0 US 19 in Kegley: US 60 in Huntington: 1922: current WV 11 — — — — 1922: 1931 WV 12 — — — — 1922: 1940 Became part of WV 16 to match Virginia (which had renumbered its side from SR 27 to SR 16) WV 12: 48.6: 78.2 Peterstown: Alta
White Oak Rail Trail: an asphalt trail along a 7.5-mile-long (12.1 km) abandoned Norfolk Southern Railway corridor that travels through Oak Hill, West Virginia, beginning near a church along West Virginia Route 612 on the south and ending at Summerlee Road on the north end, with a spur beginning near the existing Norfolk Southern Railway along ...