The official logo of the Old Dominion Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. It depicts the "Triple cross"
The triple crossing in Richmond, Virginia is believed to be the only place in the world where three Class I railroads cross at different levels at the same spot.

At the lowest (ground) level, the original Richmond and York River Railroad was extended after the American Civil War to connect with the Richmond and Danville Railroad, later part of the Southern Railway System, currently part of Norfolk Southern. The line runs east to West Point, Virginia.

The middle level was the main line of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, now part of CSX Transportation known as the "S" line, just south of Main Street Station.

At the top level is a 3-mile long viaduct paralleling the north bank of the James River built by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in 1901 to link the former Richmond and Allegheny Railroad with C&O's Peninsula Subdivision to Newport News and export coal piers.

Photographed by Win Goodier, January 26, 2007.
Added to the photo archive by Winslow Goodier, January 29, 2007.
Railroad: NRHS Old Dominion Chapter.

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