The Winchester and Western Railroad (reporting mark WW) is a shortline railroad operating from Gore through Winchester, Virginia and West Virginia to Hagerstown, Maryland. It also operates several lines in southern New Jersey, connecting to Conrail Shared Assets Operations at Millville and Vineland. The company's original line opened in 1917, extending west from Winchester to Rock Enon Springs, and it went through several reorganizations, remaining independent of larger carriers. In 1986, Conrail sold to the W&W the ex-Pennsylvania Railroad line from Winchester to Hagerstown, as well as most of the W&W's New Jersey trackage (ex-Pennsylvania and Central Railroad of New Jersey). A short ex-CNJ branch from Bridgeton to Seabrook was acquired from the Jersey Southern Railway in 1987.
The W&W is exclusively a freight line with the majority of its freight supplied by the quarry of its parent company, Unimin, in Gore. In New Jersey, the W&W also serves Unimin sand interests and some grain traffic.
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