The (
AAR Reporting Mark '''NPBL''') is a belt line railroad that has been operating in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Chesapeake, Virginia, since 1898. The NPBL is owned fifty-seven percent by
Norfolk Southern Railway and forty-three percent by
CSX Transportation . The Belt Line interchanges with;
Chesapeake And Albemarle Railroad , CSX Transportation,
Eastern Shore Railroad , and Norfolk Southern. The Belt Line is a terminal switching company that owns 36 miles of track, (plus 27 miles of trackage rights) and links commerce around the deepwater port from Sewells Point to Portsmouth Marine Terminal and including the Southern Branch of the
Elizabeth River . All locomotives belong to Norfolk Southern and the common locomotive used is an
EMD GP15-1 class diesel.
owned by Norfolk Southern in
Chesapeake, Virginia .]]
