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Peninsula Extension
The Peninsula Extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway led to Hampton Roads at Newport News, Virginia where West Virginia coal was loaded aboard colliers and shipped worldwide.
Overview
Other name(s)Peninsula Subdivision
OwnerCSX Transportation
Termini
  • Richmond, Virginia
  • Newport News, Virginia
History
Completed16 October 1881 (1881-10-16)
Technical
Line length82.3 mi (132.4 km)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
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Richmond & York River RR
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Fulton Yard
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Richmond
International Airport
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Elko
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Roxbury
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SR 609
Barnetts Road
Mountcastle
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Providence Forge
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Courthouse Road
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Townsend Road
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Landing Road
Walkers
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Hicks Island
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Diascund
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Diascund Road
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Richmond Road
Toano
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Croaker Road
Norge
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Kelton (Lightfoot)
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Lightfoot Road
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Humelsine Parkway
Ewell
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Airport Road
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Bypass Road
Williamsburg
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Henry Street
Williamsburg (original)
Governor's Palace
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Colonial Parkway
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Capitol Landing Road
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Page Street
Penniman spur
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Humelsine Parkway
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Busch Gardens Boulevard
Grove
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Yorktown Naval
Weapons Station
Lee Hall
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SR 238
Yorktown Road
City Reservoir
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Warwick River
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Fort Eustis Boulevard
Amoco industrial track
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Denbigh Boulevard
Oriana
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Bland Boulevard
Newport News/Williams-
burg International Airport
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Newport News
Transportation Center
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Oyster Point Road
Oyster Point
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City Center Boulevard
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J. Clyde Morris Blvd.
/Avenue of the Arts
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Harpersville Road
Morrison
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Main Street
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Center Avenue
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Newport News
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end of
passenger service
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Mercury Boulevard
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39th Street
to Hampton
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ramps
(
Hampton Roads
Beltway
)
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28th Street
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off ramp
(26th Street)
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off ramp
(M.L. King Jr. Way)
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Harbor Access Road
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Marine Terminal
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Source[1]

The Peninsula Extension which created the Peninsula Subdivision of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) was the new railroad line on the Virginia Peninsula from Richmond to southeastern Warwick County. Its principal purpose was to provide an important new pathway for coal mined in West Virginia to reach the harbor of Hampton Roads for coastal and export shipping on collier ships.

Completed on October 16, 1881, the new double-tracked railroad and the other development visions of industrialist Collis Potter Huntington resulted in a 15-year transition of the rural farm village of Newport News into a new independent city which also became home to the world's largest shipyard. The railroad, one of the later developed in Virginia, became important to many communities, opening transportation options, and stimulating commerce and military operations on the Peninsula throughout the 20th century.

Over 125 years after it opened, many of the stations are gone. Spur lines have both come and gone. Also gone are the steam locomotives, save one on display at Huntington Park in Newport News, another at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, and a third which was left buried in Richmond's Church Hill Tunnel.

Despite the changes, in the early 21st century, the rails of the Peninsula Subdivision continue to form an important link for Amtrak service from Williamsburg and Newport News. High quality bituminous coal was the motivation for originally building the line, and current owner CSX Transportation continues day and night to deliver massive amounts of it to be loaded onto ships destined for points worldwide.

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