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Encyclopedia > Commonwealth Railway
Commonwealth Railway, Inc.
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Locale Suffolk, Virginia to Portsmouth, Virginia
Reporting marks CWRY
Dates of operation 1989 – present
Track gauge 4 ftin (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
Original track gauge
Headquarters Wilroy, Suffolk, Virginia

The Commonwealth Railway, Inc. (AAR reporting mark CWRY) is a short-line railroad operating 16.5 miles (26.5 km) of track of a former Norfolk, Franklin and Danville line from Suffolk, Virginia, to Portsmouth, Virginia. The main office is in the Wilroy area of Suffolk. Image File history File links GwLogo. ... Founded Incorporated 1742   County Independent city Mayor Bobby L. Ralph Area  - Total  - Water 1,111. ... Portsmouth (pronounced Port-smith) is an independent city located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. ... Reporting marks on two CP Rail covered hoppers passing Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, June 20, 2004. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rail gauge is the distance between two rails of a railroad. ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a meter. ... Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of length. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ... As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ... Founded Incorporated 1742   County Independent city Mayor Bobby L. Ralph Area  - Total  - Water 1,111. ... A World War II era print advertisement for the Association of American Railroads (AAR). ... Reporting marks on two CP Rail covered hoppers passing Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, June 20, 2004. ... A short line is an independent railroad company that operates over a relatively short distance. ... A mile is a unit of distance (or, in physics terminology, length) currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or 63,360 inches. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... Founded Incorporated 1742   County Independent city Mayor Bobby L. Ralph Area  - Total  - Water 1,111. ... Portsmouth (pronounced Port-smith) is an independent city located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. ...


The main industry on the line is the BASF Chemical plant in the West Norfolk area of Portsmouth. The plant is usually switched by locomotive #444, a GP16 class locomotive rebuilt by Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in the early 1980s. The main locomotive is #517, a CF7 rebuild of an EMD F7 performed by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in the 1970s. The Uceta GP16 was the result of the Seaboard Coast Lines efforts to spare the cost of purchasing new motive power in the late 1970s by rebuilding its aging fleet of 156 EMD GP7, GP9, and GP18 road switchers (many of which were over 20 years old). ... Categories: Stub | Defunct companies | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | District of Columbia railroads | Florida railroads | Georgia railroads | North Carolina railroads | South Carolina railroads | Virginia railroads ... Santa Fe #2509, a rounded-cab CF7, pauses in front of the depot at Santa Ana, California in 1976. ... D&RGW F7 #5634 in 1950. ... The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States. ...


Commonwealth Railway is owned by Rail Link, Inc. and interchanges with Norfolk Southern Railway in Suffolk, Virginia, and is a part of Norfolk Southern's "Thoroughbred Shortline Program." Maersk is in the process of building a port on Craney Island and the Commonwealth Railway will be providing rail service to the facility. The Commonwealth Railway has been approved by the Commonwelath Transportation Board to construct 7,800 feet (2,377 m) of track, 6 switches, and grade crossing rehabilitation to Craney Island. The Genesee and Wyoming Railroad (AAR reporting mark GNWR) is a Class III short-line railroad which is operated by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. ... The Norfolk Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark NS), usually called Norfolk Southern, is a major Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation. ... Maersk Containers The A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, is an international business consortium involved in a variety of business sectors, primarily transportation. ... Craney Island is a point of land in the independent city of Portsmouth in the South Hampton Roads region of eastern Virginia in the United States. ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a meter. ... The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Double switch aka scissors crossovers A railroad switch (known in British and Australian English as (a set of) points or, in technical usage, a turnout) is a mechanical installation provided at a point where rail track A divides into two tracks B and C. It can be set in either... A level crossing at Chertsey, England, as the barriers rise The term level crossing (also called: railroad crossing or grade crossing) is a crossing on one level (or at grade) - without recourse to a bridge or tunnel - used to describe the crossing of a railway line by a road, path...

Rail Link, Inc. #444, a GP16 rebuild, works on the Commonwealth Railway in Suffolk, Virginia.
Rail Link, Inc. #444, a GP16 rebuild, works on the Commonwealth Railway in Suffolk, Virginia.

Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 353 KB) Summary Photo by William Grimes Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 353 KB) Summary Photo by William Grimes Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Genesee and Wyoming Railroad (AAR reporting mark GNWR) is a Class III short-line railroad which is operated by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. ... The Uceta GP16 was the result of the Seaboard Coast Lines efforts to spare the cost of purchasing new motive power in the late 1970s by rebuilding its aging fleet of 156 EMD GP7, GP9, and GP18 road switchers (many of which were over 20 years old). ... Founded Incorporated 1742   County Independent city Mayor Bobby L. Ralph Area  - Total  - Water 1,111. ...

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  • Pictures of CWRY Locomotives


Current (operating) Class III railroads of the United States

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Historic (fallen flag) Class III railroads of the United States

DTRR, PSR, TIRL A fallen flag, in United States railroaders and railfans terminology, is a railroad company no longer in existence due to bankruptcy or merger. ... The Housatonic Railroad (AAR reporting mark HRRC) is a Class III railroad operating in southwestern New England. ... The Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad Company (AAR reporting mark PSR) also known as the Shawmut Line, was a former short line railroad company operating passenger and freight service on standard gauge track in central and southwestern Pennsylvania. ... The Tonawanda Island Railroad (AAR reporting mark TIRL) operated on a 1. ...



 
 

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