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	Railfan.net Forums - Roanoke Times Story about Virginian Railway Group
		The history of the Virginian Railway and its eventual demise, in some ways, is also the story of their lives.
		The Virginian Railway was made up of the Deepwater and Tidewater railways, which were renamed in 1907.
		The Virginian track was desirable because it was fairly straight and went by rivers, meaning it followed a gentle slope.
	forums.railfan.net /forums.cgi?board=Virginian;action=display;num=1098089350 (1593 words)

	Virginian Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The story of the building of the Virginian Railway is a textbook example of natural resources and railroads, and of a smaller company taking on big business (and winning) early in the 20th century.
		The Virginian Railway was built early in the 20th century by building the Deepwater Railway in West Virginia and the Tidewater Railway in Virginia, and then combining them.
		The last spike in the Virginian Railway was driven on January 29, 1909, at the west side of the massive New River Bridge at Glen Lyn, near where the new railroad crossed the West Virginia-Virginia state line.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Virginian_Railway (3657 words)

	Virginian Railway: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The deepwater railway was an intrastate short line railroad located in west virginia in the united states which operated from 1898 to 1907....
		The tidewater railway was formed in 1904 as an intrastate railroad located in virginia in the united states by william n....
		The chesapeake and ohio railway (c&o) was a class i railroad formed in 1869 in virginia from many smaller railroads begun in the 19th century....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/v/vi/virginian_railway.htm (6120 words)

	Virginian Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The final spike in the Virginian Railway was driven on January 29, 1909, at the west side of the massive New River Bridge at Glen Lyn, near where the new railroad crossed the West Virginia-Virginia state line.
		In April 2005, the Virginian Railway Coalfield Seminar was held for 3 days at Twin Falls State Park, near Mullens, West Virginia.
		Formed in 2002, Virginian Railway (VGN) Enthusiasts (http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/VirginianRailwayEnthusiasts/), a non-profit group of preservationists, authors, photographers, historians, modelers, and rail fans has grown to over 500 members as far from the VGN tracks as Australia, including U.S. troops stationed in the war-torn Middle East.
	www.paducah.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Virginian_Railway (3512 words)

	roanoke.com - Neighbors stories-Memories, tall tales abound as rail retirees 'Take 20'
		The history of the Virginian Railway and its eventual demise, in some ways, is also the story of their lives.
		The Virginian Railway was made up of the Deepwater and Tidewater railways, which were renamed in 1907.
		The Virginian track was desirable because it was fairly straight and went by rivers, meaning it followed a gentle slope.
	www.roanoke.com /neighbors/12166.html (1023 words)

	Virginian Railway Gifs
		One of the few railways where coal drags had priority over passenger trains.
		The Virginian became part of the Norfolk & Western in 1959, but many people still count it among their favourite railroads.
		The Virginian was known for its massive steam and electric locomotives.
	www.geocities.com /lsisrail/vgngif.html (246 words)

	Main Street Newspapers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Even with a swayback terra cotta tile roof over charred timbers, the old Virginian Railway station has a certain majesty, standing as a memorial to trains and the way of life associated with those iron horses.
		Fans of the Virginian Railway will be getting together March 31-April 2 in Roanoke, to swap stories, brainstorm what can be done to save the station, and, in general, talk about the gold old days of railroads.
		He explained the predecessors of the Virginian were the Tidewater Railway in that portion of Virginia and the Deepwater Railway in West Virginia.
	www.mainstreetnewspapers.com /articles/2006/03/23/salem/news/news01.txt (674 words)

	Virginian Pilot Newspaper -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Virginian Railway was a Class I railroad located in Virginia and West Virginia in the United States.
		The series took place in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, and revolved around The Virginian's quest to maintain an orderly lifestyle for the ranch he worked on, which was called ''Shiloh Ranch''.
		Virginian Railway Herald Heralds are "logos" or "slogans" used by railroad companies and displayed on their equipment.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/160/virginian-pilot-newspaper.html (781 words)

	Virginian railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		An Introduction to The Virginian Railway by Martin E. Swartz, "Virginian Local" department editor for The Arrow (Opinions and choices of references here are those of the author, and not necessarily...
		Virginian Railway Click on an image to (1) either view a larger version of the...
		The Virginian Railway (AAR reporting mark VGN) was a Class I railroad located in Virginia and West Virginia in the United States.
	www.top-ranking.info /virginianrailway (216 words)

