Virginia Tech Digital Library and Archives

Guide to Manuscript Sources for Railroad History Research


The records of the Norfolk & Western and Southern railways, their subsidiaries and predecessors have been returned to Norfolk Southern Corp. (NS), which is consolidating its historical materials into a corporate archive in Atlanta. Under the terms of agreements established in the early 1980s between NS and Virginia Tech, the historical records of the Norfolk & Western Railway Company and the Southern Railway Company were deposited in the University Libraries' Special Collections while NS retained ownership of the materials. We are updating our web pages to reflect our resources currently available for railroad history and directing inquiries to the contact person Archives1@nscorp.com with questions about materials now in the NS corporate archive.

Virginia Tech's Special Collections will continue to be a significant source of railroad history through the more-than-200 cu. ft. of business records and drawings, photographs, personal papers and publications relating to various regional railroads from the 1840s to the 1980s acquired through other donations and purchases. More than 12,000 scanned images from NS and other sources will continue to be available through the VT ImageBase, one of our most popular online resources.


Railroad History Collection Introduction
Additional Sources for Railroad Historical Records
ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1860-64. Ms84-002. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1877-1932. Ms84-003. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. RECORDS, 1881-89. Ms84-004. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY / BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS. ILLUSTRATIONS, ca. 1900. 312 illustrations. Illustrations of locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company and the Baldwin Locomotive Works for various railroads, taken from company catalogs, individually mounted on linen pages. Ms98-003.
ANN ARBOR RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1898-1963. 6 vols. Ms90-071. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ANNISTON WAREHOUSE AND COMPRESS COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-1905. Ms84-005. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ARKANSAS CITY AND GRENADA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1872-73. Ms84-006. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ASHEVILLE AND CRAGGY MOUNTAIN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1890-1941. Ms84-007. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ASHEVILLE AND NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1905-39. Ms84-008. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ASHEVILLE AND SPARTANBURG RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1881-1902. Ms84-009. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE AIR-LINE RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1877-1913. Ms84-010. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ATLANTA AND RICHMOND AIR-LINE RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1870-77. Ms84-011. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ATLANTA COMPRESS COMPANY. RECORDS, 1898-1908. Ms84-012. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ATLANTIC AND FRENCH BROAD VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-82. Ms84-013. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ATLANTIC, MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1870-82. Ms81-001. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ATLANTIC, VALDOSTA, AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1897-1902. Ms84-014. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ATTICA, COVINGTON AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1879-86. Ms90-072. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
AUGUSTA, GIBSON, AND SANDERSVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1883-92. Ms84-015. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
AUGUSTA SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1892-1917. Ms84-016. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BALTIMORE, CHESAPEAKE, AND RICHMOND STEAMBOAT COMPANY. RECORDS, 1874-1900. Ms84-017. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BARKER AND CLARKS GAP RAILROAD. RECORDS, 1907-21. Ms81-002. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BELLEVILLE, CENTRALIA AND EASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1889. Ms84-018. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BELT RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1891-99. Ms81-003. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BELT RAILWAY COMPANY OF CHATTANOOGA. RECORDS, 1895-1946. Ms84-019. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BELTON, WILLIAMSTON, AND EASLEY RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1878-79. Ms84-020. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BIG SANDY AND CUMBERLAND RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1900-32. Ms81-004. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BIG SANDY, EAST LYNN, AND GUYAN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1902-11. Ms81-005. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BIG STONY RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1897-1917. Ms81-006. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BIRMINGHAM, SHEFFIELD AND TENNESSEE RIVER RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1889-98. Ms84-021. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BLACK MOUNTAIN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1903-08. Ms84-022. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BLACKSTONE AND LUNENBURG RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1905-11. Ms81-007. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BLUE RIDGE AND ATLANTIC RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1908-09. Ms84-023. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BLUE STONE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1881-84. Ms81-008. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BOONE COUNTY & BOONVILLE RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1873-1902. Ms90-073. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BRIERFIELD, BLOCTON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1889-90. Ms84-024. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BRUNSWICK & CHILLICOTHE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1873-99, 1922-34. Ms90-074. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BUCK CREEK RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1924-26. Ms81-009. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BUFFALO, CLEVELAND AND CHICAGO RAILWAY COMPANY OF NEW YORK. RECORDS, 1880-81. Ms90-075. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BUFFALO, CLEVELAND AND CHICAGO RAILWAY COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA. RECORDS, 1880-81. Ms90-076. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BUFFALO LAND AND COAL COMPANY. RECORDS, 1903-18. Ms81-010. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BUTLER AND DETROIT RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-81. Ms90-081. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CALDWELL AND NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1893-1910. Ms84-025. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CAPE FEAR AND YADKIN VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1894-99. Ms84-026. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CARETTA RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1906-10. Ms81-011. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CAROLINA MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1891-1902. Ms84-027. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CHAMPAIGN AND SOUTHEASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-87. Ms90-082. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CHARLOTTE, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1869-99. Ms84-028. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CHARLOTTESVILLE AND RAPIDAN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1878-1914. Ms84-029. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CHATTANOOGA AND TENNESSEE RIVER BRIDGE COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-90. Ms84-030. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CHATTANOOGA UNION RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1884-95. Ms84-031. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CHICAGO AND STATE LINE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-1923. Ms90-083. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CHICAGO AND STRAWN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1879-80. Ms90-084. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CHILLICOTHE AND OMAHA RAIL ROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1867-71. Ms90-085. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CINCINNATI AND EASTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY. RECORDS, 1877-1902. Ms81-012. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CINCINNATI CONNECTING BELT RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1899-1907. Ms81-013. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CINCINNATI & EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1876-77. 0.2 cu. ft. Records include payroll accounts and bills paid by the railroad to creditors. Ms98-025.
