West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway Company
West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway Company

Author: Sam Griffin

Publisher: McClain Printing Company

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13:

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Nothing so transforms a new country as a railroad. Country roads, turnpikes, highways, & even canals, have but little weight in shaping the character of a country compared with the power & influence of the steam railway. The West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway penetrated a country which was unsettled, underdeveloped, & practically untrod. The book provides the reader with geographic locations, branches, connections, investments, climate, water courses, coal freight, resources overlooked, etc. It also describes businesses that were directly affected by it. Third Printing, 1992.

Defunct West Virginia Railroads
Defunct West Virginia Railroads

Author: Source Wikipedia

Publisher: University-Press.org

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9781230478364

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 78. Chapters: Penn Central Transportation Company, Shenandoah Valley Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, New York Central Railroad, Virginian Railway, List of West Virginia railroads, Norfolk and Western Railway, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Western Maryland Railway, Winchester and Potomac Railroad, New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, Cumberland Valley Railroad, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Monongahela Railway, West Penn Railways, Covington and Ohio Railroad, Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway, Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad, Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad, West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway, Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk Railroad, Fuller Syndicate, Ohio Valley Electric Railway, Kanawha and Pocahontas Railroad, Pittsburgh Southern Railway, Big Stony Railway, Cleveland, Tuscarawas Valley and Wheeling Railway, West Virginia Northern Railroad, Deepwater Railway, Big Sandy, East Lynn and Guyan Railroad, Coal and Iron Railway, Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad. Excerpt: Shenandoah Valley Railroad was a line completed on June 19, 1882 extending down the Shenandoah Valley from Hagerstown, Maryland USA through the West Virginia panhandle into Virginia to reach Roanoke, Virginia and a connection with the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W). The development of this railroad had considerable backing from the Pennsylvania Railroad. On September 1890 it went into bankruptcy and was reorganized as the Shenandoah Valley Railway. Then in December 1890, it became part of N&W. Today the tracks are a major artery of the Norfolk Southern system. South of Harrisonburg, Virginia, a former part of the Norfolk Southern System a few miles west was a parallel line originally called the Valley Railroad. It was built in...

The West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway
The West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway

Author: Alan Clarke

Publisher: TLC Publishing

Published: 2003-12-25

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781883089870

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Beginning as a narrow gauge line in 1880, its name and gauge changed in 1881 and in the ensuing years it opened a huge swathe of timber and coal territory in northern West Virginia to use, creating such towns as Elkins, Davis, and Thomas. A major connection was made with the C&O's Greenbrier Branch at Durbin, W. Va. in 1900. Sold to the Gould interests in 1902 it became an important part of the Western Maryland Railway in 1905 and contributed heavily to that road's prosperity in the coal and lumber trade down to modern times. This book is illustrated with superb photos, written in a cogent and informative style based on outstanding scholarly research in basic documents. The story is carried down through the WM and Chessie System eras to today's CSX operations on the remaining lines. A must for those interested in West Virginia, mountain railroading, and coal and lumber development. This is the second volume by this author. His West Virginia's Coal & Coke Railway - A B&O Predecessor, published by TLC last year, has been a best seller and has gathered great reviews for its completeness, accuracy, insight, and appearance. This new work is comparable!