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Encyclopedia > Clinchfield Railroad
Clinchfield Railroad
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Reporting marks CCO; CRR
Locale Spartanburg, South Carolina to Elkhorn City, Kentucky
Dates of operation 19021983
Track gauge 4 ftin (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters Johnson City, Tennessee / Erwin, Tennessee

The Clinchfield Railroad (AAR reporting mark CRR) was an operating and holding company for the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway (AAR reporting mark CCO). The line ran from the coalfields of Virginia and Elkhorn City, Kentucky to the textile mills of South Carolina. The 35-mile segment from Dante, Va. to Elkhorn City, KY, opening up the coal lands north of Sandy Ridge Mountains and forming a connection with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad at Elkhorn City, was completed in 1915. The Clinchfield was the last Class I railroad built in the U.S. east of the Rocky Mountains. The 266-mile railroad provided access to numerous scenic wonders of the Appalachian region and is probably best-known for the state-of-the-art railroad engineering techniques applied in its construction, as exemplified by the Clinchfield Loops climbing the Blue Ridge Mountains north of Marion, North Carolina. The Clinchfield Railroad began operating the line December 1, 1924, and for many years it was leased jointly by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Louisville and Nashville Railroad. When the L&N merged with the ACL's successor, the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, on December 29, 1982, forming the Seaboard System Railroad, the separate operating company was unnecessary and was dissolved. The line is now owned and operated by CSX Transportation. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Reporting marks on two CP Rail covered hoppers passing Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, June 20, 2004. ... Spartanburg is a city located in Spartanburg County in South Carolina, a state of the United States of America, and 98 miles (158 km) northwest of Columbia. ... 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Erwin is a city located in Unicoi County, Tennessee. ... Categories: Organization stubs | Rail transport | Industry trade groups ... Reporting marks on two CP Rail covered hoppers passing Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, June 20, 2004. ... A holding company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors. ... Categories: Organization stubs | Rail transport | Industry trade groups ... Reporting marks on two CP Rail covered hoppers passing Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, June 20, 2004. ... Wyoming coal mine Coal mining is the mining of coal. ... Elkhorn City is a city located in Pike County, Kentucky. ... A Class I railroad (also called a Class 1 railroad) is a member of the largest class of railroads in North America. ... 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History

In 1886, Ex-Union General John H. Wilder received a charter for Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, commonly referred to as the "3-C" Railroad. This was the beginning of the modern Clinchfield. The promoters of this ambitious project proposed a 625-mile line from Ironton, Ohio to Charleston, S.C., with an extension down the Ohio River to Cincinnati. It would serve the rich agricultural lands of the Piedmont, the summer resorts of the North Carolina mountains, the rich timber and mineral deposits and coal fields of Virginia and Kentucky, with terminals on both the Ohio River and the Atlantic Seacoast. The estimated cost was $21 million. Johnson City, Tennessee was established as the headquarters for the 3-C railroad and that city became a railway boom town. Construction progressed from Johnson City to both the north and south. Tracks reached Erwin, Tennessee in 1890. The roadway grading was 90 percent complete from Johnson City to Dante, VA in 1893, when the 3-C began to experience financial problems and then failed in the national depression of that year. In July 1893, the assets of the 3-C railroad were sold at a foreclosure for $550,000. The new owners renamed it the "Ohio River and Charlston Railroad." The construction continued in a halfhearted manner and in 1897 owners began to sell off the railroad in segments. At this time an enterprising enterpreneur, George L. Carter, enters the picture. He was involved in developing the coal lands of Southwestern Virginia and needed a railroad to get his coal to a south Atlantic seaport. In 1902, he purchased the Ohio River and Charlston railroad, reorganized it as the Clinchfield Railroad and set up a gigantic construction program to get it completed. Between 1905 and 1909 the road was completed from Dante, Virginia, to Spartanburg, South Carolina. Carter was successful in getting adequate financing for the construction and built the railroad to construction standards far beyond the norms of the times. Consequently, Clinchfield has not had to reduce grades, lighten curves, straighten bridges, and enlarge tunnels to handle heavier and larger equipment as other railroads have had to do. Carter originally established the Clinchfield headquarters in Johnson City, Tennessee but later moved the headquarters to Erwin, Tennessee when he could not get required land for the main shops and classification yards. Johnson City is a city located primarily in Washington County, Tennessee; however a small part of the city is located within Carter County, Tennessee. ... Erwin is a city located in Unicoi County, Tennessee. ... Spartanburg is a city located in Spartanburg County in South Carolina, a state of the United States of America, and 98 miles (158 km) northwest of Columbia. ... Johnson City is a city located primarily in Washington County, Tennessee; however a small part of the city is located within Carter County, Tennessee. ... Erwin is a city located in Unicoi County, Tennessee. ...


References

  • Railroad History Database
  • CSX merger family tree
  • Clinchfield History: Johnson City, Tennessee
  • Clinchfield Railroad Historical Society



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