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    • Early Lines: AT&O | Blue Ridge | Cinc Southern | LC&C
    • Other: DL&W | Erie | Erie Lack | NYC | P&LE | Reading | Western MD | W&LE
    • Short Lines: Gainesville Mid | KY & TN | Tallulah Falls
    • Consolidation: Chessie | Family | Penn Cen | Conrail | Seaboard
    • Today: CSX | Norfolk Southern | Amtrak
  • Charleston Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad: History | Locos | Maps | Railfan Guide
  • ET&WNC: History | Maps | Locomotives | Timetables | Leaders | Tweetsie
  • Appalachian Railroad Cities: Balt | Chatt | Cinc | Knox | Lynch | Rich | Roa | more
  • Appalachian Mountain Gaps
  • Railfan Guides | Abandoned Lines & Railroads | Rails to Trails
  • Sources & Resources: Scholars & Authors | Books | Museums | Organizations | Links
  • Model Railroads: 3Cs | ET&WNC
  • Appalachian-Railroads: Site Map | Editor
  • Clinchfield.org | Southern-Railroads.org

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  • List of Pages on the Appalachian Railroad Site
    • For More Information – Sources and Resources
    • 3Cs Websites

List of Pages on the Appalachian Railroad Site

To more easily help you navigate the website, here is the latest list of pages. Please come back in the months ahead as content is added to the site. Also, send me your thoughts and questions on the contact form at the bottom of the page.