CINCINNATI, NEW ORLEANS AND TEXAS PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1882-1908. Ms84-032. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CINCINNATI, PORTSMOUTH, AND VIRGINIA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1891-1907. Ms81-014. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CINCINNATI, ROCKPORT AND SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1871-80. Ms84-033. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CLARKSVILLE AND NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-88. Ms84-034. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CLAYTON RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1881. Ms84-035. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CLAYTOR, ROBERT B. PAPERS, 1952-78. 0.4 cu. ft. Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Norfolk Southern Foundation, and former general solicitor and Executive Vice President of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company. Papers consist of correspondence, articles, brochures, and rosters created or collected by Claytor and his brother, W. Graham Claytor, about the National Railway Historical Society, the preservation of historic trains (including Southern Railway Engine 4501 and N&W Locomotive Number 611), and the Norfolk and Western Railway Company. Ms91-047.
CLEAR FORK AND OCEANA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1907-29. Ms81-015. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CLEVELAND AND NEW CASTLE RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1898-1921. Ms90-086. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
COALBURG COAL AND COKE COMPANY. RECORDS, 1883-86. Ms84-036. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
COLUMBIA AND GREENVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-95. Ms84-037. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
COLUMBIA AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1902-03. Ms90-087. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
COLUMBUS CONNECTING AND TERMINAL RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1892-1922. Ms81-016. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
COLUMBUS, FAYETTE AND DECATUR RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1872-82. Ms84-038. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
COPPER RANGE SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1902-13. Ms84-039. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
COUNCIL BLUFFS AND ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1879-80. Ms90-088. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CUMBERLAND GAP CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-96. Ms84-040. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CUMBERLAND RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1902-25. Ms84-041. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
CUMBERLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1902-44. Ms84-042. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
DAN VALLEY AND YADKIN RIVER NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-83. Ms84-043. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
DANVILLE AND NEW RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1875-86. Ms84-044. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
DANVILLE, MOCKSVILLE AND SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-99. Ms84-045. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
DEEPWATER RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1898-1921. Ms81-017. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
DETROIT AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1909-58. Ms90-089. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
DURHAM AND ROXBORO RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1886-87. Ms81-018. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
EAST RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1881-82. Ms81-019. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
EAST ST. LOUIS, MADISON AND GRANITE CITY RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1900-04. Ms84-046. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
EAST ST. LOUIS RELAY PASSENGER STATION ASSOCIATION. RECORDS, 1928-37. Ms90-091. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
EAST TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1848-69. Ms84-047. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
EAST TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1849-70. Ms84-048. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
EAST TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1870-86. Ms84-049. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
EAST TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1886-95. Ms84-050. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
EDGEFIELD BRANCH RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1878-80. Ms84-051. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
EDGEFIELD, TRENTON AND AIKEN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-82. Ms84-052. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ELBERTON AIR LINE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1872-1907. Ms84-053. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ELYTON AND ABERDEEN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-82. Ms84-054. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ENSLEY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1900-26. Ms84-055. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
EVANSVILLE, ROCKPORT AND EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-81. Ms84-056. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
FLINT RIVER AND GULF RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1903-07. Ms84-057. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
FORT WAYNE AND DETROIT RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1901. Ms90-093. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
FORT WAYNE AND ILLINOIS RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887. Ms90-094. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
FORT WAYNE, CINCINNATI AND LOUISVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1881-1923. Ms90-092. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
FRANKFORT, ST. LOUIS AND TOLEDO RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1876-82. Ms90-095. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
FRENCH, CHAPMAN J. (1880-1964). PAPERS, 1903-1951. 1.5 cu. ft. Graduate of Virginia Tech (class of 1902), civil engineer employed by the Norfolk & Western Railway Company (1902-1950). Office papers, including notes, correspondence, memoranda, specifications, maps and plans relating to both specific projects and engineering department procedures, as well as other aspects of railway’s administration and operation. Also includes small set of personal papers. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-034.
