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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Locale | Virginia North Carolina |
| Successor | Seaboard Air Line Railroad Seaboard Coast Line Railroad CSX Transportation |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Previous gauge | 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm) |
The Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad was organized in 1833 (as the Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad) to extend from the area of the rapids of the Roanoke River at its fall line near Weldon, North Carolina to Portsmouth, Virginia, across the Elizabeth River from Norfolk on the harbor of Hampton Roads.