List of Norfolk Southern Railway predecessor railroads

The following railroads merged to form the Norfolk Southern Railway.

  • The Southern Railway changed its name to the Norfolk Southern Railway on December 31, 1990.
    • The Norfolk and Western Railway was leased by the Southern Railway on December 31, 1990, and merged into the Southern in 1997.
      • The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate Road) merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway on October 16, 1964.
        • The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway was leased by the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad on December 1, 1949, and merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway on September 16, 1988.
      • The Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railway was leased by the Norfolk and Western Railway on October 16, 1964, and merged January 1, 1982. Its remaining lines were spun off to the new Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway on May 17, 1990.
      • The Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway was leased by the Norfolk and Western Railway on October 16, 1964, but was leased to the new Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway on May 17, 1990.
      • The Wabash Railway was leased by the Norfolk and Western Railway October 16, 1964 before becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the Norfolk & Western in December 1991. In 1997, the Wabash was merged into NS along with its parent, the N&W.
      • The Virginian Railway merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway on December 1, 1959.

Other companies:

CSX TransportationConrail Shared Assets OperationsNorfolk Southern RailwaySouthern RailwayConrailLehigh Valley RailroadErie Lackawanna RailwaySeaboard Coast LineErie RailroadCentral Railroad of New JerseyDelaware, Lackawanna and Western RailroadNorfolk & Western RailwayReading RailroadSeaboard Airline RailroadChessie SystemPenn Central Transportation CompanyWabash RailroadLouisville & Nashville RailroadWestern Maryland RailwayNew York CentralPennsylvania RailroadNickle Plate RailroadVirginian RailwayNew York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadBaltimore and Ohio RailroadChesapeake & Ohio RailwayAtlantic Coast Line Railroad
A family tree, so to speak, of Conrail, CSX Transportation, and Norfolk Southern Railway. Links are clickable.

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