  • Railroads Across the Appalachians
    • A Railroad Void
      • First Appalachian Railroads
        • Breaking the Mountain Barrier
          • Appalachian Region Thrives
    • Abandoned Appalachian Railroads
    • Appalachian Cities and Towns
      • Railroad Convention in Estillville, Virginia – 1831
      • Railroad Convention in Jonesborough, Tennessee – 1835
      • Railroad Convention in Knoxville, Tennessee – 1836
      • Railroads of Abingdon, Virginia
      • Railroads of Appalachia, Virginia
      • Railroads of Asheville, North Carolina
      • Railroads of Ashland, Kentucky
      • Railroads of Atlanta, Georgia
      • Railroads of Baltimore, Maryland
      • Railroads of Birmingham, Alabama
      • Railroads of Bluefield, West Virginia
      • Railroads of Bluff City, Tennessee
      • Railroads of Bristol, Tennessee and Virginia
      • Railroads of Charlottesville, Virginia
      • Railroads of Chattanooga, Tennessee
      • Railroads of Cincinnati, Ohio
      • Railroads of Clifton Forge, Virginia
      • Railroads of Corbin, Kentucky
      • Railroads of Cumberland, Maryland
      • Railroads of Dante, Virginia
      • Railroads of Elizabethton, Tennessee
      • Railroads of Erwin, Tennessee
      • Railroads of Gainesville, Georgia
      • Railroads of Grafton, West Virginia
      • Railroads of Hamlet, North Carolina
      • Railroads of Hinton, West Virginia
      • Railroads of Johnson City, Tennessee
        • Maps of Johnson City Tennessee and its Railroads
        • Railroad Landmarks for Johnson City, Tennessee
        • Timeline for Railroads of Johnson City, Tennessee
      • Railroads of Jonesborough, Tennessee (Jonesboro)
      • Railroads of Kingsport, Tennessee
      • Railroads of Knoxville, Tennessee
      • Railroads of Lynchburg, Virginia
      • Railroads of Mullens, West Virginia
      • Railroads of Nashville, Tennessee
      • Railroads of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
      • Railroads of Richmond, Virginia
      • Railroads of Roanoke, Virginia
      • Railroads of Spartanburg, South Carolina
      • Railroads of St. Louis, Missouri
      • Railroads of Thurmond, West Virginia
      • Railroads of Waycross, Georgia
      • Railroads of Wheeling, West Virginia
      • Railroads of Williamson, West Virginia
    • Appalachian Mountain Gaps and Passes
      • Blue Ridge Tunnel
      • Buford’s Gap
      • Cumberland Gap
      • Emory River Valley and Gorge
      • Greenbrier River Valley and Gorge
      • Jackson River Valley and Gorge
      • James River Valley and Water Gap
      • Little Tennessee River Valley and Gorge
      • McKinney Gap (Near Altapass NC)
      • Moccasin Gap – Big Moccasin Gap (Virginia)
      • New River Valley and Gorge
      • Nolichucky River Valley and Gorge
      • Potomac River Valley and Water Gap
      • Rabun Gap
      • Roanoke River Valley and Water Gap
      • Saluda Grade
      • Swannanoa Gap – Ridgecrest, North Carolina
      • Tennessee River Valley, Water Gaps and Gorges
    • Appalachian Railroads
      • Amtrak
      • Appalachian Railroads Route Comparison
      • Atlantic Coast Line Railroad – ACL
        • History of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad – ACL
        • Locomotives of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad – ACL
        • Maps of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad – ACL
        • Passenger Trains of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad – ACL
      • Atlantic Tennessee & Ohio Railroad
      • Baltimore & Ohio Railroad – B&O
        • Appalachian Mountain Crossing: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
        • History of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad – B&O
        • Locomotives of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad – B&O
        • Maps of the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad
        • Passenger Trains of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad – B&O
          • Timetables of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad – B&O
        • Sand Patch Grade
      • Black Diamond Railroad
      • Blue Ridge Railroad
      • Chesapeake and Ohio Railway – C&O
        • Coal Operations of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
        • History of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway – C&O
        • Locomotives of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway – C&O
        • Maps of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway – C&O
        • Passenger Trains of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway – C&O
      • Chessie System (Railroad)
        • History of the Chessie System (Railroad)
        • Locomotives of the Chessie System (Railroad)
        • Maps of the Chessie System (Railroad)
      • Cincinnati Southern Railway – CNO&TP Railroad
      • Clinchfield Railroad
      • Conrail (Railroad)
      • CSX Transportation (Railroad)
        • CSX Blue Ridge Subdivision Recovery
        • History of CSX Railroad
        • Locomotives of the CSX (Railroad)
        • Maps of CSX (Railroad)
      • Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad – DLW
      • Erie Lackawanna Railway – EL
      • Erie Railroad
      • Family Lines System (Railroad)
        • History of the Family Lines System (Railroad)
        • Locomotives of the Family Lines System (Railroad)
        • Maps of the Family Lines System (Railroad)
      • Gainesville Midland Railroad
      • Kentucky and Tennessee Railroad – K&T
      • Louisville & Nashville Railroad – L&N
        • History of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad – L&N
        • Locomotives of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad – L&N
        • Maps of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad – L&N
        • Passenger Trains of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
      • Louisville Cincinnati & Charleston Railroad – LC&C
      • Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway – NC&StL
        • History of the Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Railway
        • Locomotives of the Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis – NC&StL
        • Maps of the Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis – NC&StL
        • Passenger Trains of the Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis
      • New York Central Railroad – NYC
      • Norfolk & Western Railway – N&W
        • Abingdon Branch of the N&W Railway: Virginia Creeper Trail
        • History of the Norfolk and Western Railway – N&W
        • Locomotives of the Norfolk and Western Railway – N&W
        • Maps of the Norfolk and Western Railway – N&W
        • Passenger Trains of the Norfolk & Western Railway – N&W
      • Norfolk and Cincinnati Railroad
      • Norfolk Southern Railway – Early Consolidation
      • Ohio River & Charleston Railway
      • Penn Central Railroad
      • Pennsylvania Railroad – PRR
        • Crossing the Appalachian Mountains: Pennsylvania Railroad
        • History of the Pennsylvania Railroad – PRR
        • Locomotives of the Pennsylvania Railroad – PRR
        • Maps of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
        • Passenger Trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad – PRR
      • Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad – P&LE
      • Railroads of Tennessee
      • Reading Railroad (The Reading Company) – RDG
      • Seaboard Air Line Railroad – SAL
        • History of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad – SAL
        • Locomotives of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad – SAL
        • Maps of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad – SAL
        • Passenger Trains of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad – SAL
      • Seaboard Coast Line Railroad – SCL
        • History of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad – SCL
        • Locomotives of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad – SCL
        • Maps of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad – SCL
        • Passenger Trains of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad – SCL
          • Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Passenger Timetables
      • Seaboard System Railroad – SBD
        • History of the Seaboard System Railroad – SBD
        • Locomotives of the Seaboard System Railroad – SBD
        • Maps of the Seaboard System Railroad – SBD
      • Southern Railway
      • Tallulah Falls Railroad
      • Virginian Railway – VGN
        • History of the Virginian Railway (VGN)
        • Locomotives of the Virginian Railway – VGN
      • Western Maryland Railway – WM
      • Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway – W&LE
    • Charleston Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad – 3Cs
      • 3Cs Railroad Loops
      • Arthur N. Molesworth – Charleston Cincinnati & Chicago RR
      • Chattaroi Railroad
      • History of the Charleston Cincinnati & Chicago
      • John T. Wilder
      • Johnson City TN: Railroad Boomtown
      • Locomotives of the Charleston Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad
      • Maps of the Charleston Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad
      • Mileposts of the 3Cs Railroad
      • Railfan Guide of the Charleston Cincinnati & Chicago
        • Warriors’ Path State Park
      • Searching for the Charleston Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad
        • 3Cs 1893 Roadbed Segments
    • East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad – ET&WNC
      • Ario Pardee
      • ET&WNC Model Railroad Layout
      • George W. Hardin
      • History of the ET&WNC Railroad
      • Leaders of the ET&WNC Railroad
      • Locomotives of the ET&WNC Railroad
      • Maps of the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina – ET&WNC
      • Thomas E. Matson
      • Timetables of the ET&WNC Railroad
      • Tweetsie Railroad
    • Model Railroad with Clinchfield, Southern, ET&WNC, and 3Cs
      • 3Cs Model Railroad Passenger Trains
      • 3Cs Model Railroad Photos
      • 3Cs Model Railroad: An Alternate History
      • 3Cs Model Railroad Layout Plan
    • Railfan Guides for Railroads Across the Appalachians
      • Johnson City Southern and South & Western Railfan Guide
    • Railroad Caboose
    • Railroads of North Carolina
    • Railroads of the United States (American)
    • Railroads of Virginia
    • Rails to Trails – GA, KY, NC, PA, SC, TN, and WV
    • Sources and Resources for Appalachian Railroads
      • Books about the Appalachian Railroads
        • ET&WNC Books
      • Contributors of Appalachian-Railroads.org
      • Links for More Information on the Appalachian Railroads
      • Museums of the Appalachian Railroads
      • Organizations for the Appalachian Railroads
      • Sandhi Kozsuch – Editor of Appalachian-Railroads.org
      • Scholars & Authors: Railroads of the Appalachians
        • C. K. Marsh, Jr.
        • Calvin Sneed – Bridges and Tunnels
        • James A. Goforth – Chief Engineer and Author
        • Johnny Graybeal – Noted ET&WNC Author
        • Ron Flanary – Noted Appalachian Railroad Author
        • Scott Jessee
        • Steve King
      • Site Map

