The Virginia Southern Railroad ( reporting mark VSRR ) is a shortline railroad division of the North Carolina and Virginia Railroad ( reporting mark NCVA ), a subsidiary of the Genesee & Wyoming , with rights to operate 78 miles (126 km) of track between Norfolk Southern Railway connections at Oxford, North Carolina and Burkeville, Virginia . The southernmost segment between Clarksville, Virginia and Oxford is out of service.
8-710: The line was built by the Oxford and Clarksville Railroad , Clarksville and North Carolina Railroad , Atlantic and Danville Railway , Richmond and Mecklenburg Railroad , and Richmond and Danville Railroad , all predecessors of the Southern Railway (except for the short piece of A&D, which left the Southern system for the Norfolk and Western Railway ), and in November 1988 successor Norfolk Southern leased it to
16-597: The Commonwealth Railway . The Tobacco Heritage Trail is built on the old Atlantic and Danville Railway right of way in Brodnax, Virginia and La Crosse to South Hill, Virginia . The Atlantic and Danville Railway had a 205 mile main line, Norfolk and Danville, in 1951. West Norfolk and Boon was a six mile spur. The train main line had trains that left Norfolk at 10:01 PM and arrived in Danville at 5:45 AM
24-575: The Southern terminated the lease the Atlantic and Danville continued as an independent company for another dozen years. The company went bankrupt in 1960 and was purchased by the Norfolk and Western Railway in 1962. The N&W created a new subsidiary, the Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway, to operate the A&;D line. The former A&D line from West Norfolk to Suffolk is currently in operation as
32-524: The new Virginia Southern Railroad as the first spin-off in its Thoroughbred Shortline Program . The NCVA and VSRR were previously owned by Railtex and RailAmerica , and is now operated by the Buckingham Branch Railroad . This United States railway company-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Atlantic and Danville Railway The Atlantic and Danville Railway ( reporting mark AD )
40-1219: The next day. Then left at Danville at 8:45 PM and arrived in Norfolk at 5:40 AM the next day. The railroad company was organized as the Richmond and Mecklenburg which was operated by the Southern Railway in 1896. All but one of the board of Directors and the two officers lived in New York City, New York . The railroad employed 315 people in 1896, including the company officers, clerks , firemen , engine men , conductors , ticket agents, carpenters , foremen , laborers and telegraph operators and dispatchers . The trains carried passengers and mail and freight. Outbound freight consisted coal, lumber, and farm products such as flour, wheat, hay, tobacco and fruits and vegetables as well as livestock, meats, wool and leather. Inbound freight included petroleum , oil, naval stores , cast iron products, machinery, cement, brick, lime, agricultural tools, wagons, alcoholic beverages, furniture and housewares . Cars were equipped with Janney couplers and Westinghouse Air Brake Company brakes. There
48-477: Was a Class I railroad which operated in Virginia and North Carolina . The company was founded in 1882 and opened its mainline between Portsmouth, Virginia and Danville, Virginia in 1890. The Southern Railway leased the company from 1899–1949. The Norfolk and Western Railway purchased the company in 1962 and reorganized it as the Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway . The Atlantic and Danville Railway
56-610: Was incorporated in 1882 and opened its mainline between Portsmouth and Danville in 1890. The Southern Railway leased the company from 1899–1949. A 3 ft ( 914 mm ) branch line ran from Emporia, Virginia to Claremont, Virginia and interchanged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad . The Southern Railway discontinued service on this branch in 1932; the Gray Lumber Company continued to use it for logging operations until 1938. After
64-660: Was one injury to an employee in 1896. Western Union operated the telegraph on the track. Telegraphist A telegraphist ( British English ), telegrapher ( American English ), or telegraph operator is an operator who uses a telegraph key to send and receive the Morse code in order to communicate by land lines or radio . During the First World War the Royal Navy enlisted many volunteers as radio telegraphists. Telegraphists were indispensable at sea in
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