	VIRGINIAN RAILWAY CO. V. FEDERATION, 300 U.S. 515 (1937) -- US Supreme Court Cases from Justia & Oyez
		Experience had shown, before the amendment of 1934, that when there was no dispute as to the organizations authorized to represent the employees, and when there was willingness of the employer to meet such representative for a discussion of their grievances, amicable adjustment of differences had generally followed and strikes had been avoided.
		Kadrie, 281 U.S. In considering the propriety of the equitable relief granted here, we cannot ignore the judgment of Congress, deliberately expressed in legislation, that where the obstruction of the company union is removed, the meeting of employers and employees at the conference table is a powerful aid to industrial peace.
		Footnote 4 In the first two years after the enactment of the Railway Labor Act of 1926, 363 cases concerning rates of pay, rules, or working conditions were submitted to the United States Board of Mediation, and about 25 per cent.
	supreme.justia.com /us/300/515 (6422 words)

	PSRF - Public Service Research Foundation
		The decree * * * affirmed in [Virginian Railway] required the Railway Company to treat with the representative chosen by the employees and also to refrain from entering into collective labor agreements with anyone other than their true representative as ascertained in accordance with the provisions of the [RLA].
		As in Virginian Railway, this holding reflected the unanimous position the litigants—including the government—presented on the issue of exclusivity.
		If the Railway Labor Act purports to impose on [nonunion employees] the legal duty to comply with the terms of a [collective-bargaining] contract whereby the representative has discriminatorily restricted their employment for the benefit and advantage of the [union’s] own members, we must decide the constitutional questions * * *.
	psrf.org /gur/poltroon.jsp (11637 words)

	Introduction to the Virginian Railway
		For many years, the standard (and only) book was "The Virginian Railway" by H. Reid [Reid], published by Kalmbach.
		The Virginian was often in the forefront of steam locomotive development, particularly in the area of LARGE articulated locomotives.
		In 1923, Virginian management instituted a project to electrify its main operational bottleneck, the limitng grade of Clarks Gap Hill.
	www.nwhs.org /about_vgn.html (1100 words)

	WV Railroads: Virginian Railway photos (send as epostcards)
		The Virginian 2-6-6-6 steam locomotives were named as the "Blue Ridge" type on the VGN.
		Over 40 years after the merger that ended the life of the Virginian Ry., the name "Virginian" is still displayed at Deepwater, WV, the birthplace of the railroad - Photo: July 2000.
		Oak Hill Depot, once a joint-operated CandO and Virginia Railway station, is reportedly the last surviving Virginia station in West Virginia - May 2000.
	www.wvepostcards.com /virginian (156 words)

	Mark Twain and Henry Huttleston Rogers in Virginia
		Charles Lancaster, chairman of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce of the city Liverpool, one of England's greatest capitalists, who is largely interested in the Virginian Railway, and is a member of the Rogers party, spoke optimistically of the future of this port, which he said he visited some two years ago.
		Rogers, with Franklin Q Brown, of Redmond and Co., bankers of New York, a director of the Virginian and formerly vice-president and general manager of the Plant System of Railways and Steamers, are due to arrive her from New York this evening, by rail and to join the Rogers party here.
		However, his Virginian Railway was destined for success as the leading coal transport in the region and in 1959, the much coveted Virginian became part of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia.
	www.twainquotes.com /TwainRogersVA.html (5249 words)

	Excite -
		Norfolk & Western Railway was the product of more than 200 mergers over 150 years; and Southern Railway was formed through the consolidation of close to 150 lines over the same period of time.
		The predecessor to Norfolk and Western Railway was created in 1838 by William Mahone.
		In 1959, it acquired the Virginian Railway - the first in a rash of mergers throughout the industry.
	www1.excite.com /home/careers/company_profile/0,15623,502,00.html (858 words)

	Acorn Division History
		This portion of the Oak Mountain Railway sees heavy traffic in a generally North-South direction, although the general orientation of this segment of the railroad is East-West.
		In addition, a connection was made to the Virginian Railway at Canoe Tower, between Acorn City and Mapleton.
		Previously, the Virginian Railway, and the Wabash and Western had been brought under the control of the Oak Mountain Railroad in a series of separate transactions.
	home.att.net /~jcarlshaw/fblhist.html (745 words)

