Richmond and Danville Railroad

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The Richmond and Danville Railroad was a major 19th-century American railway system centered in Virginia and the southeastern United States that played a significant role in regional commerce and Civil War logistics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railroad company ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
connectsWith North Carolina Railroad ⓘ
Piedmont Railroad ⓘ
Richmond and York River Railroad ⓘ
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1894 ⓘ
endPoint Danville, Virginia ⓘ
expandedTo Alabama ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
gauge 5 ft (1,524 mm) broad gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
inception 1847 ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
locatedIn Southeastern United States ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
mergedInto Southern Railway ⓘ
namedAfter Danville, Virginia ⓘ
Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
operatorDuring Confederate States government ⓘ
owned North Carolina lines (leased and controlled) ⓘ
Piedmont Railroad ⓘ
partOf Confederate States of America supply network ⓘ
Richmond and Danville Railroad System ⓘ
playedRoleIn development of regional commerce in the Piedmont South ⓘ
predecessor Southern Railway (system) in Virginia and the Southeast ⓘ
railwaySignallingSystem 19th-century manual and telegraph-based dispatching ⓘ
roleIn evacuation of Richmond in April 1865 ⓘ
supply of Confederate Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
served Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta

Birmingham, Alabama ⓘ
Charlotte, North Carolina ⓘ
Danville, Virginia ⓘ
Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
significantEvent American Civil War logistics operations ⓘ
financial difficulties and receivership in the 1890s ⓘ
post–Civil War expansion into a multi-state system ⓘ
startPoint Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
successor Southern Railway ⓘ
terminus Danville, Virginia ⓘ
Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
trackLength over 3,000 miles at peak system extent ⓘ
usedFor freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ

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Southern Railway (U.S.) → predecessor → Richmond and Danville Railroad ⓘ
Richmond and Danville Railroad → partOf → Richmond and Danville Railroad System ⓘ
linked to: Richmond and Danville Railroad
Chiswell Dabney Langhorne → employer → Richmond and Danville Railroad ⓘ
Orange and Alexandria Railroad → connectsTo → Richmond and Danville Railroad ⓘ