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10410 Beach Road, Chesterfield, VA U.S.A. Owned by: George Perdue: Line(s) Main: Distance: 70 miles from Farmville, Va. Tracks: 1: Train operators: Farmville and Powhatan Railroad and Tidewater and Western Railroad: Construction; Structure type: with a railroad depot, some railroad shanties, a general store and the owner's house. History ...
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.
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 .
Gary Branch- a former Wabash Railroad rail line which was passed on to Norfolk and Western. Formerly known as Montpelier−Chicago−4th District and Gary District. Part of the defunct Toledo to Landers rail corridor. [7] [9] [42] [32] Maumee District- a former Wabash Railroad rail line which was passed on to Norfolk and Western.
Appomattox Railroad: N&W: 1847 1854 Southside Railroad: Atlantic Coast Line Railroad: ACL ACL 1898 1967 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad: Atlantic and Danville Railway: AD N&W: 1882 1962 Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway: Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad: N&W: 1870 1881 Norfolk and Western Railroad: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: B&O, BO ...
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In the 1850s, the Southside Railroad between Petersburg and Lynchburg was built through Farmville between Burkeville and Pamplin City.The route, which was subsidized by a contribution from Farmville, required an expensive crossing of the Appomattox River slightly downstream which became known as the High Bridge.