Introduction
The northcentral part of the State of Virginia is served
by two Class I common carrier freight railroads (Norfolk Southern and CSX)
plus several shortlines. Both Amtrak, which provides long distance
passenger train service, and the Virginia Railway Express (VRE), which
provides local commuter passenger train service, operate over the tracks
of the host railroads NS and CSX.
NS and CSX each have a rich history of their existing
lines that were assembled from earlier railroads to form today's railroads.
There are also other lines that were constructed and later torn up, plus
other lines that were planned and/or started but never completed as shown
in the Railroad Map of Northcentral Virginia
below. A brief history of each of these lines can found by following
the links below:
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