Cherryville is a small city in northwestern Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,760 at the 2010 census. The New Year's Shooters celebrate the area's German heritage by beginning each year with a customary chant and the honorary shooting of muskets. Cherryville is located approximately 40 miles (64 km) west of Charlotte and 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Gastonia.
In American railroading, a frog war occurs when a private railroad company attempts to cross the tracks of another, and this results in hostilities, with the courts usually getting involved, but often long after companies have taken the matter in their own hands and settled, with hordes of workers battling each other. It is named after the frog, the piece of track that allows the two tracks to join or cross and is usually part of a level junction or railroad switch.
The Washington and Old Dominion Railroad, the successor to the bankrupt Washington and Old Dominion Railway, was an intrastate short-line railroad located in Northern Virginia. Its oldest line extended from Alexandria on the Potomac River northwest to Bluemont at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Snickers Gap, not far from the boundary line between Virginia and West Virginia. The railroad's route largely paralleled the routes of the Potomac River and the present Virginia State Route 7.
Aurizon Holdings Limited is a publicly listed rail freight company in Australia. Formerly owned by the Government of Queensland, its assets were transferred to a new company, QR National Limited, in late 2010 in preparation for it being floated on the Australian Securities Exchange in November 2010. Aurizon is Australia's largest rail freight company.
The Carolina Piedmont Railroad is a class III railroad and subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. operating in the Upstate region of South Carolina. From an interchange with CSX Transportation at Laurens the railroad runs 34 miles (55 km) to the northwest, terminating at East Greenville.
The Cato–Fair Haven Trail extends 14.5 miles (23.3 km) from the Town of Cato to Fair Haven, New York. It was built along part of a line within the Auburn Division of the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
The Kings Mountain Railroad was a 5 ft gauge shortline railroad that served South Carolina before, during and after the American Civil War.
The Ashley River Railroad was a shortline railroad that served the South Carolina Lowcountry region in the late 19th century.
The Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad was a 3 ft narrow-gauge railroad that served South Carolina following the Civil War.
The Port Royal Railroad was a South Carolina railroad that was constructed following the American Civil War. The line was chartered in 1856 but wasn't built until 1870. By 1871, it ran from Port Royal, South Carolina, to Yemassee, South Carolina. It was extended to Augusta, Georgia in 1873. That same year, the company declared bankruptcy and was sold to the new Port Royal and Augusta Railway in 1878.
The Blackville, Alston and Newberry Railroad was a railroad that served South Carolina in the latter part of the 19th century.
The Barnwell Railway was a shortline railroad that served western South Carolina in the late 19th century.
The Carolina Midland Railway was a railroad that served western South Carolina in the late 19th century.
The Conway Coast and Western Railroad was a Southeastern railroad that served South Carolina, specifically the area around Myrtle Beach, in the early 20th century.
The Conway Seashore Railroad was a South Carolina railroad that operated in the early 20th century.
The Branchville and Bowman Railroad was a shortline railroad that began just after Reconstruction and survived until the mid-1920s.
The Berkeley Railroad was a South Carolina railroad that served the Charleston area beginning in the late 19th century.
The Sievern and Knoxville Railroad was a South Carolina railroad that operated from the late 19th century into the first half of the 20th century.
The Charleston Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of South Carolina and Georgia. The line from Florence, South Carolina to Savannah, Georgia for a total of 195.8 miles. At its north end it continues south from the South End Subdivision and at its south end it continues south as the Savannah Subdivision of the Jacksonville Division.
