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The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad (ETV&G) was a rail transport system that operated in the southeastern United States during the late 19th century. Created with the consolidation of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad and the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad in 1869, the ETV&G played an important role in connecting East Tennessee and other isolated parts of Southern ...
The East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Company was incorporated under a special act of Tennessee on January 27, 1848. [1]The company built 130.7 miles (210.3 km) of 5 ft (1,524 mm) [2] gauge railroad line between Knoxville, Tennessee and Bristol, Tennessee between 1850 and 1856.
The East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Company was incorporated under special act of Tennessee on February 19, 1836 as the Hiwassee Rail Road Company. [1]The company built 81.23 miles (130.73 km) of 5 ft (1,524 mm) [2] gauge railroad line between Dalton, Georgia and Loudon, Tennessee in 1852, 28.7 miles (46.2 km) of railroad line between Loudon, Tennessee and Knoxville, Tennessee in 1855 and ...
Charles McClung McGhee (January 23, 1828 – May 5, 1907) was an American industrialist and financier, active primarily in Knoxville, Tennessee.As director of the East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railway (ETV&G), McGhee was responsible for much of the railroad construction that took place in East Tennessee in the 1870s and 1880s.
Ironically, it was an ex-Confederate, Charles McClung McGhee, who formed a syndicate which bought the East Tennessee and Georgia and the East Tennessee and Virginia lines, and merged the two into the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad in 1869. [4]
Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad: East Georgia Railway: 1916 East Georgia and Florida Railroad: ACL: 1881 1888 Savannah, Florida and Western Railway: East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad: SOU: 1848 1869 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad: East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad: SOU: 1869 1886 East Tennessee, Virginia and ...
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad: Tennessee Valley Railroad: SOU: 1887 1888 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway: Tennessee Western Railroad: L&N: 1912 1939 N/A TennRail Corporation: 1991 1993 Kansas City Southern Railway: Troy and Tiptonville Railroad: IC: 1887 1903 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad: Unicoi ...
Has trackage rights on CSX Warrenton, GA to Camak, GA Cohutta District (or I Line by local railfans) Cleveland, TN: Cohutta, GA: From Cleveland Yard to connection with Atlanta North District. It was part of the East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad: Columbus District (includes Geneva Siding) Fort Valley, GA: Columbus, GA: Dothan District (includes ...