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    The Virginian Railway (reporting mark VGN) was a Class I railroad located in Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. The VGN was created to transport...
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  • have been built: the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's 3000 class, and the Virginian Railway's class AE. The 3000 class performed poorly, so the...
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    The Virginian EL-C, later known as the New Haven EF-4 and E33, was an electric locomotive built for the Virginian Railway by General Electric in August...
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  • Commonwealth of Virginia of the United States of America; it can be used as both a noun and adjective. Virginian may also refer to: Virginian (Amtrak train)...
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  • Lewis which include The Virginian Era (1992), Virginian Railway Locomotives (1993), and Norfolk and Western and Virginian Railways in Color by H. Reid (1994)...
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    Conley (1985). The Virginian Railway Handbook. Lynchburg, Virginia: W-W Publications. Beale, Frank D. (1955) The Virginian Railway Company 45th Annual...
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    eventually be retired in 1961. In December 1959, the N&W merged with the Virginian Railway (reporting mark VGN), a longtime rival in the Pocahontas coal region...
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    William Nelson Page (category American railway entrepreneurs)
    Conley (1985) The Virginian Railway Handbook. Lynchburg, Virginia: W-W Publications. Beale, Frank D. (1955) The Virginian Railway Company 45th Annual...
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  • The Virginian Railway's class EL-2B comprised four two-unit electric locomotives with AAR (B+B-B+B)+(B+B-B+B) wheel arrangements. The locomotives were...
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    founded in 1898 by William N. Page, which was merged to create the Virginian Railway in 1907. Located near the head of navigation of the Kanawha River...
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  • Tidewater Railway was renamed the "Virginian Railway". A short time later, the Virginian Railway acquired its sister, the Deepwater Railway. Before the...
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    The Virginian Railway EL-3A was a class of 11 kV 25 Hz AC electric locomotives built for coal haulage over the electrified Elmore to Roanoke route. They...
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    Henry Huttleston Rogers (category American railway entrepreneurs)
    networks. His last major enterprise was building the Virginian Railway to service the West Virginia coal fields. After 1890, he became a prominent philanthropist...
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  • in West Virginia to Matoaka. In 1907, the Deepwater Railway was acquired by its sister Tidewater Railway to form the Virginian Railway. Railways portal...
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    Tidewater were combined to become the Virginian Railway (VGN). Victoria, a new town created in Lunenburg County, Virginia, became the Division Headquarters...
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    considerably. The former Virginian Railway coal piers, land, and an adjacent coal storage facility owned by Norfolk & Western Railway were added in the 1960s...
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    The Virginian Railway Passenger Station, also known as the Virginian Station is a former rail station listed on the National Register of Historic Places...
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  • president of The Virginian Railway Company (now a part of Norfolk Southern). In 1896, Page founded the Loup Creek and Deepwater Railway, a logging railroad...
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    Allegheny Mountains. The other was the "Blue Ridge" class for the Virginian Railway. These were some of the most powerful reciprocating steam locomotives...
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  • triplex locomotives for the Erie Railroad and one 2-8-8-8-4 for the Virginian Railway. All the triplex locomotives built were of the Mallet type, but with...
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  • Johnson and Higgins by 1916. Coe was on the board of directors of the Virginian Railway from 1910 until his death in 1955, and headed the company for a brief...
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    back: UP restores, runs iconic train Railway Age May 8, 2019 Union Pacific donates Challenger for overhaul Steam Railway issue 532 May 27, 2022 page 22 "HXD2B型大功率交流传动电力机车"...
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    com/abandoned/virginian/norfolk_division.html Virginian Railway - First Subdivision (Norfolk Division) http://www.railsinvirginia.com/abandoned/virginian/signals...
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    similar designed triplex was built by Baldwin as a 2-8-8-8-4 for the Virginian Railway, as No. 700, in 1916. This triplex was given classification of XA...
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    native West Virginian, annoyed at being called a Virginian, claimed that he instead hailed from "West 'by God' Virginia." West Virginia is home to college...
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    Virginian Railway Underpass is a historic concrete arch bridge located at New Ellett, Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built in 1906, and is a single...
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  • Virginian Railway Yard Historic District is a national historic district located at Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia. The district includes 14...
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    into NS along with its parent, the N&W. The Virginian Railway merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway on December 1, 1959. Other companies: Alabama...
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    Virginia Railway Express (VRE) (reporting mark VREX) is a commuter rail service that connects outlying small cities of Northern Virginia to Washington...
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  • initialism that could refer to: VGN, reporting mark of the former Virginian Railway (1907–1959) Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg ("Transport Association...
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