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Portsmouth & Roanoke Railroad (VA) PDF Print E-mail
Portsmouth & Roanoke Railroad (VA) map as of 1850

Portsmouth & Roanoke Railroad (VA)

REGION

STATE

CHARTERED

BEGAN OP

GAUGE1

GAUGE YR

TYPE

ABANDONED

ABAND YR

SA

VA

1832

1836

N

REGION
NAME
MEANING OF THE VARIOUS ENTRIES IN THE TABLE

NE

NEW ENGLAND

BEGAN OP = YEAR OPERATIONS BEGAN IF KNOWN

MA

MID-ATLANTIC

GAUGE1 = ORIGINAL GAUGE IF NOT STANDARD

SA

SOUTH-ATLANTIC

GAUGEYR = YEAR GAUGE CHANGED IF KNOWN

GC

GULF COAST

GAUGE2 = SECOND GAUGE IF ANY AND NOT STANDARD

SI

SOUTHERN INTERIOR

LOCAL = "L" FOR LOCAL, "R" FOR REGIONAL

NI

NORTHERN INTERIOR

ABANDONED = "Y" FOR YES, "N" FOR NO

PC

PACIFIC COAST COAST

ABANDON YR = YEAR OF ABANDONMENT IF ANY

TRACK CONSTRUCTION WITH YEARS AND MILEAGE

1836

61.00

TOTAL MILES CONSTRUCTED 61.00 1860 CENSUS 0.00 RINGWALT GIVES 81.30

NAME CHANGED TO OR ACQUIRED BY

YEAR

Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad

1846

Seaboard Air Line Railroad

1900

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad

1967

CSX Transportation System

1980

 
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