N&S Was: 1907 - Great Lakes To Norfolk

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Dave,

Actually, the old railroad that ran from Norfolk to Charlotte was the Norfolk Southern, just like the current company.  It was merged into the Southern Railway (I don't remember what year, but I think in the 1970's) so Southern already owned the name when Southern and N&W merged and it was applied to the combined company.

Sam Putney
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  Approximately what years was Norfolk & Southern in operation?
  Which road absorbed it?

  Thanks,
  Dave Willis.

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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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