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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.
Richmond and Lynchburg Railroad: C&O: 1860 1873 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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
Richmond and York River Railroad; Overview; Locale: Virginia: Dates of operation: 1853–1894: Successor: Richmond, York River and Chesapeake Railroad Company Southern Railway Company: Technical; Track gauge: 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge: Previous gauge: 5 ft (1,524 mm) American Civil War era. Converted to 4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm ...
The Richmond Terminal Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in Virginia.The line is located within Richmond, Virginia, for a total of 4.3 miles.At its north end it continues south from the RF&P Subdivision and at its south end it continues south as the Bellwood Subdivision, which connects to CSX's S Line.
Previously, the Southern had operated its Richmond passenger service out of an old Richmond and Danville Railroad wooden frame depot that laid about 600 feet south of the 14th Street Depot. This depot had been constructed around 1865–1866 to replace the one built in the early 1850s and burnt in the Fall of Richmond in April 1865.