| Name
|
Mark
|
System[nb 1]
|
From
|
To
|
Successor
|
Notes
|
| Alexander and Eastern Railway
|
|
|
1906
|
|
N/A
|
| Alexander and Rich Mountain Railroad
|
|
|
1892
|
1899
|
Alexander and Rich Mountain Railway
|
| Alexander and Rich Mountain Railway
|
|
|
1899
|
1906
|
Alexander and Eastern Railway
|
| Allegheny and Western Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1905
|
1918
|
Kanawha and West Virginia Railroad
|
| Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1881
|
1882
|
Ohio Central Railroad
|
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
B&O, BO
|
B&O
|
1827
|
1987
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Belington and Beaver Creek Railroad
|
|
WM
|
1899
|
1905
|
Western Maryland Railroad
|
| Belington and Northern Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1900
|
1941
|
N/A
|
| Benwood and Wheeling Connecting Railway
|
|
|
1900
|
1960
|
N/A
|
| Berkeley Springs Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1911
|
1912
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Berkeley Springs and Potomac Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1880
|
1910
|
Berkeley Springs Railroad
|
| Big Sandy and Cumberland Railroad
|
BS&C
|
N&W
|
1900
|
1932
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
| Big Sandy, East Lynn and Guyan Railroad
|
|
N&W
|
1902
|
1908
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
| Big Stony Railway
|
|
N&W
|
1910
|
1915
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
| Black Fork Railroad
|
|
|
1912
|
1913
|
Central West Virginia and Southern Railroad
|
| Blacksville and Western Railway
|
|
MGA
|
1917
|
1917
|
Morgantown and Wheeling Railway
|
| Blue Stone Railroad
|
|
N&W
|
1881
|
1881
|
New River Railroad of West Virginia
|
| Buckhannon and Northern Railroad
|
|
MGA
|
1902
|
1915
|
Monongahela Railway
|
| Buckhannon River Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1889
|
1890
|
West Virginia and Pittsburg Railroad
|
| Buckhannon River Lumber Company
|
|
B&O
|
1885
|
1889
|
Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
|
| Buckhannon and West Fork Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1882
|
1890
|
Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
|
| Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad
|
|
|
1904
|
1965
|
Elk River Railroad
|
| Cairo and Kanawha Railway
|
|
|
1906
|
|
N/A
|
| Cairo and Kanawha Valley Railroad
|
|
|
1890
|
1906
|
Cairo and Kanawha Railway
|
| Campbell's Creek Railroad
|
CCK
|
|
1901
|
1962
|
N/A
|
| Caretta Railway
|
|
N&W
|
1906
|
1909
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
| Central Railway of West Virginia
|
|
B&O
|
1898
|
1902
|
Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
|
| Central West Virginia and Southern Railroad
|
|
|
1913
|
1936
|
N/A
|
| Chaffee Railroad
|
|
WM
|
1918
|
1950
|
Western Maryland Railway
|
| Charleston, Clendenin and Sutton Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1891
|
1903
|
Coal and Coke Railway
|
| Charleston and Gauley Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1887
|
1890
|
Kanawha and Michigan Railway
|
| Cheat Haven and Bruceton Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1911
|
1965
|
N/A
|
| Cheat River and Pittsburg Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
|
1902
|
Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
|
| Cheat Valley Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1897
|
1904
|
Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
|
| Chemical and Helvetia Railroad
|
|
|
1909
|
|
N/A
|
| Cherry Run and Potomac Valley Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1892
|
1912
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1868
|
1878
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
C&O, CO
|
C&O
|
1878
|
1987
|
CSX Transportation
|
| Clarksburg, Weston and Glenville Railroad and Transportation Company
|
|
B&O
|
1878
|
1889
|
Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
|
| Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1890
|
1890
|
West Virginia and Pittsburg Railroad
|
| Clendenin and Spencer Railroad
|
|
|
|
1904
|
Kanawha and Northern Railway
|
| Coal and Coke Railway
|
C&C
|
B&O
|
1902
|
1933
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Coal and Iron Railway
|
|
WM
|
1899
|
1905
|
Western Maryland Railroad
|
| Coal River Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1905
|
1909
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Coal River and Western Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1903
|
1905
|
Coal River Railway
|
| Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
CR
|
|
1976
|
1999
|
Norfolk Southern Railway
|
| Covington and Ohio Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1853
|
1868
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
|
| Croft Railroad
|
|
|
1910
|
|
N/A
|
| Cross Creek Railroad
|
|
P&WV
|
1900
|
1904
|
Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway
|
| Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad
|
C&PA, CPA
|
WM
|
1863
|
1953
|
Western Maryland Railway
|
| Cumberland Valley Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1873
|
1919
|
N/A
|
Leased the Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad
|
| Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1888
|
1958
|
Penndel Company
|
| Deepwater Railway
|
|
N&W
|
1898
|
1907
|
Virginian Railway
|
| Dry Fork Railroad
|
|
|
1892
|
1913
|
Central West Virginia and Southern Railroad
|
| Elk and Little Kanawha Railroad
|
|
|
1909
|
1919
|
N/A
|
| Elm Grove and State Line Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1883
|
1884
|
Wheeling and Harrisburg Railway
|
| Erbacon and Summersville Railroad
|
|
|
1911
|
|
N/A
|
| Everson and Adamsville Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1902
|
1903
|
Monongahela River Railroad
|
| Fairmont Bingamon Railway
|
|
WM
|
1916
|
1950
|
Western Maryland Railway
|
| Fairmont Helen's Run Railway
|
|
WM
|
1915
|
1950
|
Western Maryland Railway
|
| Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1883
|
1989
|
CSX Transportation
|
| Fairmont, Shinnston and Clarksburg Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1884
|
1912
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Gaston Gas Coal Company
|
|
B&O
|
1883
|
1889
|
Monongahela River Railroad
|
| Gauley and Eastern Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1889
|
1920
|
Kanawha and West Virginia Railroad
|
| Gauley and Meadow River Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1912
|
1918
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Gauley River Railroad
|
GRIV
|
|
1998
|
1999
|
N/A
|
Never operated
|
| Glade Creek and Raleigh Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1891
|
1906
|
Raleigh and Southwestern Railway
|
| Glady and Alpena Railroad
|
|
|
1901
|
1922
|
N/A
|
| Glen Jean, Lower Loup and Deepwater Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1895
|
1901
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Grafton and Belington Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1892
|
1912
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1881
|
1892
|
Grafton and Belington Railroad
|
| Greenbrier Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1897
|
1903
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk Railroad
|
|
WM
|
1910
|
1927
|
Western Maryland Railway
|
| Greenbrier and Eastern Railroad
|
|
C&O/ NYC
|
1919
|
1931
|
Nicholas, Fayette and Greenbrier Railroad
|
| Greenbrier and New River Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1881
|
1901
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Guyan, Big Ugly and Coal River Railway
|
|
|
1907
|
1921
|
N/A
|
| Guyandotte Valley Railroad Company
|
|
C&O
|
1899
|
1903
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Guyandotte and Ohio River Railroad and Mineral Company
|
|
NYC
|
1872
|
1881
|
Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad
|
| Hampshire Southern Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1906
|
1911
|
Moorefield and Virginia Railroad
|
| Harrisville and Cornwallis Railroad
|
|
|
1908
|
1911
|
Harrisville Southern Railroad
|
| Harrisville Southern Railroad
|
|
|
1911
|
|
N/A
|
| Hartland Railroad
|
|
|
1922
|
1925
|
Middle Creek Railroad
|
| Hempfield Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1851
|
1871
|
Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad
|
| Holliday's Cove Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1860
|
1868
|
Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway
|
| Holly River Railroad
|
|
|
1896
|
1899
|
Holly River and Addison Railway
|
| Holly River and Addison Railway
|
|
|
1898
|
1906
|
West Virginia Midland Railroad
|
| Huntington and Big Sandy Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1890
|
1912
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Iaeger and Southern Railway
|
|
N&W
|
1898
|
1906
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
| Imboden and Odell Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1903
|
1905
|
Kanawha and West Virginia Railroad
|
| Indian Creek and Northern Railway
|
|
MGA
|
1918
|
1933
|
Monongahela Railway
|
| Interior and West Virginia Railroad
|
|
N&W
|
1906
|
1910
|
Big Stony Railway
|
| Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad
|
|
|
|
1912
|
White Sulphur and Huntersville Railroad
|
| Iron Valley and Morgantown Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1881
|
1883
|
West Virginia Midland Railway
|
| Island Creek Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1902
|
1933
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Kanawha Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1881
|
1902
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Kanawha Bridge and Terminal Company
|
|
C&O
|
1907
|
1918
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Kanawha Central Railway
|
KC
|
|
1906
|
1977
|
N/A
|
| Kanawha and Coal River Railroad
|
|
|
1881
|
|
