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Merger Fueled Train Marking Nationwide Rail Alliance
In Columbus Ohio an 98 car coal train powered by three diesel electric locomotives signaled the largest railroad merger in U S history forming the Norfolk and Western Railway System. The 7800 mile 14 state system links cities from Omaha to Norfolk with Roanoke Virginia as its HQ.
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Clumbus, Ohio
Columbus
U.S
Norfolk & Western Railway
Sandusky
Ohio
Lake Erie
Fort Wayne
Ind
Bellevue
Nickel Plate
N&w
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway
Akron, Cantor & Youngstown
Ontario
Canada
Atlantic Coast
Missouri River
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
Des Moines
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Norfolk
Roanoke
Pennsylvania
ICC
N&w Holdings
Pennsy
Philadelphia
New York Central