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![]() VGN 36 Fairbanks-Morse H-16-44 diesel locomotive crossing the diamond with Norfolk & Western Railway at South Norfolk, VA | |
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Headquarters | Norfolk, Virginia |
Reporting mark | VGN |
Locale | Deepwater, West Virginia – Norfolk, Virginia |
Dates of operation | 1907–1959 |
Successor | Norfolk and Western |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
The Virginian Railway (reporting mark VGN) was a Class I railroad located in Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. The VGN was created to transport high quality "smokeless" bituminous coal from southern West Virginia to port at Hampton Roads.