Virginian Railway

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Virginian Railway

VGN 36 Fairbanks-Morse H-16-44 diesel locomotive crossing the diamond with Norfolk & Western Railway at South Norfolk, VA
Overview
Headquarters	Norfolk, Virginia
Reporting mark	VGN
Locale	Deepwater, West Virginia – Norfolk, Virginia
Dates of operation	1907–1959
Successor	Norfolk and Western
Technical
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.