The Shenandoah Valley Railroad (reporting mark SV) is a shortline railroad operating 20.2 miles (32.5 km) of track between Staunton and Pleasant Valley, Virginia.

The railroad interchanges with CSX and Buckingham Branch in Staunton and Norfolk Southern in Pleasant Valley.

[3] The tracks the Shenandoah Valley Railroad runs on were previously operated by the Chesapeake & Western Railroad until February of 1992, when Norfolk Southern was given permission to abandon the tracks due to low usage.

[4] Local interest parties acquired the line and originally contracted it out to various different operators such as Buckingham Branch Railroad.

It was acquired from Kanawha River Terminal’s coal facility in Ceredo, WV.