List of Virginia Railroads

Railroad Name Start Date End Date
Abingdon Coal and Iron Railroad 1887 1894
Alberene Railroad 1895 1902
Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway 1864 1890
Alexandria and Harper's Ferry Railroad 1847 1853
Alexandria and Washington Railroad 1854 1887
Alexandria and Washington Railway 1887 1890
Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad 1853 1870
Appomattox Railroad 1847 1854
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 1898 1967
Atlantic and Danville Railway 1882 1962
Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad 1870 1881
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1827 1987
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad 1853 1902
Beaver Dam Railroad 1900 1918
Big Sandy Railway 1902 1906
Big Sandy and Cumberland Railroad 1900 1932
Big Stone Gap and Powell's Valley Railroad 1912 Unknown
Big Stone Gap and Powell's Valley Railway 1892 1912
Big Stony Railway 1892 1915
Black Mountain Railway 1903 1955
Blackstone and Lunenburg Railroad 1905 1910
Blackstone and Southern Railroad 1900 1905
Blue Ridge Railroad 1849 1870
Brighthope Railway 1877 1889
Bristol Coal and Iron Narrow-Gauge Railroad 1876 1882
Buchanan and Clifton Forge Railway 1876 1880
Buckingham Railroad 1879 1897
Cape Charles Railroad 1906 1918
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway 1908 1990
Catawba Valley Railway and Mining Company 1902 1909
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad 1886 1893
Charlottesville and Rapidan Railroad 1876 1914
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad 1868 1878
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 1878 1987
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky 1904 1907
Chesapeake and Western Railroad 1895 1943
Chesapeake, Shendun and Western Railroad 1892 1895
Chesterfield Railroad 1828 1851
Chowan and Southern Railroad 1886 1889
City Point Railroad 1836 1847
Clarksville and North Carolina Railroad 1887 1894
Clinch Valley Railroad 1887 1887
Clinchfield Northern Railway 1911 1912
Clover Hill Railroad 1841 1877
Covington and Ohio Railroad 1853 1868
Cumberland Valley Railroad 1831 1919
Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad 1888 1958
Danville and New River Railroad 1873 1890
Danville and Seaboard Railroad 1887 1891
Danville and Western Railway 1891 Unknown
Danville, Mocksville and Southwestern Railroad 1880 1899
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad 1883 1956
Dismal Swamp Railroad 1896 1941
East River Railroad 1881 1882
Eastern Shore Railroad 1867 1878
Elizabeth City and Norfolk Railroad 1870 1883
Elizabeth River Railroad 1901 1910
Elkhorn Southern Railway 1906 1911
Farmville and Powhatan Railroad 1884 1905
Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad 1878 1932
Fredericksburg and Gordonsville Railroad 1853 1876
Fredericksburg, Orange and Charlottesville Railroad 1872 1873
Gladeville Railroad 1892 1902
Greensville and Roanoke Railroad 1834 1855
Henrico Railroad 1882 Unknown
Laurel Railway 1905 1926
Lick Creek and Lake Erie Railroad 1902 1908
Louisa Railroad 1836 1850
Louisville and Nashville Railroad 1850 1983
Lynchburg Belt Line and Connecting Railway 1907 1910
Lynchburg and Danville Railroad 1866 1872
Lynchburg and Durham Railroad 1887 1896
Lynchburg and Tennessee Railroad 1848 1849
Lynchburg, Halifax and North Carolina Railroad 1884 1887
Manassas Gap Railroad 1850 1867
Marion and Rye Valley Railroad 1891 1900
Marion and Rye Valley Railway 1900 1931
Martinsburg and Potomac Railroad 1868 1890
Meherrin Valley Railroad 1878 Unknown
Milton and Sutherlin Railroad 1876 1894
Mount Airy and Eastern Railway 1899 1910
Nansemond Land, Lumber and Narrow Gauge Railway Company 1873 1884
Nelson and Albemarle Railway 1903 1963
New River Plateau Railway 1888 1889
New River Railroad 1877 1882
New River Railroad, Mining and Manufacturing Company 1873 1877
New River, Holston and Western Railroad 1900 1919
New York and Norfolk Railroad 1872 1878
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad 1882 1958
Norfolk Southern Railroad 1883 1942
Norfolk Terminal Company 1882 1889
Norfolk Terminal Railway 1910 Unknown
Norfolk Terminal and Transportation Company 1896 1945
Norfolk Wharf, Warehouse and Terminal Company 1893 1896
Norfolk and Carolina Railroad 1889 1900
Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad 1851 1871
Norfolk and Sewalls Point Railroad 1872 1882