GADSDEN AND ATTALLA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1886-1904. Ms84-058. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
GADSDEN CAR WORKS. RECORDS, 1906-25. Ms84-059. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
GEORGIA COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-95. Ms84-060. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
GEORGIA MIDLAND TERMINAL COMPANY. RECORDS, 1891-1941. Ms84-061. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
GEORGIA PACIFIC CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. RECORDS, 1888. Ms84-062. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
GEORGIA PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY OF ALABAMA. RECORDS, 1881-82. Ms84-063. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
GEORGIA PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY OF GEORGIA. RECORDS, 1881. Ms84-064. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
GEORGIA PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1882-94. Ms84-065. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
GEORGIA SOUTHERN AND FLORIDA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1895-1918. Ms84-066. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
GIBBONEY, A. H. AND WILLIAM. LETTER, 1882. Letter to W. R. Wharton concerning the payment of employees of the Norfolk and Western Railroad (formerly the Atlantic, Mississippi, and Ohio Railroad). Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2008-070.
GREENVILLE AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1850-79. Ms84-067. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
GREENVILLE AND FRENCH BROAD RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1874. Ms84-068. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
GREENVILLE, COLUMBUS AND BIRMINGHAM RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1873-81. Ms84-069. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
GREENVILLE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. RECORDS, 1877-93. Ms84-070. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
GREENVILLE, DEER CREEK AND ROLLING FORK RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1870-80. Ms84-071. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
GULF LINE RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1907-13. Ms84-072. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
GULF TERMINAL COMPANY. RECORDS, 1905-44. Ms84-073. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
GUYANDOT AND TUG RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1903-33. Ms81-020. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
HANNIBAL AND NAPLES RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1863-76. Ms90-096. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
HANNIBAL UNION DEPOT COMPANY. RECORDS, 1920-52. Ms90-097. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
HAUPT, HERMAN (1817-1905). MANUSCRIPT REMINISCENCES, ca. 1862-1900. 0.5 cu. ft. Chief of construction and transportation for the military railroad system for the Union Army during the Civil War; later chief engineer or general manager for several railroads, including the Shenandoah Valley, the Richmond and Danville, and the Northern Pacific, and president of the Dakota and Great Southern Railroad. Manuscript consists of the original draft for his Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt (published in 1901), containing correspondence, copies of telegraph messages, and general orders from the Civil War. Among the correspondence is a letter from Robert Todd Lincoln. Ms88-010.
HAWKINSVILLE AND FLORIDA SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1896-1924. Ms84-074. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
HENRY, ROBERT SELPH (1889-1970). PAPERS, 1940-70. 4.0 cu. ft. Historian, railroad executive, lawyer. Born in Tennessee, graduated from Vanderbilt University with an L.L.B. in 1910. Captain in World War I, later a colonel in the Army Reserve until his retirement in 1952. Assistant to the Vice President of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad (1921-34), Vice President of the Association of American Railroads (1934-58). Author of several books on Mexican War, Civil War, Reconstruction, and railroad history, including The Story of the Confederacy (1931), Trains (1934), "First With the Most" Forrest (1944), and The Story of the Mexican War (1950). President of the Southern Historical Association (1957). Papers consist of correspondence, subject files, photographs, and clippings concerning his research on various topics in Civil War and railroad history, including information about General Nathan Bedford Forrest, and his papers as President of the SHA. Ms89-020.
HIWASSEE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1836-48. Ms84-075. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
HOLDEN, ROY JAY JR. (1921-89). PAPERS, 1947-89. 9.0 cu. ft. Authority on the handling of hazardous materials. Graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1942 (M.S., Mechanical Engineering). Progressed from Stress Analyst to Product Manager (1947-70) with American Car and Foundry Industries in St. Charles, Missouri. Manager of Technical Services (1980-89) of the Bureau of Explosives of the Association of American Railroads, and responsible for advising railroad companies on the shipping of hazardous materials and on measures for reducing the hazards. Papers document his career in railroad tank car design and the handling of hazardous materials. Unprocessed. Ms91-023.
