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The Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad (reporting mark CA) is a short-line railroad that operates 68 miles (109 km) of track from Chesapeake, Virginia to Edenton, North Carolina. The railroad was originally part of the Norfolk Southern Railroad , which continued south, crossing the Albemarle Sound and on to Mackeys Ferry and Plymouth.
Albemarle (/ ˈ æ l b ə ˌ m ɑː r l /) is a city in and the county seat of Stanly County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 16,432 in the 2020 census . History [ edit ]
The North Carolina Railroad (reporting mark NCRR) is a 317-mile (510 km) state-owned rail corridor extending from Morehead City, North Carolina, to Charlotte. The railroad carries over seventy freight trains operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway and eight passenger trains ( Amtrak 's Carolinian and Piedmont ) daily.
4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Norfolk Southern Railway ( reporting mark NS) was the final name of a railroad that ran from Norfolk, Virginia, southwest and west to Charlotte, North Carolina. It was acquired by the Southern Railway in 1974, which merged with the Norfolk and Western Railway in 1982 to form the current ...
The Wilmington and Weldon Railroad (W&W) name began use in 1855, having been originally chartered as the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad in 1834. [1] When it opened in 1840, the line was the longest railroad in the world with 161.5 miles (259.9 km) of track. [2] It was constructed in 4 ft 8 in ( 1,422 mm) gauge. [3]
The southern end of the canal leads to the Albemarle Sound. The Dismal Swamp Canal Visitor Center is the only visitor center in the continental U. S. greeting visitors by both a major highway and a historic waterway. It is located in Camden County, North Carolina, on scenic U.S. Highway 17 three miles south of the Virginia/North Carolina border.
The Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad, a short line operated by the North Carolina and Virginia Railroad, extends 82 miles (132 km) between Edenton, North Carolina, and Chesapeake, Virginia. This line had first been established in 1881 as the Elizabeth City and Norfolk Railroad, later renamed the Norfolk Southern Railway .
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad's Norfolk—Rocky Mount Line (B Line) was one of the company's secondary main lines running from the company's main line in Rocky Mount, North Carolina northeast to a point just outside of Norfolk, Virginia. Despite its name, it terminated at Pinners Point in Portsmouth, Virginia (just across the Elizabeth River ...