East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway

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The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway was a 19th-century American railroad system that connected key parts of the southeastern United States and later became a major component of the Southern Railway network.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railroad in the United States
railway company
becamePartOf Southern Railway (U.S.)
surface form: Southern Railway
category predecessor railroad of the Southern Railway (U.S.)
connected Atlanta
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia

Birmingham, Alabama, United States
surface form: Birmingham, Alabama

Bristol, Virginia
Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
surface form: Chattanooga, Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee
Macon, Georgia, United States
surface form: Macon, Georgia
connectedRegion Appalachian region
Deep South
Piedmont region
country United States of America
surface form: United States
formedByMergerOf East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad
East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway self-linksurface differs
surface form: East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company of Georgia
gauge standard gauge
headquartersLocation Knoxville, Tennessee
historicalRole major component of the Southern Railway system
historicalStatus defunct railroad
industry rail transport
linked Virginia and Tennessee Railroad connections at Bristol
Western and Atlantic Railroad connections at Atlanta
locatedIn Southern United States
surface form: Southeastern United States
majorHub Atlanta
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
surface form: Chattanooga, Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee
modeOfTransport rail
networkType interstate railroad
operatedDuringCentury 19th century
partOf American railroad network
predecessorOf Southern Railway (U.S.)
surface form: Southern Railway
railGaugeType 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in standard gauge
servedRegion Alabama
East Tennessee region
surface form: East Tennessee

Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
significance facilitated economic development in the southeastern United States
successor Southern Railway (U.S.)
surface form: Southern Railway
trackType steam railroad
transported freight
passengers
usedTraction steam locomotives

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Southern Railway (U.S.) predecessor East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
Great Locomotive Chase railLine East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
this entity surface form: Atlanta–Chattanooga rail corridor
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway formedByMergerOf East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company of Georgia