Norfolk Southern Corporation, a Class I freight rail company, leases the tracks through a longstanding agreement NCRR reinvests its lease and other revenue in the Railroad and in the State of North Carolina, to ensure the state maintains its competitive advantage, resulting in job creationOn November 24, 1906 the Norfolk & Southern Railway was created when the Norfolk Southern Railroad and Raleigh & Pamlico Sound Railroad (whose main line stretched from Washington, North Carolina west to Raleigh) merged, along with several smaller companiesMaps showing the Norfolk, Albermarle & Atlantic Railroad and its connections Main map shows southern tidewater Virginia and eastern North Carolina Indicates drainage, cities and towns, counties, canals, and railroads in blue and red Contributor GW & C Colton & Co Norfolk, Albermarle, and Atlantic Railroad Date 11 Homepage Railway Association Of North Carolina Norfolk southern railroad map north carolina