North Carolina and Virginia Railroad

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North Carolina and Virginia Railroad
An NCVA EMD GP38 locomotive, painted in the colors of the Arizona and California Railroad
Reporting mark	NCVA
Locale	Boykins, VA to Cofield, NC
Dates of operation	1987–present
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge)
Length	49 miles (79 km)
Headquarters	Ahoskie, North Carolina

The North Carolina and Virginia Railroad (reporting mark NCVA) is a short-line railroad that operates 49 miles (79 km) of track.^[1]

The NCVA began operations in 1987^[1] on a former Seaboard Coast Line Railroad from Boykins, Virginia, to Tunis in Cofield, North Carolina. The headquarters are in Ahoskie, North Carolina. The NCVA is owned by RailAmerica, having been acquired in 2000^[1] and also operates the Virginia Southern Railroad (VSRR) and Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad (CA).

The railroad's traffic comes mainly from steel products, as well as grain and chemical products. The NCVA hauled around 25,500 carloads in 2008.^[1]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "RailAmerica's Empire". Trains Magazine (Kalmbach Publishing). June 2010.

v d e Common carrier railroads of North Carolina

Current	ACWR • AR • ARC • ATW • CA • CALA • CF • CLNA • CPLJ • CSXT • CTR • CWCY • GSM • HPTD • LRS • MHSF • NCVA • NCYR • NS • RSNR • SUR • TBRY • VSRR • WSS • WTRY • YVRR

See also: List of United States railroads by political division

v d e Railroads of Virginia

Common carriers	BB • BCR • CA • CHW • CP • CSXT • CWRY • DGVR • DH • INT • NCVA • NPB • NS • SV • VSRR • WW

Passenger carriers	AMTK • VREX

Private carriers	USAX • NNSX • USNX

Former carriers	ACL • AD • BO • BS&C • CTFR • CC&O • CO • CR • CRN • CRR • D&W • ESHR • LN • NFD • NH&W • NS • NW • PC • PRR • RC • RFP • SAL • SBD • SCL • SOU • WSN • VAMD • VBR • VC • VGN

See also: List of United States railroads by political division

v d e RailAmerica railroads

Canadian railroads	Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway • Goderich–Exeter Railway • Ottawa Valley Railway • Southern Ontario Railway

U.S. railroads	Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway • Arizona and California Railroad • Bauxite and Northern Railway • California Northern Railroad • Carolina Piedmont Railroad • Cascade and Columbia River Railroad • Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad • Central Railroad of Indiana • Central Railroad of Indianapolis • Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad • Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad • Connecticut Southern Railroad • Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad • Eastern Alabama Railway • Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad • Huron and Eastern Railway • Indiana and Ohio Railway • Indiana Southern Railroad • Kiamichi Railroad • Kyle Railroad • Massena Terminal Railroad • Michigan Shore Railroad • Mid-Michigan Railroad • Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad • New England Central Railroad • North Carolina and Virginia Railroad • Otter Tail Valley Railroad • Point Comfort and Northern Railway • Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad • Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad • San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad • San Joaquin Valley Railroad • South Carolina Central Railroad • Texas Northeastern Railroad • Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway • Ventura County Railroad

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