Chesapeake Western Railway - Wikipedia
WEBThe Chesapeake Western Railway (reporting mark CHW) is an intrastate railroad in west-central Virginia and an operating subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern Railway. Previously an independent railroad which began operation in 1896, the line technically survives as part of Norfolk Southern.
Virginia Rails - The Chesapeake Western Railway
WEBThe Chesapeake Western Railway, also known as the "Crooked & Weedy", was an interstate short line which ran from Elkton, Virginia to Stokesville, Virginia. The line traces its origins to the Chesapeake Shendun & Western Railroad which was chartered on January 22, 1892 to build and operate a railroad from Elkton, Virginia to Bridgewater, Virginia.
Chesapeake Western Railway: An Historic Virginia Short Line
WEBSep 3, 2024 · The Chesapeake Western Railway (reporting marks, CHW) was a bucolic shortline located within the heart of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. While the CW is technically still a subsidiary of Norfolk Southern it has not been an independently run operation since the mid-1950s.
Chesapeake Western Railway - Virginia Places
WEBThe only east-west line in 1892 was the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, which went through the Blue Ridge Tunnel between Waynesboro and Charlottesville. The plans of the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire (AL&H) Railroad to cross the Blue Ridge west of Leesburg had failed.
Chesapeake Western History Page - TrainWeb
WEBAug 17, 1996 · The Chesapeake Western began with similar grand intentions. The railroad was to be a great east-west trunk connecting the coal fields of central West Virginia with the C&O at Gordonsville, Va. The passage through the Allegheny Mountains was to have been achieved at North River Gap, just west of Harrisonburg.
Chesapeake Western Railway - Wikiwand
WEBThe Chesapeake Western Railway (reporting mark CHW) is an intrastate railroad in west-central Virginia and an operating subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern Railway. Previously an independent railroad which began operation in 1896, the line technically survives as part of Norfolk Southern.
Chesapeake Western Railway - Abandoned
WEBJul 10, 2019 · The Chesapeake Western Railway is an abandoned railroad between Stokesville, Harrisonburg, and Elkton, Virginia. Despite its early potential as a through route between Cincinnati and Washington D.C., and later as a feeder to the coal mines in West Virginia, the railroad never lived up to its potential.
Dayton to North River Gap, VA - Abandoned Rails
WEBApr 11, 2010 · The Chesapeake Western was a shortline that ran in the foothills west of the lower Shenandoah Valley. The remnant of the original route that remains in service is now part of Norfolk Southern.
Charles Grattan Price Jr. and Don W. Thomas collection on the ...
WEBThe Tidewater changed its name in 1901 to the Chesapeake Western Railway, leased the Chesapeake Western line for 99 years, and in 1902 completed 13 miles of rail from Bridgewater to the new town of Stokesville in North River Gap.
Chesapeake Western Railway - Wikiwand
WEBThe Chesapeake Western Railway is an intrastate railroad in west-central Virginia and it is an operating subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern Railway.
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