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Virginia and North Carolina based railroad which ran south from Norfolk to Charlotte, it was now a combination of the names of the two merged
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1165:(9). National Railway Publication Company. February 1932.
1157:"Norfolk Southern Railroad, Tables 1, 2, 3, 4, 10a, 12".
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1212:(7). National Railway Publication Company. June 1941.
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870:"Norfolk Southern Railway" 1942–1982
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247:"Norfolk Southern Railway" 1942–1982
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1245:McFarland and Col., Inc., 2011, p. 282.
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2404:KCM&OTX
2189:CCC&STL
793:Union Depot
554:Chocowinity
518:Neuse River
433:, became a
427:914 mm
411:, south to
360:Pungo River
122:Track gauge
62:Raleigh, NC
2740:Categories
2634:TSTL&W
2599:SLIM&S
2259:CP&STL
1848:NC&STL
1618:CSPM&O
1578:CNO&TP
1543:CAR&NW
1241:Cox, Jim.
1116:Cox, Jim.
1090:References
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740:. The new
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413:Washington
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258:newspapers
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560:south to
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101:Successor
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1523:B&AR
1518:A&WP
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809:Belhaven
805:Columbia
783:in 1918.
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653:Aberdeen
578:Columbia
574:Belhaven
566:Pinetown
562:Oriental
546:Beaufort
514:New Bern
484:east to
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171:railroad
141: in
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52:Overview
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2624:T&N
2549:P&S
2534:P&E
2444:M&O
2434:M&I
2299:D&M
2209:C&I
2199:C&G
2194:C&E
2184:C&C
2174:C&A
2164:B&S
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2129:A&D
2058:T&P
1963:S&A
1958:RI/CRIP
1918:P&N
1883:N&W
1778:L&N
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1713:G&F
1628:C&W
1608:C&S
1588:C&O
1538:B&O
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1317:Current
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634:lines:
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612:Glendon
597:Cumnock
591:on the
582:trestle
564:, from
558:Bayboro
522:Bayboro
486:Zebulon
482:Raleigh
452:⁄
377:on the
358:on the
348:Mackeys
272:scholar
204:History
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2644:UTAH
2544:PRDG
2509:OWRN
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2284:CVRR
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2254:CNOR
2249:CNNE
2214:CINN
1998:SLSF
1993:SIRT
1928:PRSL
1898:NYCN
1688:ERIE
1593:CPME
1496:ASAB
1442:KCSM
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