Railroad. On December 15, 1890, N&W purchased the company outright for $6,000,000 of stock and added the rails to its system. The competing Valley Railroad ran out of capital to build in 1884 and struggled until it went into receivership in 1896. The final length of that line was from Staunton to Lexington, the southern to Salem never finished. The line was never profitable. Stations Historical timeline Passenger service Into the mid-20th century the new owners, the Norfolk & Western, operated two passenger trains a day in each direction. The #1 (southbound) and the #2 (northbound), Roanoke-New York City via Hagerstown and Harrisburg, were part of a pooled long distance night train in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Railroad, complete with Pullman service and lounge car service. Passenger service ended by summer, 1963. See also List of defunct Maryland railroads List of defunct Virginia railroads List of defunct West Virginia railroads References Sources SVRR Annual Report 3 (Fiscal Year 1883, first report) SVRR Annual Report 5 (Fiscal Year 1885) SVRR Annual Report 6 (Fiscal Year 1886) SVRR Annual Report 9 (Fiscal Year 1889) SVRR Annual Report 10 (Fiscal Year 1890, last report) Iron Horses in the Valley, The Valley and Shenandoah Valley Railroads, 1866-1882 by John R. Hildebrand, 2001 Norfolk & Western's Shenandoah Valley Line by Mason Y. Cooper, 1998 The Mineral Wealth of Virginia, 1884 by Andrew S. McCreath. Printed in Harrisburg PA by Lane S. Hart. Copy located in the history room of the Charles Town West Virginia library. When Trains Came to Shepherstown, 200 by Johnna Armstrong for The Station at Shepherdstown. Defunct Virginia railroads Predecessors of the Norfolk and Western Railway Railway companies established in 1867 Railway companies disestablished in 1890 Defunct Maryland railroads Defunct West Virginia railroads