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Norfolk Southern Railway

former American railway (1942–82)
Organization railway_company Q7051105
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Norfolk Southern Railway

Summary

Norfolk Southern Railway is a railway company[1]. It draws 22 Wikipedia views per month (railway_company category, ranking #149 of 924).[2]

Key Facts

  • Norfolk Southern Railway is located in Virginia[3].
  • Norfolk Southern Railway is in the country of United States[4].
  • Norfolk Southern Railway's instance of is recorded as railway company[5].
  • Norfolk Southern Railway's Commons category is recorded as Norfolk Southern Railway (1942–1982)[6].
  • +1942-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Norfolk Southern Railway[7].
  • Norfolk Southern Railway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07zyzq[8].
  • Norfolk Southern Railway's replaces is recorded as Aberdeen and Asheboro Railroad[9].
  • Norfolk Southern Railway's replaced by is recorded as Southern Railway[10].
  • Norfolk Southern Railway's date of official opening is recorded as +1881-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Norfolk Southern Railway's detail map is recorded as Norfolk Southern Railway (old).svg[12].
  • Norfolk Southern Railway's date of official closure is recorded as +1974-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].

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Founding

+1942-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Norfolk Southern Railway[7].

Why It Matters

Norfolk Southern Railway draws 22 Wikipedia views per month (railway_company category, ranking #149 of 924).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_norfolk-southern-railway-q7051105_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Norfolk Southern Railway}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/norfolk-southern-railway-q7051105}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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