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The Farmville and Powhatan bought the Brighthope Railway in which was in foreclosure on July 23, 1889. On March 3, 1890, the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad was connected to the Brighthope Railway three miles west of Winterpock, taking the eastward part, all but seven miles, of the Brighthope Railway to Bermuda Hundred. [7]
The Farmville Coal and Iron Company built a one and a half mile spur rail line from the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad to the mine. This railroad provided transport from the mine to the docks at Bermuda Hundred in the Tidewater region. On Jan. 24, 1891, an editor of “The Financial Mining Record” suggested that the Farmville Coal & Iron ...
Farmville station in August 1983. The Southside Railroad was built through Farmville in 1857; stations at Farmville were served for over a century. When Amtrak took over intercity passenger rail service on May 1, 1971, it chose not to continue service on the Norfolk and Western Railway's Pocahontas, thus ending service to Farmville.
Virginia Central Railroad: C&O: 1850 1868 Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad: Virginia Central Railway: VC 1926 1983 N/A Virginia and Kentucky Railroad: SOU: 1852 1876 Bristol Coal and Iron Narrow-Gauge Railroad: Virginia and Kentucky Railway: 1902 1916 Norton and Northern Railway: Virginia and Maryland Railroad: VAMD 1977 1981 Eastern Shore Railroad ...
With a total budget of an estimated $11 million, four miles of trail east of Farmville opened on Aug. 22, 2008 and 12 more miles from Farmville west to Prospect opened on June 6, 2009. On April 6, 2012, after completion of the final segment of the trail, the restoration of the High Bridge itself, the trail opened for the first time for its full ...
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