	The White Oak Railway - A West Virginia shortline railroad operating in the New River Plateau
		Because of the conflict with the Deepwater Railroad (a railroad which later began the Virginian Railway) on Lower Loup Creek, the proposed route was changed.
		Although his connection with the Virginian Railway provided Dixon with an alternative to shipping coal via the CandO Railway, the Virginian did not have "friendly" outlet to the west until the 1930's, after building a bridge that linked with the New York Central Railroad at Deepwater.
		A few years later, in 1917, the Oak Hill section of the White Oak Railway (from Carlisle to Bishop to Stuart) was sold to the Virginian Railway, with joint running rights being granted to the CandO Railway.
	www.wvexplorer.com /WVa-USA/history/mthope/whiteoak.asp (1196 words)

	Douglas County Illinois Trails (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Another early settler was John A. Richman, a West Virginian, who erected one of the first frame houses in the county in 1829.
		The Embarras and Kaskaskia Rivers flow through the county, which is also crossed by the Wabash and Illinois Central Railways.
		Besides a brick court-house it has five churches, a graded school, a national bank, two weekly newspapers and two establishments for the manufacture of carriages and wagons.
	www.iltrails.org /douglas (556 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Virginian Railway ran from Deepwater, W. Va. through Roanoke, Va., and on to Sewalls Point (Norfolk).
		At Glen Lyn - where the real Virginian crossed the New River into West Virginia on a 2,155-foot bridge - I added a freight yard beneath the bridge, and a mainline that continues down the New River to interchange with Chesapeake & Ohio Railway at Hinton, W. Va.
		Theme: The Virginian Railway (VGN) hauled coal from West Virginia through Roanoke, Virginia, and on to Sewalls Point, from 1907 through 1959, when it was taken over by the Norfolk & Western Railway.
	home.earthlink.net /~mmmdodd/vgn_map.html (434 words)

	Lionel 2-8-8-2 Steam Locomotives - Intro
		These locomotives were the biggest that the USRA had ever designed and were destined for the Norfolk and Western Railway.
		Lionel is proud to introduce c/n 61097 in both of her later liveries, as Santa Fe #1795 and as Virginian #741.
		Wanting to wring every ounce of power from their investment, the Virginian spent almost a year giving the 28-year-old locomotives a complete overhaul.
	www.lionel.com /PDF/2-8-8-2_page2.html (582 words)

	2005 Coal Car
		The Virginian Railway was organized in 1909 by financier Henry Rogers.
		By concealing his involvement with the Virginian, Rogers was able to prevent Vanderbilt from recognizing the magnitude of the competitive threat until it was too late to thwart construction of the railroad.
		The Virginian was well engineered and had better routes than its competitors from the coalfields to the Atlantic Ocean.
	lots-trains.org /html/2005_coal_car.html (293 words)

	Previous Car Projects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Virginian Railway purchased 3,100 USRA 2-bay hopper cars from the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company in four orders, beginning in September of 1928.
		References: (1) "Virginian Railway Classification, Diagrams and Data of Freight Cars", issued March 5, 1948, reprinted by TLC Publishing, Inc., (2) Accurail¹s art work for Virginian USRA hopper car, and (3) "Official Railway Equipment Register" (ORER) for 1953 (reprinted by the NMRA).
		The CCCandSt.L Railway controlled the Cincinnati Northern after 1902, and in 1930, operation of the railroad was transferred to the New York Central System, through their control of the CCCandSt.L. In 1923, the Cincinnati Northern ordered 750 USRA design (spec 479-B) hopper cars from the Pullman Car and Mfg.
	www.cincy-div7.org /Previous_Car_Projects.html (1130 words)

	Mark Twain and Henry Rogers
		Rogers and others left by special car for an inspection of the Virginian Railway's great terminal property at Sewell's Point, located a few miles beyond the corporate limits of Norfolk, where the Elizabeth River empties into Hampton Roads.
		Rogers witnessed the loading of the steamboat Everett of Boston with 7,200 tons cargo coal, this being the first cargo vessel to be loaded therefrom.
		The party start from here for an inspection of the Virginian system, extending from Norfolk to the coal fields of West Virginia, a distance of nearly 450 miles.
	www.twainquotes.com /19090404.html (718 words)

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