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The Virginian Railway Company was formed in Virginia on March 8, 1907, to combine the Deepwater Railway in West Virginia and the Tidewater Railway in Virginia into a single interstate railroad, only a few months after Victoria was incorporated. On April 15, 1907, William Nelson Page became the first president of the new Virginian Railway.
The Princeton–Deepwater District is a rail line in West Virginia that connects Deep Water, West Virginia, on the Kanawha River southwards to Princeton, West Virginia, and beyond to rail lines leading to Virginia. [1] [2] [3] It is known for its rugged terrain and opportunities for rail photography. [2] [4]
The Princeton District and Deepwater District rail lines were part of the Kellysville to D.B. Tower rail corridor. Deepwater District- a former Virginian Railway rail line which passed down to Norfolk and Western. [15] Formed from the Virginian Railway main line and was combined with Princeton District to form Princeton–Deepwater District.
It was put together with the intention of creating an outlet to Hampton Roads, where coal mined along their older West Virginia short-line railroad, the Deepwater Railway, could be exported. [2] In 1906, Thomas Davis Ranson served as vice president. [1] In 1907, the Tidewater Railway was renamed the "Virginian Railway".
The Deepwater Railway was an intrastate short line railroad located in West Virginia in the United States which operated from 1898 to 1907. William N. Page , a civil engineer and entrepreneur , had begun a small logging railroad in Fayette County in 1896, sometimes called the Loup Creek and Deepwater Railway .
Deep Water, also known historically as Deepwater, [3] is a census-designated place on the Kanawha River in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census , its population was 280. [ 2 ]
The West Virginia end of the Virginian's system was originally incorporated as The Deepwater Railway Company, whose franchises and property were acquired by the carrier on April 22, 1907. At that time the Deepwater Railway Company owned 4 miles of completed railroad from Deepwater to Robson, both in West Virginia, and had under construction ...
The NPBL interchanges with; Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad, CSX Transportation, and Norfolk Southern.The NPBL is a terminal switching company that owns 36 miles (58 km) of track, (plus 27 miles (43 km) of trackage rights) and links commerce around the deepwater port from Sewells Point to Portsmouth Marine Terminal, including the Southern Branch Elizabeth River. [4]