GPTKB
Browse
Query
Compare
Download
Publications
Contributors
Search
Norfolk and Western Railway (after 1949)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Norfolk_and_Western_Railway_(after_1949)
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:abbreviation
gptkb:N&W
gptkbp:ceased_operations
1982
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:formedByMergerOf
gptkb:Pittsburgh_and_West_Virginia_Railway
gptkb:Nickel_Plate_Road
gptkb:Virginian_Railway
gptkb:Wabash_Railroad
Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad
gptkbp:founded
1881
gptkbp:headquarters_location
gptkb:Roanoke,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Norfolk and Western Railway (after 1949)
gptkbp:main_commodity
gptkb:coal
gptkbp:mergedInto
gptkb:Norfolk_Southern_Corporation
gptkbp:notable_for
gptkb:Roanoke_Shops
coal transportation
steam locomotive production
gptkbp:notableRoute
Cincinnati to Norfolk
Columbus to Norfolk
St. Louis to Norfolk
gptkbp:notableStation
gptkb:Blue_Ridge
gptkb:Pocahontas
gptkb:Class_J_611
gptkb:Piedmont_Limited
gptkb:Shenandoah
gptkb:Cannonball
gptkb:Tennessean
Cavalier
Pelican
Memphis Special
Mountaineer
Class A 1218
Class Y6b
Birmingham Special
Orlando Special
Powhatan Arrow
Skyland Special
Washington and Chattanooga Limited
gptkbp:operates
gptkb:Illinois
gptkb:Kentucky
gptkb:Maryland
gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkb:Ohio
gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkb:Virginia
gptkb:West_Virginia
gptkbp:parentCompany
gptkb:Norfolk_Southern_Corporation
gptkbp:reorganizedAs
1949
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Norfolk_Southern_Railway
gptkbp:type_of_rail
passenger
freight
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Wheeling_and_Lake_Erie_Railway_(predecessor,_1916–1988)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
8