Maps of the Norfolk Southern Railway – NS
- Southern Home Page
- History | Historical Timeline | Merged/Acquired RRs
- Maps
- Locomotives
- Predecessors | SCC&RR | LC&C | ET&V | ET&G | V&T | ETV&G | VT&G Air Line | R&D | M&C | CNO&TP | V&K | BC&ING | SA&O | V&SW | BE&NC | HRR | Interstate
- Passenger Trains | Asheville Special | Birmingham Special | Carolina Special | Crescent | Peach Queen | Pelican | Piedmont Limited | Ponce de Leon | Royal Palm | Southerner | Tennessean
- Cities: Bristol TN/VA
- Related Lines: Embreeville Branch | Johnson City & Carolina | Johnson City Southern
- Key Leaders | J. P. Morgan | Samuel Spencer | W. Graham Claytor, Jr. | Dr. Samuel B. Cunningham
- Today: Norfolk Southern
- Railfan Guides: Virginia & Southwestern
- Resources & Sources: Books | Scholars-Authors | Museums | Associations | Website Editor | Site Map
- Related Websites: Rails Across the Appalachians | Clinchfield.org
Norfolk Southern Railway Maps (NS)
1983 Map of Norfolk Southern (after merger)
Map Credit: Multimodalways and Norfolk Southern
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1997 Traffic Density Map of the Norfolk Southern
Map Credit: Multimodalways and Norfolk Southern
1998 Norfolk Southern Division Map
Map Credit: Multimodalways and Norfolk Southern
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1999 Map of Norfolk Southern (after purchase of Conrail)
Map Credit: Multimodalways and Norfolk Southern
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2011 Map of the Norfolk Southern
Map Credit: Multimodalways and Norfolk Southern
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Southern-Railroads.org Sources and Resources
The following are excellent resources for those of you wanting to explore and learn more about the Southern Railway and its predecessors. These sources of information also serve as reference and historical materials for Southern-Railroads.org. Much of the content on the website is verified across multiple sources.
- Associations:
- Archives:
- The Center for Southeastern Railroad Research, Chattanooga TN
- Norfolk & Western Historical Society Archives, Roanoke VA
- Archives of Appalachia, Johnson City TN
- Personal maps, timetables, track charts, and memorabilia
- Books
- Davis: The Southern Railway, Road of the Innovators
- Drury: The Historical Guide to North American Railroads
- Flanary, Lindsey & Oroszi: The Southern Railway
- Grant: The Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Rail Road
- Graybeal: The Railroads of Johnson City
- Harshaw: Trains Trestles & Tunnels, Railroads of the Southern Appalachians
- Lindsey: Norfolk Southern 1995 Review
- Poole: A History of Railroading in Western North Carolina
- Reisweber: Southern Railway Power
- Scales: Natural Tunnel, Nature’s Marvel in Stone
- Stout: Southern Railway: Through Passenger Service
- Ward: Southern Railway Varnish 1964-1979
- Webb: The Southern Railway System: An Illustrated History
- Wiley & Wallace: The Southern Railway Handbook
- Withers & Sink: Southern: A Motive Power Pictorial
- Wolfe: The Interstate Railroad
- Wolfe: Southern Railway Appalachia Division
- Young: Appalachian Coal Mines & Railroads, Volume 2, Virginia
- Magazines – Trains, Classic Trains
- Websites:
- American Rails
- Britannica
- Carolana.com – North Carolina Railroads, South Carolina Railroads
- Encyclopedia.com
- Hawkinsrails.net
- History.com
- Johnson’s Depot hosted by StateOfFranklin.net
- Multimodalways.org: Norfolk Southern Track Charts
- Newspapers.com
- NewYorkTimes.com
- ProgressiveRailroading.com
- RailFanGuides.us for Johnson City
- SteamLocomotive.com
- TheDieselShop.us
- VirginiaPlaces.org – Railroad History of Virginia
- WashingtonPost.com
- Wikipedia.org
3Cs Websites
Appalachian-Railroads.org | Clinchfield.org | Southern-Railroads.org