N/A
|
| Kanawha, Glen Jean and Eastern Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1895
|
1940
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Kanawha and Michigan Railway
|
K&M
|
NYC
|
1890
|
1938
|
Toledo and Ohio Central Railway
|
| Kanawha and Northern Railway
|
|
|
|
1906
|
N/A
|
| Kanawha and Ohio Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1886
|
1890
|
Kanawha and Michigan Railway
|
| Kanawha and Paint Creek Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1884
|
1895
|
Kanawha and Paint Creek Railway
|
| Kanawha and Paint Creek Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1895
|
1902
|
Kanawha and Pocahontas Railroad
|
| Kanawha and Pennsylvania Railway
|
|
NYC
|
1903
|
1917
|
Kanawha and West Virginia Railroad
|
| Kanawha and Pocahontas Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1898
|
1905
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Kanawha and West Virginia Railroad
|
K&WV
|
NYC
|
1905
|
1938
|
Toledo and Ohio Central Railway
|
| Kelly's Creek Railroad
|
|
|
1916
|
1964
|
N/A
|
| Kelly's Creek and Northwestern Railroad
|
KCNW
|
|
1903
|
1993
|
N/A
|
| Kenova and Big Sandy Railroad
|
|
N&W
|
1902
|
1904
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
| Kingwood Railway
|
|
|
1882
|
1888
|
Tunnelton, Kingwood and Fairchance Railroad
|
| Little Kanawha Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1896
|
1937
|
N/A
|
| Logan and Southern Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1907
|
1918
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Loop and Lookout Railroad
|
|
C&O/ NYC
|
1907
|
1931
|
Nicholas, Fayette and Greenbrier Railroad
|
| Lorama Railroad
|
|
|
1903
|
1924
|
N/A
|
| Mann's Creek Railroad
|
|
|
1886
|
1955
|
N/A
|
| Marlinton and Camden Railroad
|
|
|
1903
|
|
N/A
|
| Martinsburg and Potomac Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1868
|
1888
|
Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad
|
| Middle Creek Railroad
|
|
|
1925
|
1951
|
N/A
|
| Monongah and Ohio River Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1895
|
ca. 1900
|
Monongahela River Railroad
|
| Monongahela Railway
|
MGA
|
MGA
|
1915
|
1993
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
| Monongahela River Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1888
|
1912
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Moorefield and Virginia Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1910
|
1912
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Morgantown and Dunkard Valley Railroad
|
|
MGA
|
1905
|
1913
|
Morgantown and Wheeling Railway
|
| Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
|
M&K
|
B&O
|
1899
|
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Morgantown and Wheeling Railway
|
M&W
|
MGA
|
1912
|
1923
|
Scotts Run Railway
|
| New River Railroad, Mining and Manufacturing Company of West Virginia
|
|
N&W
|
1874
|
1881
|
New River Railroad of West Virginia
|
| New River Railroad of West Virginia
|
|
N&W
|
1881
|
1882
|
Norfolk and Western Railroad
|
| New River Bridge Company
|
|
C&O
|
1887
|
1890
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| New York Central Railroad
|
NYC
|
NYC
|
1922
|
1968
|
Penn Central Transportation Company
|
| New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
NKP
|
NKP
|
1949
|
1964
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
| Nicholas, Fayette and Greenbrier Railroad
|
|
C&O/ NYC
|
1926
|
1996
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation, CSX Transportation
|
| Norfolk and Western Railroad
|
|
N&W
|
1882
|
1896
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
| Norfolk and Western Railway
|
N&W, NW
|
N&W
|
1896
|
1998
|
Norfolk Southern Railway
|
| North Western Virginia Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1851
|
1865
|
Parkersburg Branch Railroad
|
| Ohio Central Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1882
|
1885
|
Kanawha and Ohio Railway
|
| Ohio and Little Kanawha Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1900
|
1910
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Ohio River Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1882
|
1912
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Pan Handle Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1868
|
1871
|
Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Kentucky Railroad
|
| Pan Handle Railway
|
|
PRR
|
1867
|
1868
|
Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway
|
| Panther Railroad
|
|
|
1895
|
|
N/A
|
| Parkersburg Branch Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1865
|
1912
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Patterson's Creek and Potomac Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1900
|
1912
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Paw Paw Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1900
|
1912
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Penn Central Transportation Company
|
PC
|
|
1968
|
1976
