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'''Shenandoah Valley Railroad''' |
'''Shenandoah Valley Railroad''' refers to two railroads in the U.S. state of Virginia: |
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*[[Shenandoah Valley Railroad (N&W)]], part of the Norfolk and Western Railway after 1891 |
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*[[Shenandoah Valley Railroad (short-line)]], a current short line |
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*'''[[Shenandoah Valley Railroad (N&W)]]''' was a line completed in the 1880s extending down the [[Shenandoah Valley]] from [[Hagerstown, Maryland]] through the [[West Virginia]] panhandle into Virginia to reach [[Roanoke, Virginia]] and the [[Norfolk and Western Railway]] (N&W) in the late [[19th century]]. After a bankruptcy, it became part of the N&W in 1891, and today, it is a part of the [[Norfolk Southern]] system. |
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*'''[[Shenandoah Valley Railroad (short-line)]]''' ([[AAR reporting mark]] '''SV''') is a privately-owned intrastate [[short-line railroad]] extending northward from [[Staunton, Virginia]] in [[Augusta County, Virginia|Augusta County]] and [[Rockingham County, Virginia|Rockingham County]]. The line was originally built by the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] and later purchased in 1942 by the [[Chesapeake Western Railway]]. The new short-line was formed late in the [[20th century]] by several major shippers, and adopted the old historic name which was not in use. It is currently operated under contract by the [[Bay Coast Railroad]], and interchanges with the [[Buckingham Branch Railroad]] and [[CSX Transportation]] at Staunton. |
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Image:SV8701.jpg|SV 8701 is an RS4TC seen here in Verona. |
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Image:SV2015.jpg| LLPX leases the 2015, an [[EMD GP38]], to SVRR seen here at [[Weyers Cave, VA]]. |
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Image:JackShowalter 40.jpg|Virginia Central #40 owned by Jack Showalter is stored on SVRR at[[Staunton, VA]]. |
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Revision as of 22:43, 11 November 2006
Shenandoah Valley Railroad refers to two railroads in the U.S. state of Virginia:
- Shenandoah Valley Railroad (N&W), part of the Norfolk and Western Railway after 1891
- Shenandoah Valley Railroad (short-line), a current short line
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