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unusual facts about Valley Railroad


Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

This gave it a branch from Binghamton north and northwest via Syracuse, and incorporated the Valley Railroad to build a connection from Great Bend to Binghamton to avoid having to use Erie's trackage.


GE 80-ton switcher

The Valley Railroad in Essex, Connecticut owns a pair of 80-tonners, 0900 and 0901, for use on the Essex Clipper Dinner Train.


see also

Indian Valley Railroad

Thomas the Tank Engine's Shining Time Station takes place on the fictitious Indian Valley Railroad.

Lenexa, Kansas

In 1865, shortly before Na-Nex-Se died, the Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad was organized to take advantage of favorable new land laws.

Midland Valley Railroad

The Midland Valley Railroad was incorporated in 1903 for the purpose of building a line from Hoye, Arkansas, through Muskogee and Tulsa, Oklahoma to Wichita, Kansas.

National Railway

On March 30, 1871, the German Valley Railroad was chartered in New Jersey, including a Trojan Horse for the National Railway.

Vaca Valley and Clear Lake Railroad

In 1877, just 10 weeks after completing the track between Winters and Madison the Vaca Valley Railroad became the Vaca Valley and Clear Lake Railroad.

Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad

blues artist Robert Johnson's "Traveling Riverside Blues" which traced the route of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad which ran south from Friars Point to Rosedale among other stops, including Vicksburg and north to Memphis.