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The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad was an historic 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge [1] railroad in the Southern United States, much of which is incorporated into the modern Norfolk Southern Railway. It played a strategic role in supplying the Confederacy during the American Civil War .
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.
Virginia Central Railroad: C&O: 1850 1868 Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad: Virginia Central Railway: VC 1926 1983 N/A Virginia and Kentucky Railroad: SOU: 1852 1876 Bristol Coal and Iron Narrow-Gauge Railroad: Virginia and Kentucky Railway: 1902 1916 Norton and Northern Railway: Virginia and Maryland Railroad: VAMD 1977 1981 Eastern Shore Railroad ...
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 ...
During the American Civil War, Robert Latham Owen accepted Confederate rifles to defend the railroad, which were delivered by Gen. Thomas Stonewall Jackson.. Owen also criticized the chaotic military demands on his railroad's rolling stock, which was a crucial link to the salt in Saltville, Virginia, as well as Tennessee, among other routes. [3]
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 ...
The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad was built through Christiansburg in 1857. Originally planned to go through the town center, it was rerouted to the north due to the concerns of town leaders. A train station was built in Cambria (which was a separate municipality until 1964). Much of the railroad was destroyed by Union forces during the Civil ...
The Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway was leased by the Norfolk and Western Railway on October 16, 1964, but was leased to the new Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway on May 17, 1990. The Wabash Railway was leased by the Norfolk and Western Railway October 16, 1964 before becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the Norfolk & Western in December 1991.