the A&D,Original NS,and SCL

[Davidellias]

Did the Seaboard Coast Line railroad ever cross over the Atlantic and Danville and/or the Original Norfolk Southern?

I am Proto Freelancing a merger the A&D and the Original Norfolk Southern, and I want to give the railroad trackage rights to Richmond,VA. so I want to know if there would be a viable interchange between the two railroads.

 

[Cjcrescent]

Given the location of the two RRs, that you're modeling, I don't see any reason for them not to interchange "somewhere". I'm sure that they did interchange, if not in Virginia, probably North Carolina.

I'm Proto-lancing the area around my hometown. Its based on the Southern in central Alabama, and even though the real SRR & GM&O never interchanged in the immediate area, I have a staging track "reserved" for the GM&O interchange train to run into my main yard.

When you Proto-lance, you can take a few liberties, and stay true to the prototypes spirit.

 

[clifwst]

The A&D interchanged with the original ACL/SAL at Norfolk Va., Franklin Va., Emporia Va., La Crosse Va.

They did not interchange with the original NS however;

If you look at this map:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e390/MikeMacDonald/AD3.jpg

They actually never crossed or interchanged because their trackage never met.

The A&D ends in West Norfolk, while the original NS ends across the bay in Lambert next to Norfolk.

The rest of the A&D can be seen on these two links;

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e390/MikeMacDonald/AD2.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e390/MikeMacDonald/AD.jpg

They did have a branch to Portsmouth Va but the original NS never went there.

Cross harbor barges would be the only original transfer direct links I see.

They did have a cross harbor operations as this article shows;

http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/RSTRAN.Html

Full list of mainline and all branches;

Main Line, West Norfolk to Danville, 203.46

James River Division, Belfield to Claremont, 51

Portsmouth Branch, Portsmouth to Shoulder's Hill, 10.64

Hitchcock Branch, Belfield to Hitchcock's Mill, 8.33

Savidge Branch, Savidge to Alcott's Mill, 5

Buffalo Springs Branch, Buffalo junction to Buffalo Springs, 3.89

Richmond & Danville Railroad, Jeffress to Clarksville, 1.50

283.82 miles of track in 1892

 

[Davidellias]

So thank you guys for your help!

Clif I did find a junction between the Old NS and the SCL in Wilson,NC.

BTW if you are curious my railroad is the Norfolk,Carolina & Danville. It was the result of a 1974 merger between the struggling Atlantic and Danville (Who stupidly didn't merge back into the NW unlike Real Life) and the Norfolk Southern. The NC&D soon propered by offering competitive rates and a connection to ports in Norfolk, but soon it wanted more. by 1980 the railroad got trackage rights to Acca Yard Richmond via the SCL, and boy did this help the railroad, as they now gained a a portal to the Northeast via the RF&P whom they bought into, in 1988 the RF&P was essentially the NC&D,Chessie and SCL's railroad. But two of those railroads were merging and in need of some weight shedding, so they sold there shares of of the RF&P. Originally the plan was to have the NC&D merge the RF&P into itself, but this was balked at by the state of Virginia because it's pension plan was essentially stock in the RF&P and a buyout would ruin that, so the RF&P is now a subsidiary of the NC&D (somehow that works in my world not sure if that plan would work in the real world with the pensions and all)

Also the NC&D - SCL/CSX trackage rights would be between LaCrosse,VA and Richmond and Wilson,NC and Richmond.

Also MAP of my railroad circa early 80s