1907 - Great Lakes To Norfolk

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Gentlemen,

Indeed, the Virginian Terminal Railway Co. was organized to own the coal terminals in Norfolk, all 1.75 miles of it, which contained about 600 acres. It was, from the beginning, leased to the Virginian Ry. (5-1-07) who operated it.

During the Virginian's first year of operations ending June 30,1910, the Norfolk Terminal Railway Co. was organized for the purpose of building a passenger terminal for joint use of the Vgn, N&W, & NS in Norfolk (Union Terminal) upon land purchased by the Virginian, and to accommodate the need for a General Office for the Virginian. 

Jeff Sanders
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  Tom:

  With reference to passenger stations at Norfolk --  the
  1909 entry for The Official Guide shows the station to
  be at Main Street.  This was NOT Terminal Station, which
  opened on May 31, 1912, but was told that it was on the
  west side of the Terminal Building.  For a time,  there had
  been a temporary station at Park Street.   The railroad may 
  have shared facilities with Norfolk & Southern.   N&S had a 
  rather circuitous route into Norfolk before the Virginian.  It
  left the main line at Providence Junction (near today's
  Greenbrier Mall),  took a tack to the north through 
  Kempsville,  connected with the South Route at Clapham
  Junction (Euclid) and ran west to Park Street.   After the
  Virginian was constructed, N&S passenger trains operated
  thru to Carolina Junction,  transferred to Virginian Railway  on
  trackage rights to Tidewater, then resumed the trip to
  Norfolk on its own rails.
                                                                     Harry Bundy





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