Norfolk & Western Railway

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:N&W
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1982
gptkbp:founded 1881
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Roanoke,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Norfolk & Western Railway
gptkbp:main_commodity gptkb:coal
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Norfolk_Southern_Railway
gptkbp:notable_for gptkb:Roanoke_Shops
coal transportation
steam locomotive production
gptkbp:notableEvent acquired Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad in 1982
acquired New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad in 1982
acquired Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway in 1964
acquired Illinois Terminal Railroad in 1982
acquired Lake Erie and Western Railroad in 1964
acquired Lake Erie and Western Railroad in 1982
acquired Nickel Plate Road in 1964
acquired Peoria and Eastern Railway in 1982
acquired Sandusky District in 1964
acquired Sandusky District in 1982
acquired Virginian Railway in 1959
acquired Wabash Railroad in 1964
acquired Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway in 1982
merger with Southern Railway in 1982
operated the Birmingham Special passenger train
operated the Cavalier passenger train
operated the Pelican passenger train
operated the Pocahontas passenger train
operated the Powhatan Arrow passenger train
operated the Powhatan Arrow streamliner
operated the Tennessean passenger train
acquired New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad in 1964
acquired Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad in 1964
acquired Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway in 1982
last major U.S. railroad to convert from steam to diesel locomotives
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Lucius_E._Johnson
gptkb:Robert_B._Claytor
gptkb:Stuart_T._Saunders
gptkbp:notableRoute gptkb:Norfolk_Division
gptkb:Bluefield_Division
gptkb:Cincinnati_Division
gptkb:Columbus_Division
gptkb:Crewe_District
gptkb:Hagerstown_District
gptkb:Kenova_District
gptkb:Lynchburg_District
gptkb:Peach_Creek_District
gptkb:Petersburg_District
gptkb:Pulaski_District
gptkb:Radford_District
gptkb:Radford_Division
gptkb:Roanoke_District
gptkb:Roanoke_Division
gptkb:Scioto_Division
gptkb:Shenandoah_District
gptkb:Shenandoah_Division
gptkb:Vardo_District
gptkb:Winston-Salem_District
gptkb:Wytheville_District
gptkb:Pocahontas_Division
gptkbp:notableStation gptkb:Class_J_611
Class A 1218
Class Y6b
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Illinois
gptkb:Kentucky
gptkb:Maryland
gptkb:Missouri
gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkb:Ohio
gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkb:Tennessee
gptkb:Virginia
gptkb:West_Virginia
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Norfolk_Southern_Corporation
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Atlantic,_Mississippi_and_Ohio_Railroad
gptkb:Shenandoah_Valley_Railroad
gptkbp:reportingMark NW
gptkbp:subsidiary gptkb:Nickel_Plate_Road
gptkb:Virginian_Railway
gptkb:Pittsburgh_&_West_Virginia_Railway
gptkb:Wabash_Railroad
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Norfolk_Southern_Railway
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:EMD_SD40
gptkb:EMD_SD38-2
gptkb:EMD_SD40-2
gptkb:EMD_SD35
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6