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The Purdue Station on the Brighthope Railway shown here in 2016 at 12702 Beach Road in Chesterfield, Virginia Fendley Station remodeled into a Park Office Skinquarter Train Depot on the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad in 1891 Railroad Depot, Beach Station, Chesterfield, Virginia. The Farmville and Powhatan was a ninety three mile line after the ...
The Farmville and Powhatan Railroad went bankrupt in 1905 and became the Tidewater and Western Railroad. The line survived until 1917 when it was pulled up and sent to France for the World War I effort. The Tidewater and Western Railroad carried freight and passengers along a route from Farmville, Virginia to Bermuda Hundred.
High Bridge is a historic former railroad bridge across the Appomattox River valley about 6 miles (9.7 km) east, or downstream, of the town of Farmville in Prince Edward County, Virginia. The remains of the bridge and its adjacent rail line are now a rail trail park, High Bridge Trail State Park.
Farmville station was an intercity rail station located in Farmville, Virginia. It was served by Norfolk and Western Railway passenger trains until around 1971. It was later served by Amtrak 's Mountaineer from 1975 to 1977, then the Hilltopper until 1979.
Farmville Belt Line (sometimes pronounced Farmville Beltline, later known as Burkeville–Pamplin Belt Line and Burkeville–Pamplin Low Grade Line)- a former Norfolk and Western rail line, created from the Norfolk and Western main line. [21] Wheeling District- a former Norfolk and Western rail line. [36]
High Bridge Trail State Park is a rail trail in Southside Virginia converted from a rail line last belonging to Norfolk Southern.. The first section of the High Bridge Trail opened in 2008 with the most recent extension into The Town of Pamplin completed in Spring 2024. [2]
From High Bridge, the railroad ran parallel to the north bank of the river until it reached Farmville, Virginia, 4 miles (6.4 km) to the southwest. [3] At Farmville, the railroad crossed back to the south side of the river and proceeded to the west. [3] The railroad bridge at Farmville also had an adjacent wagon bridge. [4]
High Bridge, 2,500 feet (760 m) long and 126 feet (38 m) high, was the crossing of the South Side Railroad over the Appomattox River and its flood plain, 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Farmville, Virginia. [6] A wooden bridge for wagons was located below the railroad bridge.