Norfolk & Western Railway
| NW 170129 on Cajon Pass, April 19th 2002. |
Norfolk
& Petersburg chartered in 1850; it and two companions renamed from Atlantic,
Mississippi & Ohio to Norfolk & Western Railroad in 1881. Pennsylvania
Railroad began purchasing interest in 1900, and by 1964 owned one-third.
PRR bowed out as the Penn Central merger pre-planning precipitated N&W
expansion by merger of NKP, Wabash, et al, in October 1964. N&W and Southern
Railway assumed common ownership under Norfolk Southern Corp. in merger
of June 1, 1982.
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Latest update: 02/25/2003.