Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains/Todo
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I found an extensive list of named passenger trains at http://monon.home.insightbb.com/mpages/pn.html --K4 pacific 02:40, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] things related to Virginia's railroads
I have been doing a lot of research and some article work on things related to Virginia's railroads.
1. some older railroads don't seem to have AAR symbols and/or logos 2. project would benefit for a consistent way of indication of progression/succession to current major US railroads 3. individuals are becoming identified, some rather obscure
I want my work to fit in properly, and would appreciate some guidance, and help so I can concentrate my work on content. The following are suggestions/problems for the coordinator for Wikiproject Trains. I do not have a problem with eliminating some which may be considered inappropriate for the project or WP.
Thanks for any help! Vaoverland 22:01, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Famous and not-so-famous people related to railroads
- Nicholas Mills Chesterfield Railway
- Beverly Randolph Chesterfield Railway
- Abraham S. Wooldridge Chesterfield Railway
- Claudius Crozet, Virginia's State Engineer
- Virginia Board of Public Works
- Virginia State Corporation Commission
- Moncure Robinson, (1802-1891) a European-trained civil engineer and U.S. railroad pioneer Chesterfield Railway
- Whitmell Pugh Tunstall founder of R&D
- Algernon Sidney Buford president of R&D, founder of Bon Air, Virginia
- Samuel Spencer became Southern's first president
- Hays T. Watkins, Jr. Chessie, CSX
- Michael J. Ward CSX
- Prime F. Osborn III of Seaboard and the first CEO of CSX
- John W. Snow CSX CEO, United States Secretary of the Treasury
- Lucius E. Johnson a president of N&W
- Frederick J. Kimball first president of N&W, pioneer of coalfields in WV and VA
- Henry H. Rogers look at draft in talk
[edit] Railroad towns and cities
- Mullens, West Virginia railroad town on VGN, N&W, NS
- Page, West Virginia railroad town on VGN, N&W, NS
- Victoria, Virginia railroad town on VGN, N&W
- Roanoke, Virginia railroad town on on VGN, N&W, NS
[edit] Predecessors to current major US railroads
[edit] CSX predecessors
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad predecessor to ACL, CSX
[edit] NS predecessors
NOTE: The following are NS predecessors. By 1890, the R&D System covered 3,300 miles of track in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Texas. In 1892, the R&D and subsidiaries entered receivership. Reorganized by J.P. Morgan and his New York banking firm of Drexel, Morgan and Company, they emerged in 1894 as the Southern Railway CompanySouthern Railway Company]], which controlled over 4,000 miles of line at its inception. In 1980, Southern Railway Company changed its name to Norfolk Southern Railway, and became part of today's Norfolk Southern Corporation.
Richmond and York River Railroad crucial role in George McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, (R&D) SOU, NS Piedmont Railroad in North Carolina, acquired by Richmond & Danville North Carolina Railroad (R&D), SOU, NS Piedmont Air Line a system of railroads across the southeast, (R&D) SOU, NS Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company essentially part and parcel of R&D from the beginning and throughout life (R&D) Georgia Pacific Railway (R&D) Rabun Gap Short Line Railway (R&D) Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway (R&D) Lawrenceville Branch Railroad (R&D) Northeastern Railroad of GeorgiaEast Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway (R&D) SOU NS Alabama Great Southern Railroad (R&D) SOU NS
