Talk:Buckroe Beach, Virginia

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Was the trolley line Hampton & Langley Feilds or Newport News & Old Point Ry & Electric Co.?

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It was the Newport News & Hampton Ry Gas & Electric Co. I have a pamphlett describing the routes and what to see along the way, with a map dated 1914.

There is a postcard from 1907 showing a C&O excursion train from Richmond unloading passengers at the beach, with a 4-4-0 for power, a wooden baggage car, and roughly 7 coaches. Other postcards show company trollies at various locations in both Newport Hews and Hampton, including Old Point Comfort.

The electric Hampton and Langley Field Ry served exactly what was stated in the title. It ran from Brights Creek near the C&O's Hampton station along what is now King St., to Langley Field. There is very little evidence of its route left today, however. The most visible evidence is the remains of the wooden trestle across the Southwest Branch of back River, going onto the base at the King St gate. There are some older telephone poles along the route with some ornate lighting fixtures, and railroad spikes driven into them, that MAY have been from that operation.

Russell Underwood