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

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Clinchfield, Georgia hasHistoricalConnectionTo Clinchfield Railroad
Family Lines System hasPart Clinchfield Railroad
Clinchfield, Georgia namedAfter Clinchfield Railroad
Seaboard System Railroad operatedFormerLinesOf Clinchfield Railroad
Family Lines System operatedRollingStockOf Clinchfield Railroad
Seaboard System Railroad predecessor Clinchfield Railroad