HOLSTON RIVER RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1906-08. Ms84-076. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
HOWARD COLLIERY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1903-18. Ms81-021. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
HOWARD LAND COMPANY. RECORDS, 1910-18. Ms81-022. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
HUNTINGBURG, TELL CITY AND CANNELTON RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1885-89. Ms84-077. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
IAGER AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1898-1912. Ms81-023. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ILLINOIS AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD AND COAL COMPANY. RECORDS, 1865-89. Ms84-078. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN IOWA RAIL ROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1857-65. Ms90-098. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
INTERIOR AND WEST VIRGINIA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1906-11. Ms81-024. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
IRON BELT LAND, MINING, AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. RECORDS, 1883-87. Ms81-025. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
JACKSONVILLE SOUTHEASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1879-89. Ms84-079. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
JOHNSON CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1905-09. Ms84-080. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
KANSAS CITY, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS AND NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1922-37. Ms90-099. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
KENILWORTH INN COMPANY. RECORDS, 1891-94. Ms84-081. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
KENOVA AND BIG SANDY RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1902-12. Ms81-026. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
KENTUCKY AND INDIANA BRIDGE COMPANY. RECORDS, 1881-1900. Ms84-082. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
KNOX CREEK RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1912-36. Ms81-027. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
KNOXVILLE AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-81. Ms84-083. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
KNOXVILLE AND BRISTOL RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1898-1903. Ms84-084. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
KNOXVILLE AND KENTUCKY RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1854-55. Ms84-085. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
KNOXVILLE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1873-1903. Ms84-086. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
KNOXVILLE, CUMBERLAND GAP AND LOUISVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-95. Ms84-087. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
KNOXVILLE, CUMBERLAND GAP AND LOUISVILLE RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1895-98. Ms84-088. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LAKE ERIE AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-1923. Ms90-104. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LAKE ERIE AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1879-85. Ms90-105. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LAKE ERIE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. RECORDS, 1889-1911. Ms90-100. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LAKE ERIE, WABASH AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1852-56. Ms90-101. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LAWRENCEVILLE BRANCH RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1878-1920. Ms84-089. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LEECH, PRESTON. GLASS SLIDES, ca. 1900-1925. 298 slides. Collection of 298 glass slides collected by Preston Leech, a Roanoke, Virginia, native and an employee of the Norfolk & Western Railway Company in the 1950s and 1960s. Most of the slides are of N&W locomotives, rail routes, and stations. Other slides are of general agricultural and industrial scenes, and of the Luray Caverns in Virginia. Ms94-003.
LEXINGTON AND DANVILLE RAILROAD ASSOCIATION. RECORDS, 1859-74. Ms84-090. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LINGOHOCKEN COAL COMPANY. RECORDS, 1904-18. Ms81-028. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LOUISVILLE AND ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1886-88. Ms84-091. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LOUISVILLE, EVANSVILLE AND ST. LOUIS CONSOLIDATED RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1889-1901. Ms84-092. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LOUISVILLE, EVANSVILLE AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1886-89. Ms84-093. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LOUISVILLE, EVANSVILLE AND ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1881-85. Ms84-094. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LOUISVILLE, HARRODSBURG AND VIRGINIA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1882-84. Ms84-095. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LOUISVILLE, NEW ALBANY AND ST. LOUIS AIR LINE RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1871-79. Ms84-096. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LOUISVILLE, NEW ALBANY AND ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1877-82. Ms84-097. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LOUISVILLE SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1885-96. Ms84-098. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LOUP CREEK COLLIERY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1902-41. Ms81-029. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LOWER CREEK AND LINVILLE VALLEY TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. RECORDS, 1891-93. Ms84-099. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LURAY CAVE AND HOTEL COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-94. Ms81-030. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LYNCHBURG AND DURHAM RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-96. Ms81-031. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LYNCHBURG BELTLINE AND CONNECTING RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1907-12. Ms81-032. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
LYNCHBURG, HALIFAX, AND NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. RECORDS, 1885-87. Ms81-033. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
MACON AND BRUNSWICK RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-81. Ms84-100. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
MACON AND NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1891-92. Ms84-101. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
MANDEVILLE AND SULPHUR SPRINGS RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1869-70. Ms84-102. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1850-98. Ms84-103. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
MEMPHIS-CHATTANOOGA RAILWAY. RECORDS, 1899-1941. Ms84-104. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
MIDDLESBOROUGH MINERAL RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1900-02. Ms84-105. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
MILTON AND SUTHERLIN NARROW-GAUGE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1877-82. Ms84-106. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
MINE HILL & SCHUYLKILL HAVEN RAILROAD. STOCK CERTIFICATES, 1833-1836. 0.1 cu. ft. Coal carrier in Pennsylvania, eventually purchased by the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. Three certificates of stock, issued to John H. Cresson. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-035.
MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS BRIDGE AND BELT RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1920-46. Ms90-106. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
MOBILE TRANSATLANTIC AND TERMINAL COMPANY. RECORDS, 1895-1903. Ms84-107. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
MONTPELIER AND CHICAGO RAILROAD COMPANY OF INDIANA. RECORDS, 1889-91. Ms90-107. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
MONTPELIER AND CHICAGO RAILROAD COMPANY OF OHIO. RECORDS, 1889-91. Ms90-108. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
MORRISTOWN AND CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1881-82. Ms84-108. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
MORRISTOWN, CUMBERLAND GAP AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-82. Ms84-109. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NASHVILLE AND MISSISSIPPI DELTA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1890-1902. Ms84-110. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NASHVILLE TERMINAL REALTY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1906-23. Ms84-111. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NEW ALBANY BELT AND TERMINAL RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1890-94. Ms84-112. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NEW ENGLAND PRESS ASSOCIATION. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, ca. 1880. Press association organized in the late 1860s from the Boston Press Association. Merged into the Associated Press in 1897. Sixty-four photographs taken on a tour of a group of New England Press Association members to North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Maryland. Photographs include scenes of Belle Meade, a horse farm in Tennessee owned by Civil War Confederate General William Hicks Jackson (1835-1903). Also includes scenes of the wreck of an East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad car at Rock Bridge, Tennessee; Luray Caverns in Virginia; Antietam Civil War battle site; the Tennessee State Capitol; and the East Tennessee and North Carolina Railroad. Original returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com. Images available on the VT Imagebase. Ms91-024.
NEW JERSEY, INDIANA AND ILLINOIS RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1921-50. Ms90-110. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NEW ORLEANS AND NORTH EASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1870-80. Ms84-113. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NEW ORLEANS AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1895-1901. Ms84-114. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NEW ORLEANS BELT AND TERMINAL COMPANY. RECORDS, 1901-03. Ms84-115. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NEW RIVER AND NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1902-11. Ms81-034. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NEW RIVER, HOLSTON AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1900-19. Ms81-035. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NEW RIVER INVESTMENT COMPANY. RECORDS, 1889-1904. Ms81-036. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NEW RIVER PLATEAU RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1888-91. Ms81-037. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NEW RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY (VIRGINIA). RECORDS, 1879-86. Ms81-038. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NEW RIVER RAILROAD, MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY (VIRGINIA). RECORDS, 1873-82. Ms81-040. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NEW RIVER RAILROAD, MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF WEST VIRGINIA. RECORDS, 1874-81. Ms81-041. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO RAILWAY COMPANY OF ILLINOIS. RECORDS, 1881. Ms90-111. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO RAILWAY COMPANY OF INDIANA. RECORDS, 1881. Ms90-112. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO RAILWAY COMPANY OF OHIO. RECORDS, 1881. Ms90-113. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887, 1916-23, 1951-52. Ms90-114. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1881-87. Ms90-118. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NORFOLK AND PETERSBURG RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1853-71. Ms81-042. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NORFOLK AND WESTERN PASSENGER STATION. PHOTOGRAPH, n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. The Marion, Virginia, station operated as a passenger station from 1882-1971. The collection contains a single black and white image of the station. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-029.
NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1881-96. Ms81-043. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES. COLLECTION, 1855-1967. 1.2 cu. ft. Reorganized in 1896 from the Norfolk and Western Railroad; merged with Southern Railway in 1982 to form Norfolk Southern Corporation. Financial and legal documents, reports, maps, construction files, printed materials and photographs relating to the railway, its predecessor and subsidiary lines and other associated enterprises, including the Atlantic & Danville Railway; Bluefield Inn; Hotel Roanoke; New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road"); Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad; Norfolk and Western Railroad; Roanoke Machine Works, and the Winston-Salem Southbound Railway. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-037.
NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL RECORDS, 1874-1907. 0.5 cu. ft. Three ledgers containing records relating to the personnel of the company's accounting department, listing employee name, age, marital status, date of hire, jobs worked, and wages earned. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Norfolk & Western Railway Archives. Ms92-058.
NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. CONSTRUCTION SITE PHOTOGRAPHS, 1967-81, n.d. 0.6 cu. ft. Collection of approximately 360 photographs of railroad construction in Southwest Virginia. Ms97-027.
NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. HISTORICAL BRIDGE DRAWINGS COLLECTION, 1873-1994 (bulk 1890-1965). 607 cu. ft. Ms94-004. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION, ca. 1905-69. Approximately 10,000 photographic images taken by the Norfolk and Western Railway's Public Relations Department. Subjects include locomotives; cars; coal mines; stations; cities and towns; Roanoke, Virginia, and the Hotel Roanoke; farm scenes; resorts; train wrecks; colleges and universities; group and individual portraits; and caves and caverns. Some photographs date from as early as the 1880s, and a large group of glass plates dates from the early 1900s, but the bulk of the photograph collection dates from the 1920s or later. Other railroads covered by the collection in addition to the Norfolk and Western include the Atlantic and Danville; the Atlantic, Mississippi, and Ohio; the Big Stony; the Chesapeake and Ohio; the Cincinnati, Portsmouth, and Virginia; the Lynchburg and Durham; the New River, Holston, and Western; the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis; the Norfolk and Virginia Beach; the Ohio Railroad; the Ohio and Northwestern; the Ohio River and Columbus; the Ohio River and Western; the Virginian; the Virginia and Tennessee; and the Wabash. Originals returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com. Images available on the VT Imagebase. Ms88-120.
NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. LAW DEPARTMENT RECORDS, 1874-1875, 1882-1886, 1956. Ms98-005. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. PHOTOGRAPH, [1925?]. 0.1 cu. ft. Rail carrier headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia. Photograph of group believed to be Roanoke, Virginia employees of the company. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-019.
NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1896-1933. Ms81-044. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NORFOLK DRAWBRIDGE COMPANY. RECORDS, 1832-81. Ms81-045. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NORFOLK TERMINAL COMPANY. RECORDS, 1882-89. Ms81-046. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1899-1940. Ms84-116. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NORTH CAROLINA MIDLAND RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-97. Ms84-117. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1849-91. Ms84-118. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NORTH-EASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1877-92. Ms84-119. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NORTH MISSOURI RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1861-72. Ms90-118. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NORTHERN ALABAMA RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1895-1939. Ms84-120. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1868-95. Ms84-121. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1879-81. Ms90-120. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
OHIO RIVER RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1877-80. Ms81-047. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ORANGE, ALEXANDRIA AND MANASSAS RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1870-72. Ms84-122. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1855-67. Ms84-123. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ORE BELT RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1888-1914. Ms84-124. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ORLEANS, WEST BADEN AND FRENCH LICK SPRINGS RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1888-97. Ms84-125. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
OXFORD AND CLARKSVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1886-95. Incorporated in North Carolina (1885). Ms84-126. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
OXFORD AND HENDERSON RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1879-95. Ms84-127. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
PHILADELPHIA & READING RAILROAD. RECEIPTS, 1855-1865. 0.1 cu. ft. Railroad serving Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Two receipts issued to the company by the Catawissa, Williamsport & Erie Railroad and N. & A. Middleton of Philadelphia. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-038.
PIEDMONT RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1862-95. Ms84-128. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
PIKE COUNTY RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1857-65. Ms90-121. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
PITTSBURGH, AKRON AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1904-39. Ms90-139. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
PITTSBURGH AND WEST VIRGINIA RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1938-64. Ms90-122. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
PITTSBURGH RAILROAD AND COAL COMPANY. RECORDS, 1863-65. Ms84-129. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
POCAHONTAS AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1904-12. Ms81-048. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
POCAHONTAS COAL AND COKE COMPANY. RECORDS, 1927-39. Ms81-050. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
POCAHONTAS COAL COMPANY. RECORDS, 1885-1909. Ms81-049. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
POND CREEK BY-PRODUCTS COAL COMPANY. RECORDS, 1918-21. Ms81-051. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
POWELL'S VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1886-88. Ms84-130. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
RABUN GAP SHORT LINE RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-81. Ms84-131. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
RADFORD BRICK COMPANY. RECORDS, 1889-1917. Ms81-052. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
RADFORD SOUTHERN RAILROAD AND MINING COMPANY. RECORDS, 1899-1911. Ms81-055. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
[RAILROAD STOCK CERTIFICATES AND BONDS, ca. 1840S-1910s]. 0.4 cu. ft. Collection of 138 United States railroad stock certificates and bonds from the 1840s to the 1910s, mostly from the 1870s through the 1890s. Most of the items have engraved pictures of trains and stations. The railroads include the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway Company, the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad Company, and the Utica and Schenectady Railroad Company. One of the items, a stock certificate for the Michigan Central Railroad Company, is signed of loans made to the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ms91-066.
RALEIGH COAL & COKE COMPANY. RAIL SPUR DRAWING, 1920. 0.1 cu. ft. Coal mining company operating in Raleigh County, West Virginia during the first half of the twentieth century. As-built drawing for a rail spur line to the company’s Number 3 Mine, located on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway’s Piney Creek Branch (New River District). Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-039.
RICHMOND AND DANVILLE EXTENSION COMPANY. RECORDS, 1879-93. Ms84-132. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
RICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1847-94. Ms84-133. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
RICHMOND AND MECKLENBURG RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1879-1950. Ms84-134. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
RICHMOND AND WEST POINT TERMINAL RAILWAY AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-94. Ms84-135. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
RICHMOND, YORK RIVER AND CHESAPEAKE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1881-94. Ms84-136. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ROANOKE AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. CHARTER AMENDMENT, 1893. 0.1 cu. ft. Railroad company leasing a line between Roanoke, Virginia and Winston-Salem, North Carolina to Norfolk & Western Railroad Company. Flyer containing text charter amendment, granting the company the power to sell and lease property and to merge and consolidate with other companies. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-018.
