Virginia Central Railroad

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The Virginia Central Railroad was a 19th-century Virginia railway that played a key role in regional transportation and Civil War logistics before becoming a principal predecessor of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Virginia Central Railroad canonical 4
Manassas Gap Railroad 1

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Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
affectedBy Union Army raids during the American Civil War ⓘ
connectedTo Charlottesville, Virginia ⓘ
Gordonsville, Virginia ⓘ
Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Staunton, Virginia ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
hasRouteType intercity rail ⓘ
hasSuccessorLine CSX Transportation main line (indirectly via C&O) ⓘ
headquartersLocation Virginia ⓘ
heritageDesignation historical railroad in Virginia ⓘ
historicalSignificance major east–west rail route in Virginia ⓘ
principal predecessor of the C&O main line ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedIn Virginia ⓘ
namedAfter Virginia ⓘ
operatedDuringCentury 19th century ⓘ
partOf antebellum railroad development in the American South ⓘ
rail network of the Confederate States ⓘ
playedRoleIn American Civil War logistics ⓘ
regional transportation in Virginia ⓘ
predecessorOf Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
railGauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in standard gauge ⓘ
servedRegion Piedmont region of Virginia ⓘ
Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Shenandoah Valley
significantDuringConflict American Civil War ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
subjectOf Civil War military operations ⓘ
successor Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ
transported agricultural products ⓘ
iron and other minerals ⓘ
military supplies ⓘ
troops ⓘ
usedBy Confederate States of America ⓘ
usedFor freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway → formedByMergerOf → Virginia Central Railroad ⓘ
Manassas Campaign → relatedRailroad → Manassas Gap Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Central Railroad
Battle of Trevilian Station → railroadInvolved → Virginia Central Railroad ⓘ
Orange and Alexandria Railroad → connectsTo → Virginia Central Railroad ⓘ
Gordonsville, Virginia → hasTransportationHistory → Virginia Central Railroad ⓘ