after the Civil War, there was no railroad west of the Blue Ridge connecting the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) with the Atlantic Mississippi & Ohio Railroad
Source: Library of Congress, A map showing the Atlantic Mississippi & Ohio R.R. and its connections from Norfolk to Cumberland Gap via Bristol (1867)
in 1887, the Norfolk and Western's northernmost docks on the Elizabeth River were located near Smith's Creek, not at Lambert's Point
Source: Library of Congress, Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Norfolk, Independent Cities, Virginia (Sanborn Map Company, 1887)
Smith's Creek is now The Hague, and the 1887 Norfolk and Western docks are now a residential neighborhood
Source: ESRI, ArcGIS Online (2018)
site of the 1887 railyards and stations for the Norfolk and Western Railroad and the Norfolk and Virginia Beach Railroad in 1887
Source: Library of Congress, Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Norfolk, Independent Cities, Virginia (Sanborn Map Company, 1887)
site of the 1887 railyards and stations for the Norfolk and Western Railroad and the Norfolk and Virginia Beach Railroad in 2018
Source: ESRI, ArcGIS Online (2018)
the Norfolk and Western Railroad connected to the Shenandoah Valley Railroad at Big Lick, not Bonsack
Source: US Geological Survey (USGS), Roanoke VA 1:125,000 topographic quadrangle (1890)
the Norfolk and Western Railroad built its first Norfolk docks at the mouth of the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River, not at Lambert's Point
Source: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, Suffolk & vicinity (Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate armies, 1895)
the Norfolk and Western Railroad built track west of downtown Norfolk to reach Lambert's Point
Source: University of North Carolina, From Cape Henry to Currituck Beach, including the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal (US Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1906)