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The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad was chartered on February 25, 1834, [2] to run from Richmond north via Fredericksburg to the Potomac River.It opened from Richmond to Hazel Run in 1836, to Fredericksburg on January 23, 1837, and the rest of the way to the Potomac River at Aquia Creek on September 30, 1842.
It runs from Washington, D.C., to Richmond, Virginia, over lines previously owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad. The line's name pays homage to that railroad, which was a predecessor to the CSX.
What is today the Fredericksburg Line was originally part of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad (or RF&P), a connector railroad between the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads in Washington, D.C., and the Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line Railroads in Richmond.
Former Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad stations (6 P) Pages in category "Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
1862 US Military Railroad Rebuilding the high bridge across Potomac Creek, Adna Anderson seated center-left and Eben C. Smeed seated center-right. The Potomac Creek Bridge (Potomac Creek Viaduct or Potomac Run Bridge) was first built in 1842 by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad across the Potomac Creek in Stafford County, Virginia, United States.
The Fredericksburg Line runs north–south along trackage that was once part of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad and is now part of CSX. Amtrak service to Richmond, Virginia, and points south (the Silver Service, Palmetto, Carolinian, and Northeast Regional runs to Hampton Roads) also uses this line. An extension to Spotsylvania ...
The origins of this bridge lay in the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad (RF&P) and the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad (R&P). The RF&P was chartered in 1834 and ran from its station at the northwest corner of Eighth and Broad Streets north to Fredericksburg (which it reached in 1837) and the Potomac River at Aquia Creek (reached in 1842).
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad opens from Richmond to Hazel Run in 1836. It would not reach Fredericksburg until January 23, 1837, and reach the rest of the way to the Potomac River at Aquia Creek until September 30, 1842. [62] 1837 – Tredegar Iron Works in business. 1838