Any railroad company in this state may, with the assent and approval of the Public Service Commission, consolidate its properties and franchises with the property and franchises of another railroad company or other railroad companies, or obtain the possession and control of the lines and tracks of another railroad company or of other railroad companies, by purchase or lease, whether such railroads are or are not parallel or competing lines.
Structure West Virginia Code
§31-2-1. Railroad Companies to Be Common Carriers; General Powers
§31-2-2. Right to Own and Dispose of Property
§31-2-3. Right to Produce Electricity for Own Uses
§31-2-4. Right to Dispose of Surplus Electricity, Power, etc.
§31-2-5. Buying, Selling or Transporting Coal and Coke
§31-2-6. Charter to Show Principal Cities and Towns to Be Served by Railroad
§31-2-7. Filing Map of Railroad
§31-2-8. Warning of Approach of Train at Crossings; Crossing Railroad Tracks
§31-2-9. Signboards or Warning Notices at Crossings
§31-2-10. Watering Troughs for Livestock
§31-2-11. Consolidation of Railroad Properties
§31-2-12. Passing Into Other States
§31-2-14. Foreclosure or Judicial Sale of Railroad Company
§31-2-15. Same -- Rights and Duties of Purchaser