Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad

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Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad
Overview

CA #2158 in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Fleet size	CA 502 (EMD GP38-2) CA 2116 (EMD GP38-2) CA 3557 (EMD GP38-2)
Parent company	Genesee and Wyoming
Headquarters	Ahoskie, North Carolina
Reporting mark	CA
Locale	Chesapeake, Virginia to Edenton, North Carolina
Dates of operation	1990–present
Predecessor	Norfolk Southern Railroad
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1/2in (1,435 mm), standard gauge
Length	68 miles (109 km)
Other
Website	www.gwrr.com/ca

The Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad (reporting mark CA) is a short-line railroad that operates 68 miles (109 km)^[1] of track from Chesapeake, Virginia to Edenton, North Carolina.

History

The railroad was originally part of the Norfolk Southern Railroad, which continued south, crossing the Albemarle Sound and on to Mackeys Ferry and Plymouth. The railroad was started as part of Norfolk Southern's Thoroughbred Shortline Program, where low density lines were handed over to shortline operators. The current railroad began operations in 1990, was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000,^[1] and subsequently acquired by the Genesee & Wyoming in 2012.^[2] With the acquisition of the railroad by Genesee & Wyoming, the railroad made the decision to lower track speeds from 25-35mph to 10-25mph.

The railroad was fined around $15,100 for a spill of diesel fuel in August 2010 after a derailment on 26 March 2010 spilled around 1,000 US gallons (3,800 L) of fuel into the Intracoastal Waterway.^[3]

In 2022 and 2023, the line was given money from the North Carolina government as part of a wider plan to help improve infrastructure on shortline railroads in the state.^[4]^[5]

On June 17, 2024, the line was closed indefinitely following a train derailment in Chesapeake. The line will be out of service for an unknown duration until the incident is handled, as the National Transportation Safety Board was notified, and repairs are made.^[6]^[7]

Services

C&A interchanges with both Norfolk Southern Railway, CSX Transportation, and the Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad. The railroad's traffic comes mainly from stone and chemical products, along with smaller amounts of potash, lumber, and cement. The CA hauled around 3,300 carloads in 2008.^[1] Some of the main businesses on the line are Vulcan Materials in Elizabeth City, aprocessor of aggregate stone; Universal Forest Products in Elizabeth City, distributor of forest products; and FP Wood Grain Co. of Camden, a distributor of agricultural commodities.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "RailAmerica's Empire". Trains Magazine. Kalmbach Publishing. June 2010.
^ Burns, Adam (2023-10-10). "Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad". American-Rails.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
^ "RailAmerica short line to pay Virginia for fuel spill". Trains Magazine. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
^ "North Carolina awards $12 million to short lines for infrastructure improvements". Trains. 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
^ "State to invest $10M in short-line railroad improvements". Coastal Review. 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
^ Anderson, Natalie (2024-06-17). "Train derails in southern Chesapeake, prompting indefinite closure". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
^ Reese, Brian (2024-06-17). "Several train cars derail in Chesapeake". WAVY. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
^ "Chesapeake & Albemarle". www.ncrailways.org. Retrieved 2024-07-29.

External links

Media related to Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Railroads of North Carolina
Common carriers	Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad Alexander Railroad Atlantic and Western Railway Blue Ridge Southern Railroad Caldwell County Railroad Cape Fear Railways Carolina Coastal Railway Carolina Southern Railroad Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad Clinton Terminal Railroad CSX Transportation Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Laurinburg and Southern Railroad North Carolina Railroad North Carolina and Virginia Railroad Nash County Railroad Norfolk Southern Railway State University Railroad Thermal Belt Railway Virginia Southern Railroad Winston-Salem Southbound Railway Wilmington Terminal Railroad Yadkin Valley Railroad
Passenger carriers	Amtrak
See also: Former carriers in North Carolina List of United States railroads by political division

v t e Railroads of Virginia
Common carriers	Buckingham Branch Railroad Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad Chesapeake Western Railway CSX Transportation Commonwealth Railway Delmarva Central Railroad Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad North Carolina and Virginia Railroad Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Norfolk Southern Railway Shenandoah Valley Railroad Virginia Southern Railroad Winchester and Western Railroad
Passenger carriers	Amtrak Virginia Railway Express
Private carriers	Fort Eustis Military Railroad Newport News Shipbuilding Corporation Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Heritage railroads	Busch Gardens Railway
See also: Former carriers in Virginia List of United States railroads by political division

v t e Genesee & Wyoming
North American railroads	Alabama & Gulf Coast Aliquippa & Ohio River AN Railway Arizona & California Arizona Eastern Arkansas, Louisiana & Mississippi Arkansas Midland Atlantic & Western Bauxite & Northern Bay Line Buffalo & Pittsburgh Allegheny & Eastern Pittsburg & Shawmut California Northern Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Carolina Piedmont Cascade & Columbia River Central Oregon & Pacific Central of Indiana Central of Indianapolis CG Chattahoochee Bay Chattahoochee Industrial Chattooga & Chickamauga Chesapeake & Albemarle Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Columbus & Chattahoochee Columbus & Greenville Columbus & Ohio River Commonwealth Conecuh Valley Connecticut Southern Dallas, Garland & Northeastern East Tennessee Eastern Alabama First Coast Fordyce & Princeton Galveston Georgia Central Georgia Southwestern Goderich–Exeter Golden Isles Terminal Grand Rapids Eastern Heart of Georgia Hilton & Albany Huron & Eastern Huron Central Illinois & Midland Indiana & Ohio Indiana Southern Kiamichi Knob Lake & Timmins Kyle Little Rock & Western Louisiana & Delta Luxapalila Valley Mahoning Valley Marquette Maryland Midland Massena Terminal Meridian & Bigbee Michigan Shore Mid-Michigan Missouri & Northern Arkansas New England Central North Carolina & Virginia Ohio Central Ohio Southern Olympia & Belmore Ottawa Valley Otter Tail Valley Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Point Comfort & Northern Portland & Western Prescott & Northwestern Providence & Worcester Puget Sound & Pacific Quebec Gatineau Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Riceboro Southern Rochester & Southern Dansville & Mount Morris Genesee & Wyoming St Lawrence & Atlantic / St-Laurent & Atlantique San Diego & Imperial Valley San Joaquin Valley Savannah Port Terminal South Buffalo South Carolina Central Southern Ontario Tazewell & Peoria Texas Northeastern Three Notch Toledo, Peoria & Western Tomahawk Utah Salt Lake City Southern Valdosta Ventura County Warren & Saline River Warren & Trumbull Wellsboro & Corning Western Kentucky Western Labrador Willamette & Pacific Wilmington Terminal Wiregrass Central York Youngstown & Austintown Youngstown Belt
Other operations	Freightliner Group Rotterdam Rail Feeding
Former operations	Genesee & Wyoming Australia (51%) Rockdale, Sandow & Southern Talleyrand Terminal Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad

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