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1891 map of Richmond and Danville Railroad and connections Piedmont Air Line System advertisement 1882 1893 map (also showing the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad and connections) With the support of Virginia Governor Francis H. Pierpont, Algernon S. Buford became president of the 140-mile (230 km) R&D on September 13, 1865.
The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac and Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Connection was chartered March 3, 1866, and opened May 1, 1867, as a connection between the RF&P and the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad (later part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad) west of downtown Richmond. It was operated jointly by those two companies.
Church Hill Tunnel was completed in 1873 for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), [2] [3] which was seeking to extend its trackage (of the former Virginia Central Railroad) from a terminus in the Shockoe Valley section of downtown Richmond to connect with their new Peninsula Subdivision extending approximately 75 miles (120 km) southeast down the Virginia Peninsula to reach Collis Potter ...
It is part of the Roanoke to Bluefield and Bristol rail corridor. [25] Richmond District (includes Yard Track, Track No. 15 and Woodhole Track) Burkeville, Virginia: West Point, Virginia: Former Southern Railway) and originally Richmond and York River Railroad and eastern section of Richmond and Danville Railroad: Roanoke District: Shenandoah ...
The Chesterfield Railroad was a gravity railway which transported coal from the mines in Midlothian. Richmond's transportation history dates to the early 17th century. The Virginia Colony, established at Jamestown in 1607, was dependent upon the waterways as avenues of commerce.
Straight-Shoot Railroad: Richmond and Mecklenburg Railroad: SOU: 1875 1950 Southern Railway: Richmond and Petersburg Railroad: ACL: 1836 1898 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad: Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad: SAL: 1892 1900 Seaboard Air Line Railway: Richmond Terminal Railway: ACL/ RF&P: 1916 1976 N/A Richmond and York River Railroad ...
In 1888 the railroad was leased, and later purchased, by Collis P. Huntington's Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (merger with C&O occurred in 1889 [4]). Today, the former Richmond and Alleghany Railroad is a major route of CSX Transportation. It forms the Rivanna and James River subdivisions. The eastern terminus is Richmond's Main Street Station.
Richmond's Main Street Station in the downtown area was built in 1901 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL) and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O). Seaboard had introduced service to Richmond, and C&O had consolidated the former Virginia Central Railroad and the Richmond and Allegheny Railroad, which had previously maintained separate stations.