For More Information – Sources and Resources

The following are excellent resources for those of you wanting to explore and learn more about the history and operation of the Appalachian Railroads. These sources of information also serve as reference and historical materials for Appalachian-Railroads.org. Much of the collective railroad history data points on this website are verified across multiple sources.

  • Associations and their Archives
    • ACL & SCL Railroads Historical Society
    • Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society
    • Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society
    • Carolina Clinchfield Chapter National Railway Historical Society
    • ET&WNC Railroad Historical Society and their Facebook Page
    • George L. Carter Railroad Historical Society (Johnson City Railroad Experience)
    • Louisville & Nashville Railroad Historical Society
    • Norfolk & Western Historical Society
    • Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society
    • Southern Railway Historical Association
    • Watauga Valley Railroad Historical Society
  • Personal Maps & Memorabilia: Documents, maps, timetables, and track charts
  • Archives of Appalachia: ETSU, Johnson City TN
  • Newspaper Articles: Newspapers.com
  • Magazines/Online: ‘Trains‘, ‘Classic Trains‘
  • Books
    • Castner, Flanary & Dorin: Louisville & Nashville Railroad The Old Reliable‘
    • Davis: The Southern Railway, Road of the Innovators‘
    • Drury: The Historical Guide to North American Railroads
    • Dixon: ‘Chesapeake & Ohio, Superpower to Diesels‘, Chesapeake & Ohio in the Coalfields, and ‘C&O Allegheny Subdivision‘
    • Flanary: The Louisville & Nashville Cumberland Valley Division
    • Flanary, Lindsey & Oroszi. The Southern Railway‘
    • Flanary, Oroszi & McKee: ‘The Louisville & Nashville in the Appalachians‘
    • Goforth: ‘Building the Clinchfield‘ and ‘When Steam Ran the Clinchfield‘
    • Graybeal: ‘The Railroads of Johnson City‘
    • Huddleston: ‘Appalachian Crossings – The Pocahontas Roads‘
    • Irwin & Stahl: ‘The Last Empire Builder: The Life of George L. Carter‘
    • Lindsey: ‘Norfolk Southern 1995 Review‘
    • King: ‘Clinchfield Country‘
    • Lindsey: ‘Norfolk Southern 1995 Review‘
    • Marsh: ‘Clinchfield in Color‘
    • Oroszi & Flanary: ‘Dixie Lines, The Louisville & Nashville Railroad‘
    • Poole: ‘A History of Railroading in Western North Carolina‘
    • Poteat & Taylor: ‘The CSX Clinchfield Route in the 21st Century‘
    • Prince: ‘Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Railway‘
    • Stevens & Peoples: ‘The Clinchfield No. 1 – Tennessee’s Legendary Steam Engine‘
    • Way: ‘The Clinchfield Railroad, the Story of a Trade Route Across the Blue Ridge Mountains‘
    • Webb: ‘The Southern Railway System: An Illustrated History‘
    • Wolfe: ‘Southern Railway Appalachia Division‘
    • Wolfe, Wilson & Mandelkern: ‘Norfolk & Western’s Clinch Valley Line‘
    • Young: ‘Appalachian Coal Mines and Railroads In Color,’ Volume 1: Kentucky and Volume 2: Virginia
  • Online Article: Flanary: ‘The Quick Service Route, The Clinchfield Railroad‘; Scientific American: ‘The Costliest Railroad in America‘
  • Online Videos: Ken Marsh on Kingsport area railroads and region’s history Video #1 | Video #2:
  • Websites:
    • American-Rails.com
    • AppalachianRailroadModeling.com
    • Carolana.com – North Carolina Railroads, South Carolina Railroads
    • Diesel Shop
    • HawkinsRails.net
    • Multimodalways
    • StateOfFranklin.net which hosts Johnson’s Depot
    • RailFanGuides.us for Johnson City and for Erwin
    • SteamLocomotive.com
    • VirginiaPlaces.org – Railroad History of Virginia
    • Wikipedia.org
    • WvncRails.org – North Carolina and West Virginia Railroads


3Cs Websites

Appalachian-Railroads.org | Clinchfield.org | Southern-Railroads.org

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