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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 ...
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]
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 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.
Brighthope Railway: 1877 1889 Farmville and Powhatan Railroad: Bristol Coal and Iron Narrow-Gauge Railroad: SOU: 1876 1882 South Atlantic and Ohio Railroad: Buchanan and Clifton Forge Railway: C&O: 1876 1880 Richmond and Alleghany Railroad: Buckingham Railroad: C&O: 1879 1897 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway: Cape Charles Railroad: PRR: 1906 1918
Another railroad formerly served Farmville. In the late 19th century, the narrow gauge Farmville and Powhatan Railroad was built from Farmville through Cumberland, Powhatan, and Chesterfield counties to reach Bermuda Hundred on the navigable portion of the James River near its confluence with the Appomattox River at City Point.
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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.