Talk:Norfolk Southern Railway (1942–1982)


 * Elizabeth City and Norfolk Railroad 1870-1883
 * Norfolk Southern Railroad 1883-1891
 * Norfolk and Southern Railroad 1891-1906
 * Norfolk and Southern Railway 1906-1910
 * Norfolk Southern Railroad 1910-1940
 * Norfolk Southern Railway 1940-1974?
 * Carolina and Northwestern Railway? 1982?-?

Related railroads and Baldwin built locomotives

 * Aberdeen and Asheboro Railroad (Baldwin 18424, 32049, 32100)
 * Albemarle and Pantego Railroad (Baldwin 10030) (Albemarle Timber Co Baldwin 17404)
 * Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
 * Carolina Railroad
 * Durham and South Carolina Railroad (Baldwin 30128, 37420)
 * (Egypt Railroad Company) (Baldwin 11313)
 * John L. Roper Lumber Company (Washington & Plymmouth Railroad) (Baldwin 20151)
 * Kinston Carolina Railroad
 * (Norfolk, Albemare & Atlantic Railroad) (Baldwin 14109)
 * Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad (joint) (Baldwin 15583, 15584, 23780, 27671, 32167, 34673, 37915, 41156, 43004, 44931, 54209, 54210)
 * Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Southern Railroad (Baldwin 15460, 15461, 15585, 15785, 15990)
 * Pamlico, Oriental and Western Railway
 * (Raleigh & Cape Fear Railroad) (Baldwin 24229)
 * Raleigh, Charlotte and Southern Railway
 * Raleigh and Pamlico Sound Railroad
 * (Raleigh & Southport Railroad) (Baldwin 31902, 33095, 36042, 37161)
 * Virginia and Carolina Coast Railroad (Baldwin 23885,23901)

Blurb for DYK
Did You Know

...The original Norfolk Southern was a small (and often financially struggling) regional railroad in Virginia and North Carolina for 98 years before it became the namesake of the combination of the large and profitable Class 1 Norfolk and Western and Southern Railway systems in 1982?

Over linking
Is it really necessary to have so many links? It is overlinked according to the manual of style. Bobblewik 02:37, 22 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Yes, its necessary for this specific topic. The history is extremely complex.
 * Whitby Mark 15:52, 23 September 2005 (UTC)


 * I understand the links to articles such as Norfolk and Western Railroad. But when we have so many links to articles, do we really need the links to years? It is overlinked according to the manual of style. Bobblewik 13:22, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 17:16, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Basic Information Missing
Being an European I missed the basic information in article of Norfolk Southern Railway Company. I traced these from World Railways 1960 edition published by Sampson Low´s "World Railways" Ltd London for more detailed study:

Norfolk Southern Railway Company, Norfolk 10, Virginia
 * Route lenght 604 miles (972 km)
 * Total track lenght 767 miles (1234 km )
 * Locomotives: 34 diesel locomotives
 * Freight train cars: 1513 freight cars
 * Revenue: 9.324.000 $
 * Expenses: 8.142.000 $
 * Operating Ratio: 87.3
 * Rails: 100 lb / yd (50 kg / metre)
 * Curvature max: 8.0 grade
 * Gradient max: 2.9 % (1 in 35)
 * Axle load max: 25 short (2000 lb) tons
 * Max speed: 45 mph (72 kph)

In the main article is not a single mention of railway´s motive power in past and present. Seems to have been in 1958 - 1959 a typical local freight carrier, as there were not a single passenger train car owned by the railway. This according to above mentioned source.

Article title
Why is this "Norfolk Southern Railway (1942-1982)"? From the history is seems that it started in 1870 and was the Norfolk Southern Railway or Railroad from 1883 until 1982. I might understand the title better if the article only covered the period after 1942, but that isn't the case. Ferritecore (talk) 15:40, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
 * A year later and the title is still misleading. Perhaps it should be changed to "Norfolk Southern Railway (historic)". Any comments? --Ken Gallager (talk) 13:57, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I just came here, 13 years later, to say I thought the exact same thing. 198.212.199.195 (talk) 19:43, 1 April 2024 (UTC)