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CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — The city of Chesapeake will get more than $1 million in federal money to make improvements at the Portlock Road train crossing, where two people have been killed in the ...
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — An investigation is underway after several cars from a freight train derailed in southern Chesapeake, the Chesapeake Fire Department said. The accident happened around 3:20 p.m ...
CHESAPEAKE -- Light rail could extend into Chesapeake. City Council Tuesday passed a resolution requesting Hampton Roads Transit go after state and federal money to study extending light rail to ...
After two years of development, a new rail maintenance facility has been completed in Chesapeake, and just under 100 new jobs will come with it.
The Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum has recently added The Honeysuckle Express, a new visitor-operated model railroad exhibit.
Several hopper cars filled with grain derailed in Chesapeake Monday afternoon in the South Norfolk area of the city.
A freight train traveling from the South Norfolk Rail Yard headed to Elizabeth City derailed in Southern Chesapeake at 3:20 P.M. Monday, June 17, 2024. Five empty train cars derailed causing ...
CHESAPEAKE Less than three months ago, the City Council voted 8-0 to pursue a study on the possibility of extending light rail to Chesapeake. The council was told that the federally funded study wo… ...
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) – Chesapeake Police responded to a vehicle crash involving a train near Seaboard Avenue early Wednesday morning. According to officials, around 4:25 a.m., officers were ...
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Railway manufacturer Plasser American will invest $52.6 million to expand its operations in Chesapeake, creating 98 new jobs in the process. Plasser, which has been ...
TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT. A Car on the Chesapeake and Ohio Road Thrown Down an Embankment One Hundred Feet--Twelve Passengers Instantly Killed--Twenty Others Wounded.