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24-545: (Redirected from B-B ) [REDACTED] Look up BB  or .bb in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. BB , Bb , or similar, may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] BB numbers, in the catalogue of works by Béla Bartók "BB", a chant supporting Big Brother in Nineteen Eighty-Four BB , a 2017 album by Mod Sun BB,

48-434: A BB gun Base on balls in baseball, commonly known as a walk BB cream , a type of cosmetic See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with BB B-flat (disambiguation) (B♭) B&B (disambiguation) Bebe (disambiguation) Beebe (disambiguation) Beebee (disambiguation) Bibi (disambiguation) BBCode , a lightweight markup language Bed and breakfast or B&B,

72-1116: A Hungarian aircraft manufacturer Banco do Brasil , a Brazilian financial services company Bavarian Peasants' League ( Bayerischer Bauernbund ), a former German political party BlackBerry Limited (stock ticker BB), Canadian technology company Borderland Beat , a news blog covering the Mexican drug war Boys' Brigade , a Christian youth organization People [ edit ] BB, pseudonym of author and artist Denys Watkins-Pitchford BB, monogram of artist Bessie Bamber B. B. King (1925–2015), American musician and songwriter BB Trickz (Belize Nicolau Kazi, born 2000), Spanish rapper Brigitte Bardot (born 1934), French actress often referred to by her initials BB Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007), former Pakistani prime minister, nickname BB Bipasha Basu (born 1979), Indian actress, nickname BB Places [ edit ] BB postcode area , Blackburn, England Barbados (ISO 3166 code BB) .bb , top-level domain for Barbados Science [ edit ] Branch and bound ,

96-571: A Swiss funicular railway NZR B class , a New Zealand locomotive class B-B, a classification of AAR wheel arrangement of railway locomotives B (New York City Subway service) , known as BB before 1967 Other uses in transportation [ edit ] Toyota bB , a car sold in Japan BB, classification of battleships of the United States Navy Other uses [ edit ] BB (ammunition) , ammunition for

120-581: A character in Beast Wars II: Super Life-Form Transformers Beyond Birthday, a character from the novel Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases Big Brother (franchise) , a TV reality competition BB, production code for 1966 Doctor Who serial The War Machines Businesses and organizations [ edit ] See also: § Transportation BB Bloggingsbooks , an imprint of OmniScriptum BB Microlight ,

144-583: A method for solving optimization problems Busy beaver class in computing theory, a type of Turing Machine Beta blocker , medication used to manage arrhythmias Transportation [ edit ] Air [ edit ] BB Airways , a former Nepalese airline Balair, a defunct Swiss airline , IATA airline code BB Seaborne Airlines , IATA airline code BB Rail [ edit ] Buckingham Branch Railroad , reporting mark BB, in Virginia, U.S. Bürgenstock Funicular ( Bürgenstock-Bahn ),

168-542: A new designated number they received upon joining the BB's engine roster. These numbers gradually rise in more or less incremental order with each individual engine, though some engines still retain their original paint schemes and numbers. Engine roster: In August 2022, the BB began the operations of the heritage Virginia Scenic Railway (VSR) with round-trip excursions from Staunton, Virginia . Unlike many U.S. heritage operations, which operate on lightly used branch lines,

192-782: A number of years, the Buckingham Branch operated the Shenandoah Valley Railroad (SV) under contract. That short-line extends from Staunton through Augusta County north to Pleasant Valley outside Harrisonburg in Rockingham County . In 2002, the operating contract was lost to another Virginia-based short-line road, the Eastern Shore Railroad (ESHR). Today, the Shenandoah Valley Railroad, operated by

216-585: A small lodging establishment Dobol B TV ('Double B TV'), a Philippines news program Les B.B. , a Canadian band Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title BB . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BB&oldid=1258178440 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

240-459: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Misplaced Pages disambig or set index box parameter needs fixing BB">BB The requested page title contains unsupported characters : ">". Return to Main Page . Buckingham Branch Railroad Buckingham Branch Railroads' tracks are located in the heart of Central Virginia. The routing

264-796: The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ) (C&O) in the 1870s, which connected the Chesapeake Bay with the valleys of the New River and Kanawha River , leading to the Ohio River Valley and thence the Mississippi River . In the 1880s, Major James H. Dooley 's Richmond and Allegheny Railroad was built along the James River along the former right-of-way of the James River and Kanawha Canal . It too became part of

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288-623: The Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad (DGVR), interchanges with the Buckingham Branch at Staunton. In December 2004, Buckingham Branch entered into a 20-year lease with CSX Transportation to operate 200 miles (322 km) of track in Virginia on the latter's Piedmont, Washington , and North Mountain subdivisions. Each were originally parts of the Virginia Central Railroad 's line, and extend from Richmond through Doswell , Orange to Charlottesville, Virginia . From there,

