Virginia Air Line Railroad (VAL) was a short-line railroad that operated from 1908 to 1975 in Central Virginia. It was built by the Virginia Air Line Railway Company to connect the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad's (C&O) Piedmont Subdivision at Lindsay, Virginia, to the Rivanna Subdivision of C&O's James River Line at Strathmore Yard, near Bremo Bluff, Virginia.[1]
The route was once an important link for providing coal to power the Washington, D.C. area.[1] However, facing increased competition from other modes of transportation such as trucks and automobiles,[2] service on the rail line was cut back and eventually abandoned after 67 years of declining use.[1]
^ abcDaily, Larry Z. (1997). "Virginia Air Line: Lindsay to Strathmore". Chesapeake & Ohio Piedmont Subdivision. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
^Daily, Larry Z.; et al. (2005). "Central Virginia Railroad History". National Railway Historical Society. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
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