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
| Penndel Company
|
|
PRR
|
1954
|
1976
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
| Pennsboro and Harrisville Railroad
|
|
|
1873
|
1879
|
Pennsboro and Harrisville Ritchie County Railway
|
| Pennsboro and Harrisville Ritchie County Railway
|
|
|
1880
|
1905
|
Lorama Railroad
|
| Pennsylvania Railroad
|
PRR
|
PRR
|
1920
|
1968
|
Penn Central Transportation Company
|
| Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1956
|
1976
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
| Pickens and Addison Railway
|
|
|
1903
|
|
N/A
|
| Pickens and Hackers Valley Railroad
|
|
|
1899
|
1921
|
N/A
|
| Pickens and Webster Springs Railroad
|
|
|
1912
|
1915
|
N/A
|
| Piedmont and Cumberland Railway
|
|
WM
|
1886
|
1905
|
Western Maryland Railroad
|
| Piney River and Paint Creek Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1905
|
1918
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1917
|
1956
|
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
|
| Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
|
PRR
|
1890
|
1917
|
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway
|
|
PRR
|
1868
|
1890
|
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
| Pittsburgh Southern Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1881
|
1884
|
N/A
|
Sold at foreclosure; no property in West Virginia
|
| Pittsburg and Steubenville Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1856
|
1867
|
Pan Handle Railway
|
| Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad
|
|
|
1967
|
|
|
Still exists as a lessor of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
|
| Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
|
P&WV
|
P&WV
|
1916
|
1967
|
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad
|
| Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Kentucky Railroad
|
|
PRR
|
1871
|
1917
|
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Pocahontas Railroad
|
|
|
1901
|
|
N/A
|
| Pocahontas, Coal River and Kanawha Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1899
|
1903
|
Coal River and Western Railway
|
| Point Pleasant Bridge Company
|
|
NYC
|
1886
|
1935
|
Kanawha and Michigan Railway
|
| Point Pleasant, Buckhannon and Tygart's Valley Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1892
|
1912
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Point Pleasant and Ohio River Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1881
|
1885
|
Kanawha and Michigan Railway, Point Pleasant Bridge Company
|
| Pond Fork Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1915
|
1918
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Pond Fork and Bald Knob Railroad
|
|
C&O
|
1919
|
1933
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Porters Creek and Gauley Railroad
|
|
|
1896
|
1904
|
N/A
|
| Potomac and Piedmont Coal and Railroad Company
|
|
WM
|
1866
|
1881
|
West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway
|
| Potomac Valley Railroad of West Virginia
|
|
WM
|
1890
|
1905
|
Western Maryland Railroad
|
| Powellton and Pocahontas Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1891
|
1902
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
| Preston Railroad
|
|
|
1897
|
1960
|
N/A
|
| Raleigh and Pocahontas Railroad
|
|
|
1902
|
|
N/A
|
| Raleigh and Southwestern Railway
|
|
C&O
|
1903
|
1910
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
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| Ravenswood, Spencer and Glenville Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1886
|
1912
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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| Richwood and Gauley Railroad
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|
|
1911
|
|
N/A
|
| Richmond, Toledo and Chicago Railroad
|
|
NYC
|
1881
|
1881
|
Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad
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| Ripley and Mill Creek Valley Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1886
|
1912
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Roaring Creek and Belington Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1893
|
1919
|
Coal and Coke Railway
|
| Roaring Creek and Charleston Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1893
|
1904
|
Roaring Creek and Belington Railroad
|
| Rowlesburg and Southern Railroad
|
|
|
1911
|
1950
|
N/A
|
| Scotts Run Railway
|
|
MGA
|
1923
|
1933
|
Monongahela Railway
|
| Sewell Valley Railroad
|
|
C&O/ NYC
|
1907
|
1931
|
Nicholas, Fayette and Greenbrier Railroad
|
| Shenandoah Valley Railroad
|
|
N&W
|
1870
|
1890
|
Shenandoah Valley Railway
|
| Shenandoah Valley Railway
|
|
N&W
|
1890
|
1890
|
Norfolk and Western Railroad
|
| South Branch Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1871
|
1912
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| Strouds Creek and Muddlety Railroad
|
SCM
|
B&O
|
1904
|
2000
|
N/A
|