ROANOKE AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1886-96. Ms81-056. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ROANOKE AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY OF NORTH CAROLINA. RECORDS, 1887-88. Ms81-057. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ROANOKE LAND AND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. RECORDS, 1888-89. Ms88-020. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ROANOKE MACHINE WORKS. RECORDS, 1881-97. Ms81-058. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ROANOKE RAILWAY AND ELECTRIC COMPANY. PHOTO ALBUM, c.1909. 0.3 cu. ft. Photo album featuring images of the Roanoke Railway and Electric Company buildings and lines, as well as scenic views within the Roanoke area. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Images from the album are available on the VT Imagebase. Ms2003-002.
ROANOKE VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1854-75. Ms84-137. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ROCK ISLAND LINES. INSURANCE BOOKLET, 1926. 0.1 cu. ft. Company composed of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway. Booklet promoting and describing the company's employee insurance plan. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-041.
ROSWELL RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-1913. Ms84-138. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ST. CHARLES BRIDGE COMPANY. RECORDS, 1868-73. Ms90-123. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ST. CLAIR RAILROAD AND COAL COMPANY. RECORDS, 1853-63. Ms84-139. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ST. CLAIR RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1841-53. Ms84-140. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ST. LOUIS, COUNCIL BLUFFS AND OMAHA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1922-34. Ms90-124. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ST. LOUIS, JERSEYVILLE AND SPRINGFIELD RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-86. Ms90-125. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ST. LOUIS, MT. CARMEL AND NEW ALBANY RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1871-72. Ms84-141. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
ST. LOUIS, OTTUMWA AND CEDAR RAPIDS RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1875-92. Ms90-126. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SALISBURY AND GLASGOW RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1877. Ms90-127. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SANDERSVILLE AND TENNILLE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1876-90. Ms84-142. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SCIOTO VALLEY AND NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1890-96. Ms81-061. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SCIOTO VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-90. Ms81-060. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SELMA AND MERIDIAN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1865-77. Ms84-143. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SHARP, THOMAS ROBINSON (1834-?). PAPERS, 1859-1908. 0.8 cu. ft. Railroad official for several railroads in the eastern United States in the mid to late 1800s, born in Mt. Carbon, Pennsylvania. Served as superintendent for the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad (1853-54), East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad (1854), Petersburg Railroad (1855-56), Alabama & Florida Railroad (1857-59), Richmond & York River Railroad (1859-60), and Savannah & Memphis Railroad (1871-72). Served as military road superintendent of the Confederate States of America from June 1861 to April 1865. Master of transportation for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (1872-77), receiver for the Long Island Railroad (1877-80), president of the Danville, Mocksville & Southwestern Railroad Company (1880-?), president of the Cincinnati, Wheeling & New York Railroad (1883-?), and general manager of the Kanawha & Ohio Railroad (1886-?). Papers consist of journals, scrapbooks, and correspondence copy books created by Sharp, most with information about his work with the railroads. Finding aid available in EAD on Virginia Heritage database. Ms97-019.
SHEFFIELD AND BIRMINGHAM RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1885-87. Ms84-144. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1870-90. Ms81-092. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1890-1920. Ms81-062. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SIEVERN AND KNOXVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1898-1933. Ms84-145. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SLOAN'S VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1906-08. Ms84-146. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SMITH, FRANK. RESEARCH PAPER, 1989. 0.1 cu. ft. Shelbyville, Kentucky, resident. Typescript copy of "The Bridge at Tyrone," by Smith about the construction in 1889 of a railroad bridge in Tyrone, Kentucky, owned by the Louisville Southern Railroad. Ms90-006.
SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA EXTENSION RAILROAD COMPANY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. RECORDS, 1898-1902. Ms84-147. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1894-1902. Ms84-148. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SOUTH CAROLINA CANAL AND RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1835-41. Ms84-149. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1881-94. Ms84-150. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SOUTH WEST VIRGINIA RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1901-08. Ms81-064. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SOUTHERN BELT RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1904. Ms84-151. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SOUTHERN IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. RECORDS, 1886-90. Ms84-152. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1891-1972. Ms87-063. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SOUTHSIDE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1849-73. Ms81-063. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880. Ms90-030. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SPARTANBURG AND UNION RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1851-73. Ms84-153. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SPARTANBURG, UNION AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1877-95. Ms84-154. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SPRINGFIELD AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1878-81. Ms90-128. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
STATE LINE CONNECTING RAILWAY COMPANY. STOCK LEDGER, 1900-48. Ms90-129. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
STATESVILLE AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-1900. Southern Railway Archives. Ms84-155. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
SULLIVAN RAILROAD COMPANY. STOCK CERTIFICATE, 1851. 0.1 cu. ft. Railroad line between Windsor and Bellows Falls, Vermont. Certificate for ten shares of company stock issued to H. W. Pickering, trustee. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-042.
