The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority was established in 2020 to promote, sustain, and expand the availability of passenger and commuter rail services in the Commonwealth.
Eleven people were killed when a Southern Railway train derailed on Stillhouse Trestle near Danville, Virginia, on September 27, 1903. The wreck is popularized in the song Wreck of the Old ‘97.
Yard goat is a slang term for a terminal tractor, used to tow trailers around a warehouse or yard. It is also a slang term for a switcher, which functions similarly to a terminal tractor but is used on railcars.
