Tidewater Railway

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The Tidewater Railway was formed in 1904 as an intrastate railroad located in Virginia in the United States by William N. Page, a civil engineer and entrepreneur and his silent partner, millionaire industrialist Henry Huttleston Rogers of Standard Oil fame. It was formed with the intention of creating an outlet to Hampton Roads to export coal mined along their older West Virginia short-line, the Deepwater Railway.

In 1907, the Tidewater Railway was renamed the Virginian Railway. A short time later, acquired its sister Deepwater Railway. It took 2 more years, but in 1909, both portions were finally completed.

See Main article Building the Virginian Railway

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