Most recently subleased to the Gauley River Railroad
|
| Tug River and Kentucky Railroad
|
|
N&W
|
1913
|
1936
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
| Tunnelton, Kingwood and Fairchance Railroad
|
|
|
1888
|
1899
|
West Virginia Northern Railroad
|
| Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad
|
|
|
1911
|
1919
|
N/A
|
| Valley River Railroad
|
|
|
1907
|
1931
|
N/A
|
| Virginia–Maryland Coal Corporation
|
|
B&O
|
1907
|
1912
|
Monongahela River Railroad
|
| Virginian Railway
|
VGN
|
N&W
|
1907
|
1959
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
| Virginian and Western Railway
|
|
N&W
|
1922
|
1936
|
Virginian Railway
|
| Virginian–Wyoming Railway
|
|
N&W
|
1919
|
1922
|
Virginian and Western Railway
|
| Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway
|
WPT
|
P&WV
|
1904
|
1916
|
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
|
| Walkersville and Ireland Railroad
|
|
|
1907
|
1924
|
Walkersville and Southern Railroad
|
| Walkersville and Southern Railroad
|
|
|
1924
|
1930
|
N/A
|
| Wardensville Railroad
|
|
|
1929
|
1929
|
Winchester and Wardensville Railroad
|
| Waynesburg Southern Railroad
|
WAS
|
MGA
|
1966
|
1976
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
| West Virginia Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1886
|
1897
|
Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
|
| West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway
|
|
WM
|
1881
|
1905
|
Western Maryland Railroad
|
| West Virginia and Ironton Railroad
|
|
N&W
|
1888
|
1890
|
Norfolk and Western Railroad
|
| West Virginia Midland Railroad
|
|
|
1905
|
1924
|
West Virginia Midland Railway
|
| West Virginia Midland Railway
|
|
|
1924
|
1931
|
N/A
|
| West Virginia Midland Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1883
|
1886
|
Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad, West Virginia Railroad
|
| West Virginia Northern Railroad
|
WVN
|
|
1899
|
1991
|
N/A
|
Continued as a tourist railroad until 1999
|
| West Virginia and Pittsburg Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1890
|
1912
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| West Virginia Short Line Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1895
|
1912
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
| West Virginia South Western Railroad
|
|
N&W
|
1902
|
1909
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
| West Virginia and Southern Railroad
|
|
|
1897
|
|
N/A
|
| WV Southern Railway
|
WVSR
|
|
2003
|
2005
|
R.J. Corman Railroad/West Virginia Line
|
| West Virginia Southern Railway
|
|
|
1895
|
1897
|
West Virginia and Southern Railroad
|
| Western Maryland Railroad
|
|
WM
|
1905
|
1909
|
Western Maryland Railway
|
| Western Maryland Railway
|
WM
|
WM
|
1909
|
1989
|
CSX Transportation
|
| Weston and Buckhannon Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1882
|
1890
|
Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
|
| Weston and Centreville Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1882
|
1882
|
Weston and Buckhannon Railroad
|
| Weston and Elk River Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1889
|
1889
|
Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
|
| Weston and West Fork Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1875
|
1889
|
Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
|
| Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Railway
|
|
PRR
|
1889
|
1900
|
Wheeling Terminal Railway
|
| Wheeling and Harrisburg Railway
|
|
PRR
|
1882
|
1889
|
Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Railway
|
| Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
|
|
NKP
|
1899
|
1916
|
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
|
| Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
|
|
NKP
|
1890
|
1899
|
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
|
| Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
|
W&LE, WLE
|
NKP
|
1916
|
1949
|
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Wheeling, Parkersburg and Charleston Railway
|
|
B&O
|
1881
|
1882
|
Ohio River Railroad
|
| Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1872
|
|
|
| Wheeling Terminal Railway
|
|
PRR
|
1900
|
1954
|
Penndel Company
|
| White Oak Railway
|
|
C&O, N&W
|
1905
|
1917
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Virginian Railway
|
| White Sulphur and Huntersville Railroad
|
|
|
1912
|
|
N/A
|
| Williamson and Pond Creek Railroad
|
|
N&W
|
1912
|
1936
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
| Williamsport, Nessle and Martinsburg Railway
|
|
WM
|
1913
|
1937
|
Western Maryland Railway
|
| Winchester and Potomac Railroad
|
|
B&O
|
1831
|
1988
|
CSX Transportation
|
| Winchester and Wardensville Railroad
|
|
|
1929
|
1934
|
N/A
|
| Winchester and Western Railroad
|
|
|
1916
|
1930
|
Winchester and Wardensville Railroad
|
| Winding Gulf Railroad
|
|
|
1906
|
|
N/A
|
| Winifrede Railroad
|
WNFR
|
|
1881
|
1987
|
Kanawha Rail Corporation
|
