The Farmville and Powhatan Railroad went bankrupt in 1905 and became the Tidewater and Western Railroad. The line survived until 1917 when it was pulled up and sent to France for the World War I effort. The Tidewater and Western Railroad carried freight and passengers along a route from Farmville, Virginia to Bermuda Hundred. The Tidewater and Western Railroad continued to have Western Union Telegraphs run along the rails. These connected to telegraphs on the Atlantic Coast Line along the East Coast of the US and to Europe.[1][2]
 Tidewater and Western Railroad at Bermuda Hundred | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Richmond, Virginia[3] |
| Locale | Chesterfield, Virginia |
| Dates of operation | 1905-06-07–1917-05-07 |
| Successor | abandoned |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 3 ft (914 mm)[4] |
| Length | 1 routes 3 spurs: 96 miles (150 km) |
- ^ George Woodman Hilton (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford University Press. pp. 543–. ISBN 978-0-8047-1731-1.
- ^ The Southeastern Reporter. West Publishing Company. 1903. pp. 555–.
- ^ Virginia. Office of the Railroad Commissioner (1902). Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioner of the State of Virginia. R.F. Walker, Superintendent Pub. Print. pp. 302–314.
- ^ Virginia. State Corporation Commission (1915). Annual Report. p. 747.