Clinchfield Railroad

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Clinchfield Railroad was a U.S. Appalachian-region freight railroad renowned for its heavy coal traffic and engineering feats through the rugged mountains of Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina.

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instanceOf railroad company ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
engineeringReputation one of the most challenging mainline railroads in the eastern United States ⓘ
hasHeritageOperations occasional excursion trains under CSX or preservation groups ⓘ
headquartersLocation Erwin, Tennessee ⓘ
heritage part of CSX Transportation network ⓘ
knownFor massive bridges and trestles ⓘ
steep grades and numerous tunnels ⓘ
laterOperatedBy CSX Transportation ⓘ
locomotiveTypeUsed diesel locomotives ⓘ
steam locomotives ⓘ
mainTrafficType unit coal trains ⓘ
mergedInto Seaboard System Railroad ⓘ
nickname The Clinchfield ⓘ
notedFor engineering feats in rugged terrain ⓘ
heavy coal traffic ⓘ
mountain railroading ⓘ
openedForTraffic early 20th century ⓘ
operatedInState Kentucky ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
operationalFocus bridge line for coal between Midwest and Southeast ⓘ
parentCompany Atlantic Coast Line Railroad ⓘ
Clinchfield Company ⓘ
Louisville and Nashville Railroad ⓘ
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad ⓘ
predecessor Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway ⓘ
South & Western Railway ⓘ
primaryCommodity coal ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
regionServed Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
routeFeature crossed Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ
followed Clinch River valley ⓘ
linked to: Clinch River Valley
servedCoalFields eastern Kentucky coalfields ⓘ
eastern Tennessee coalfields ⓘ
southwestern Virginia coalfields ⓘ
western North Carolina coalfields ⓘ
servedIndustry coal mining industry ⓘ
power generation industry ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
successor CSX Transportation ⓘ
Seaboard System Railroad ⓘ
trackType freight railroad ⓘ
trafficType coal export traffic ⓘ
through freight ⓘ

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Family Lines System → hasPart → Clinchfield Railroad ⓘ
Family Lines System → operatedRollingStockOf → Clinchfield Railroad ⓘ
Seaboard System Railroad → predecessor → Clinchfield Railroad ⓘ
Seaboard System Railroad → operatedFormerLinesOf → Clinchfield Railroad ⓘ
Clinchfield, Georgia → namedAfter → Clinchfield Railroad ⓘ
Clinchfield, Georgia → hasHistoricalConnectionTo → Clinchfield Railroad ⓘ
Clinchfield Railroad → predecessor → Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway ⓘ
linked to: Clinchfield Railroad
Clinchfield Railroad → nickname → The Clinchfield ⓘ
linked to: Clinchfield Railroad