Norfolk and Southern Railroad 1891 1906
Norfolk and Southern Railway 1906 1910
Norfolk and Virginia Beach Railroad 1887 1891
Norfolk and Virginia Beach Railroad and Improvement Company 1882 1887
Norfolk and Western Railroad 1881 1896
Norfolk and Western Railway 1896 1998
Norfolk, Albemarle and Atlantic Railroad 1891 1896
Norfolk, Lynchburg and Durham Railroad 1896 1896
Norfolk, Roanoke and Southern Railroad 1896 1896
Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Southern Railroad 1896 1900
North and South Railroad 1853 1878
Norton and Northern Railway 1916 1934
Ohio River and Charleston Railroad 1894 1894
Ohio River and Charleston Railway 1894 1902
Orange and Alexandria Railroad 1848 1867
Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad 1867 1872
Peninsula Railroad 1878 1882
Pennsylvania Railroad 1846 1968
Petersburg Railroad 1830 1898
Petersburg and Asylum Railway 1888 1896
Petersburg and Western Railroad 1896 1898
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad 1902 1976
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad 1836 1902
Piedmont Railroad 1862 1894
Pocahontas and Western Railroad 1904 1910
Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad 1832 1846
Potomac Railroad 1867 1917
Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad 1876 1925
Radford-Southern Railroad and Mining Company 1898 1903
Richmond Terminal Railway 1916 1976
Richmond and Alleghany Railroad 1878 1889
Richmond and Alleghany Railway 1889 1890
Richmond and Danville Railroad 1847 1894
Richmond and Lynchburg Railroad 1860 1873
Richmond and Mecklenburg Railroad 1875 1950
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad 1836 1898
Richmond and York River Railroad 1853 1873
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad 1834 1991
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac and Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Connection Company 1866 1919
Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad 1892 1900
Richmond, York River and Chesapeake Railroad 1873 1894
Roanoke Valley Railroad 1850 1880
Roanoke and Southern Railway 1887 1896
Roaring Fork Railroad 1904 Unknown
Rockbridge Alum and Goshen Railroad 1889 Unknown
Rosslyn Connecting Railroad 1904 1969
Seaboard Air Line Railway 1900 1945
Seaboard Air Line System 1893 1900
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad 1846 1911
Shenandoah Valley Railroad 1867 1890
Shenandoah Valley Railway 1890 1890
South Atlantic and Ohio Railroad 1882 1898
South and Western Railroad 1905 1909
South and Western Railway 1901 1906
Southeastern and Atlantic Railroad 1896 1898
Southern Railway 1894 1990
Southside Railroad 1846 1871
Straight-Shoot Railroad 1873 1878
Suffolk and Carolina Railway 1884 1906
Sulphur Mines Railroad 1884 Unknown
Surry, Sussex and Southampton Railway 1886 1930
Tidewater Railway 1904 1907
Tidewater and West Virginia Railroad 1900 1901
Tidewater and Western Railroad 1905 1917
Tuckahoe and James River Railroad 1837 Unknown
Valley Railroad 1866 1945
Valley Street Railway 1890 1892
Virginia Air Line Railway 1906 1912
Virginia Anthracite Coal and Railway Company 1902 1911
Virginia Blue Ridge Railway 1914 1980
Virginia Central Railroad 1850 1868
Virginia Midland Railway 1880 1898
Virginia Southern Railroad 1902 1931
Virginia Western Coal and Iron Railway 1894 1898
Virginia and Carolina Coast Railroad 1905 1906
Virginia and Carolina Railroad 1882 1892
Virginia and Kentucky Railroad 1852 1876
Virginia and Kentucky Railway 1902 1916
Virginia and Mount Airy Railway 1920 Unknown
Virginia and North Carolina Railroad 1872 1873
Virginia and Potts Creek Railroad 1906 1910
Virginia and Southeastern Railway 1904 1908
Virginia and Southwestern Railway 1899 Unknown
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad 1849 1871
Virginian Railway 1907 1959
Virginian Terminal Railway 1907 1936
Virginia 1898 1919
Virginia 1906 1912
Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway 1873 1880
Washington Southern Railway 1890 1920
Washington and Ohio Railroad 1870 1882
Washington and Western Railroad 1882 1890
Washington, Alexandria and Georgetown Railroad 1862 1868
Washington, Ohio and Western Railroad 1883 1894
Western Branch Railway 1888 1888
White Top Railway 1913 Unknown
Winchester and Potomac Railroad 1831 1988
Winchester and Strasburg Railroad 1867 1988
Winchester and Western Railroad 1916 1930
Wise Terminal Company 1900 1913
Worcester Railroad 1853 1883