312-599: The "Lines") owned by: (a) Canonie Atlantic Co. ("CAC") on behalf of the Accomack-Northampton Transportation District Commission; and (b) Norfolk Southern Railway Company ("NSR"). The Lines are currently leased to, and operated by, BCR. Specifically, the CAC-owned portion of Lines (which BCR leases and operates) are as follows: A notice of exemption to authorize a change in operator from BCR to BB will be filed with

336-452: The BBRR began with one locomotive and a caboose , and was staffed by Bryant's family. The line primarily operates EMD locomotives, including GP40 style engines as well as engines like GP16s that have since been rebuilt from other older models like GP7s that were initially purchased by the BB early on. For the most part, most engines are assigned a number composed of the railroad's initials and

360-620: The C&;O, offering a lower grade pathway for coal bound from the mountains to Newport News than the older line through Staunton , Crozet's Blue Ridge Tunnel complex, and Charlottesville . Diverging from the older line at JD Cabin just east of Clifton Forge , this became known as the James River line, rejoining the old Virginia Central tracks near Main Street Station at Richmond . The short-line branch from Bremo Bluff on

384-467: The James River line into Buckingham County transported kaolin clay from the unique and rare deposits of Willis Mountain , along with timber , quarried rock, and minor amounts of general freight. As major railroads merged and consolidated in the late 20th century, many rail lines with low traffic were abandoned, spun off into short-line railroads , or became at risk for abandonment. With lower operating costs and personalized service to shippers, many of

408-500: The VSR trains share track with Amtrak and CSX operations. Around autumn of 2023, ex- Norfolk and Western 4-8-4 steam locomotive No. 611 , visited the VSR to haul the weekend Shenandoah Valley Limited excursions between Goshen and Staunton. No. 611 hauled the excursion train with two diesels pulling the train back up to Goshen. Multiple seating classes are offered, including Coach, Premium Coach, First Class, and Dome class. For

432-1018: The end of operations by the Bay Coast Railroad on May 18, 2018, the Buckingham Branch Railroad took action to lease and operate the BCR's tracks in Little Creek, VA. A filing with the STB dated June 13, 2018 stated, in part: Pursuant to regulations of the Surface Transportation Board ("STB") at 49 C.F.R. § l 150.42(e), Buckingham Branch Railroad Company ("BB"), a Class III rail carrier, hereby gives notice to employees of Cassatt Management, LLC d/b/a Bay Coast Railroad ("BCR") that, as soon as federal regulatory authorization permits, BB intends to lease and commence operations over lines of railroad (collectively,

456-549: The line extends through the Blue Ridge Tunnel complex to Waynesboro , and Staunton to reconnect with CSX lines at Clifton Forge . The line which was the backbone of Collis Huntington 's newly completed Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in the 1870s was supplanted by a lower-grade line along the path of the former James River and Kanawha Canal in the 1880s. Unlike the original branch in Buckingham County,

480-411: The new section is leased for a 20-year period. CSX retains overhead trackage rights on the trackage leased to the Buckingham Branch, and continues its same pattern of running empty westbound coal and grain trains over the route, sometimes as many as eight a day. Train crews must contend with this fact by continually dodging CSX westbounds, as well as Amtrak 's thrice-weekly Cardinal by going into

504-525: The short-lines were able to perpetuate rail service in areas where the Class 1 railroads could not operate profitably, even when subsidized by government entities. In 2021, the line between Doswell and Clifton Forge was acquired from CSX by the Commonwealth of Virginia as part of a broader program to expand passenger service. Buckingham Branch Railroad's operations would continue. The Buckingham Branch

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528-437: The various sidings along the lines. Amtrak continues to use the Buckingham Branch line between Orange and Clifton Forge on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, the only instance where an Amtrak train utilizes a Class III railway line. This new section of the expanded Buckingham Branch was dispatched by CSX from Jacksonville, Florida for the first two years; now it is dispatched by the Buckingham Branch out of Staunton. Following

552-574: Was founded in 1989 by retired CSX railroader Robert E. Bryant . The company began with the acquisition of a 16-mile (26 km) long branch from the CSX Transportation 's James River subdivision line near Bremo Bluff on the James River south to Dillwyn in Buckingham County . The interchange with CSX is at Strathmore yard , near the junction of the former Virginia Air Line Railway . Serving small industries and quarries ,

576-621: Was largely constructed in the 19th century by several railroad companies. These include the Louisa Railroad , the Virginia Central Railroad , the state-owned Blue Ridge Railroad (with famous tunnels designed by state engineer Claudius Crozet and financed by the Virginia Board of Public Works ), and the Covington and Ohio Railroad . All of those lines became part of Collis Huntington 's Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (later

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