| YEAR | RAILROADS + RAILROAD = NEW RAILROAD
|
|---|
| 1830 | BALTIMORE & OHIO BEGINS OPERATION
|
|---|
| 1862 | WESTERN MARYLAND BEGINS OPERATION
|
|---|
| 1892 | ABERDEEN & ROCKFISH BEGINS OPERATION, CONTINUES TODAY
|
|---|
| 1927 | BALTIMORE & OHIO BUYS 44% OF WESTERN MARYLAND STOCK
|
|---|
| 1940 | GULF, MOBILE & NORTHERN + MOBILE & OHIO = GULF MOBILE & OHIO
|
|---|
| 1947 | PERE MARQUETTE MERGED INTO THE CHESAPEAKE & OHIO
|
|---|
| 1959 | NORFOLK & WESTERN ABSORBED THE VIRGINIAN RAILWAY
|
|---|
| 1963 | CHEASPEAKE & OHIO & BALTIMORE & OHIO MERGED
|
|---|
| 1964 | NORFOLK & WESTERN ABSORBED THE NICKEL PLATE ROAD
|
|---|
| 1964 | NORFOLK & WESTERN MERGED WITH THE WABASH
|
|---|
| 1964 | NORFOLK & WESTERN ABSORBED THE PITTSBURGH & WEST VIRGINIA RWY
|
|---|
| 1966 | L & N ABSORBED THE NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA & ST. LOUIS.
|
|---|
| 1967 | SEABOARD AIR LINE + ATLANTIC COAST LINE = SEABOARD COAST LINE
|
|---|
| 1967 | SOUTHERN ABSORBED THE CENTRAL OF GEORGIA.
|
|---|
| 1967 | C&O/B&O ABSORBED WESTERN MARYLAND
|
|---|
| 1968 | TENNESSEE CENTRAL CEASED OPERATION SPLIT UP TO SRR, IC & L & N
|
|---|
| 1969 | SEABOARD COAST LINE ABSORBED THE PIEDMONT & NORTHERN
|
|---|
| 1971 | SOUTHERN ABSORBED THE TENNESSEE, ALABAMA & GEORGIA.
|
|---|
| 1972 | GULF,MOBILE & OHIO + ILLINOIS CENTRAL = ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF
|
|---|
| 1972 | CHESSIE SYSTEM BEGAN REPAINT OF ROLLING STOCK
|
|---|
| 1973 | SOUTHERN ABSORBED ORIGINAL NORFOLK SOUTHERN
|
|---|
| 1975 | LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE + SEABOARD COAST LINE = FAMILY LINES SYSTEM
|
|---|
| 1975 | FAMILY LINES SYSTEM ABSORBED CLINCHFIELD AND WEST POINT ROUTE
|
|---|
| 1976 | FAMILY LINES SYSTEM ABSORBED DURHAM & SOUTHERN
|
|---|
| 1982 | NORFOLK & WESTERN + SOUTHERN = NORFOLK SOUTHERN
|
|---|
| 1983 | FAMILY LINES SYSTEM BECAME SEABOARD SYSTEM
|
|---|
| 1983 | CHESSIE SYSTEM + SEABOARD SYSTEM = CSX (NO REPAINT)
|
|---|
| 1986 | CSX SYSTEM BECAME CXST BEGAN REPAINT OF ROLLING STOCK
|
|---|
| 1996 | CONRAIL SOLD TO NORFOLK SOUTHERN AND CSX AND OTHER SMALLER ROADS.
|
|---|