Connections of the Clinchfield Railroad
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Clinchfield Railroad Connection, Interchanges, and Junctions
Since the Clinchfield was the last Class 1 railroad to be built, its connections were many. This section of Clinchfield.org will outline the current and past connections, interchanges, and junctions of the Clinchfield. In the days ahead, we will also add their respective traffic inbound and outbound and details about their interchange operations.
Click on the links below for specifics on each connection.
Also, on the Frisco Junction page, Ron Flanary and David DeVault provide an excellent overview of that very busy connection.
- Atlantic Coast Line (1900-1967)
- Black Mountain Railroad (1907-1955)
- Charleston & Western Carolina Railway (1896-1959)
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (1869-1973)
- Chessie System (1973-1987)
- East Tennessee Railway / Genesee & Wyoming (1983- )
- East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad (1881-1983)
- Frisco JCT
- Haysi Railroad (1970-1983)
- Interstate Railroad (1896-1960)
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad
- Norfolk Southern (1982- )
- Norfolk & Western Railway (1881-1982)
- Piedmont & Northern Railway (1914-1989)
- Seaboard Air Line Railroad (1900-1967)
- Seaboard Coast Line (1967-1983)
- Southern Railway (1894-1982)
- Yancey Railroad (1955-1985)
Clinchfield Railroad Interchanges
- Elkhorn City – C&O (Chessie System)
- St. Paul – L&N and N&W (Norfolk Southern)
- Miller Yard – L&N and IRR (Norfolk Southern)
- Frisco Junction/Kingsport – Southern (Norfolk Southern)
- Johnson City TN – ET&WNC and Southern (East Tennessee Railway & Norfolk Southern)
- Kona NC – Yancey Railroad
- Marion NC – Southern (Norfolk Southern)
- Bostic NC – Seaboard Air Line (Seaboard Coast Line)
- Spartanburg SC – Southern (Norfolk Southern), Charleston & Western Carolina (Atlantic Coast Line/Seaboard Coast Line), and Piedmont & Northern
Clinchfield Railroad Connection Mileposts (1960s)
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway @ Elkhorn City KY | 0.5 Miles |
Haysi Railroad @ Haysi VA | 11.6 |
Norfolk & Western @ St. Paul VA | 42.2 |
Louisville & Nashville and Interstate Railway @ Miller Yard | 52.5 |
Southern Railway @ Frisco | 88.2 |
Southern Railway and ET&WNC @ Johnson City TN | 121 |
Yancey Railroad @ Kona NC (Black Mountain Railroad) | 173 |
Southern Railway @ Marion NC | 218.5 |
Seaboard Air Line @ Bostic NC | 245 |
Southern Railway, Atlantic Coast Line, and Piedmont & Northern @ Spartanburg SC | 277.3 |
Clinchfield.org Sources and Resources
- Personal Maps & Memorabilia – Documents, maps and track charts that I have from the CRR, CC&O, and S&W
- Archives of Appalachia
- Book – Drury: The Historical Guide to North American Railroads
- Book – Goforth: ‘Building the Clinchfield’
- Book – Goforth: ‘When Steam Ran the Clinchfield’
- Book – Graybeal: ‘The Railroads of Johnson City’
- Book – Helm: ‘The Clinchfield Railroad in the Coal Fields’
- Book – Irwin & Stahl: ‘The Last Empire Builder: The Life of George L. Carter’
- Book – King: ‘Clinchfield Country’
- Book – Marsh: ‘Clinchfield in Color’
- Book – Poole: ‘A History of Railroading in Western North Carolina’
- Book – Poteat & Taylor: ‘The CSX Clinchfield Route in the 21st Century’
- Book – Stevens & Peoples: ‘The Clinchfield No. 1 – Tennessee’s Legendary Steam Engine’
- Book – Way: ‘The Clinchfield Railroad, the Story of a Trade Route Across the Blue Ridge Mountains’
- Article – Flanary: ‘The Quick Service Route, The Clinchfield Railroad‘
- Article – Flanary: ‘Men Against Mountains, Running Trains on the Clinchfield‘ October 2001
- Video – Ken Marsh on Kingsport area railroads and region’s history Video #1
- Video – Ken Marsh on railroads and region’s history Video #2:
- Articles – ‘Johnson City Comet‘
- Article – Scientific American: ‘The Costliest Railroad in America‘
- Article – Classic Trains: ‘Remembering the Clinchfield Railroad‘
- Article – Railway Age: ‘This Coal Road Is Also A Speedy Bridge Line,’ Sept 1, 1952 edition
- Article – ‘Railway Signaling and Communications‘
- Website – Carolana.com – North Carolina Railroads, South Carolina Railroads
- Website – StateOfFranklin.net which hosts Johnson’s Depot
- Website – RailFanGuides.us for Johnson City and for Erwin
- Website – The Radio Reference Wiki
- Website – SteamLocomotive.com
- Website – Clinchfield Railroad 1982 Track Chart at Multimodayways.org
- Website – Newspapers.com
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