Norfolk Southern "0" Milepost

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Bill had my question in a nut shell but the conversation concerning the N&W
is fantastic as is the Southern.  Was the Virginian end mile post at
Deepwater, WV.   Don Mills
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Subject: Norfolk Southern "0" Milepost



> As I recall, the originasl question was "Where is the Norfolk Southern "0"

> milepost"?   True to form we immediately get a lot of chat about the N&W

> "0" milepost.   Where is it written that the N&W IS the NS?   Give me a

break.

> Depending on the division, sub-division, or branchline on the NS there are

> dozens of  "0" mileposts.  The way the question was submitted, and if you

> want to get technical about it,  the "0" milepost of the original NS was

at

> the old terminal Station in  Norfolk, Va. and ended in Charlotte, N.C.

Did

> the Southern Railway not also have a few "0" mileposts?   I recall a

couple

> right off, such as  Union Station in Washington, D.C. with the other end

> in New Orleans, La., or Cincinnati on the CNO&TP with the other end in

> Atlanta, Ga.   All of the predecessor railroads  of the Southern Railway

> System had a milepost system still in use today.  Who else but Southern

> Railway has a stretch of track with  at least 5 mileposts   in a row out

over

> open water, i.e.  Lake Ponchatrain bridge, and at one time the Albemarle

> Sound bridge, which, when completed in 1910, was the longest bridge

> over navigable water in the world.   Bill Sellers

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