SUMTER AND WATEREE RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1898-1903. Ms84-156. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
TENNESSEE, ALABAMA & GEORGIA RAILROAD. ANNUAL REPORT, 1917. 0.1 cu. ft. Rail line operating between Chattanooga, Tennessee and Gadsden, Alabama; purchased by the Southern Railway in 1971. Annual report providing figures for railway's operation, including workforce, equipment, tonnage hauled, income and expenditures. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-043.
TENNESSEE, ALABAMA & GEORGIA RAILWAY. ANNUAL REPORT, 1917. 0.1 cu. ft. Rail line spanning 92 miles from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Gadsden, Alabama; purchased by the Southern Railway in 1971. Annual report providing figures for railway's operation, including workforce, equipment, tonnage hauled, income and expenditures. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-044.
TENNESSEE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1885-89. Ms84-157. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
TENNESSEE CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1895-1908. Ms84-174. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
TENNESSEE NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1897-1903. Ms84-158. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
TIDEWATER COMPANY. RECORDS, 1909-25. Ms81-065. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
TIDEWATER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. RECORDS, 1907-08. Ms81-066. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
TIDEWATER RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1904-07. Ms81-067. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
TOLEDO AND CHICAGO RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1901. Ms90-130. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
TOLEDO AND ILLINOIS RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1853-56. Ms90-102. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
TOLEDO AND WABASH RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1860-75. Ms90-133. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
TOLEDO AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1924-37. Ms90-135. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
TOLEDO, DELPHOS AND INDIANAPOLIS RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1872-79. Ms90-131. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
TOLEDO, ST. LOUIS AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1900-23. Ms90-132. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
TOLEDO, WABASH AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1856-58. Ms90-103. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
TOLEDO, WABASH AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1865-76. Ms90-134. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
TUG RIVER AND KENTUCKY RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1914-36. Ms81-093. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
TUG RIVER AND NORTH FORK RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1899-1902. Ms81-069. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
TUSCUMBIA, COURTLAND AND DECATUR RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1832-43. Ms84-159. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
UNITED STATES MILITARY RAILROADS. RECEIPT, 1865. 0.1 cu. ft. Federal agency operating railroads seized and consolidated during the Civil War. Receipt issued to W. W. Tuttle, general freight agent at Nashville, Tennessee. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2008-097.
VENICE AND CARONDELET RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-89. Ms84-160. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
VILLA RICA BRANCH RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1901-02. Ms84-161. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1860-71. Ms81-070. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIA AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-90. Ms81-071. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1904-08. Ms84-162. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD COMPANY. LETTERS, 1849. 0.1 cu. ft. Railroad chartered in 1849 and built in the 1850s. Letters to former senator William S. Archer informing him of his election as delegate to the V&T's July convention in Memphis, Tennessee. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2008-077.
VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1848-71. Ms81-073. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIA, CAROLINA, AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1906-13. Ms81-074. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIA COMPANY. RECORDS, 1888-1921. Ms81-075. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIA HOLDING CORPORATION. RECORDS, 1921-34. Ms81-076. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIA MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1881-97. Ms84-163. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIA MINERAL RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-1911. Ms81-078. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIAN AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1919-36. Ms81-079. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1907-26. Ms81-080. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIAN TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1907-36. Ms81-081. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
VULCAN COAL COMPANY. RECORDS, 1902-20. Ms81-082. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
WABASH RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1836-1954. Ms2003-001. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
WASHINGTON AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-90. Ms81-084. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
WASHINGTON CITY, VIRGINIA MIDLAND AND GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1872-81. Ms84-164. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
WASHINGTON, OHIO AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1883-95. Ms84-165. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
WATAUGA TURNPIKE COMPANY. RECORDS, 1906-11. Ms84-166. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
WEST SIDE BELT RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1906-17. Ms81-086. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
WEST VIRGINIA AND IRONTON RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1888-90. Ms81-087. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
WEST VIRGINIA AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1886-90. Ms81-088. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
WEST VIRGINIA SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1902-10. Ms81-089. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1855-95. Ms84-167. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1877-79. Ms84-168. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
WHITLEY, O. GAINES. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, ca. 1912. Surveyor for the Norfolk & Western Railway Company in 1912 from Albemarle, North Carolina, who compiled two photograph albums of photographs taken while surveying property in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia for the railroad. Most of the people and locations in the photographs are unidentified. Ms95-021.
WILLIAMSON AND POND CREEK RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1912-36. Ms81-090. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
WINSTON-SALEM AND MADISON RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1879-81. Ms84-169. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
WINSTON-SALEM UNION STATION COMPANY. RECORDS, 1916-26. Ms81-091. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
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