Talk:Norfolk Southern Railway (former)

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[edit] Related railroads and Baldwin built locomotives

[edit] 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?

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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.