Confederate railroads

Rail Roads of the ConfederacyDavid L. Bright graciously permitted me to summarize some of the information from his comprehensive website, Confederate Railroads. Most of the railroads in the table below have a map number identifying them on the eastern or western map from Robert C. Black’s Railroads of the Confederacy, which can be found on the Confederate Railroads site under “Maps” (http://csa-railroads.com/). Mr. Bright noted, however, that “research is ongoing and the numbers on your sheet are subject to being overtaken by new data. . . . If exact data is important, my site should be checked to see if information has been changed/updated.”

A spreadsheet containing this table, with extensive notes for the railroads and other tabs listing the stations and mileage of several of the most important lines can be found here.

The contents of his site are copyrighted. The data below, on the spreadsheet, and on his site may be used for non-commercial purposes as long as credit is given to David L. Bright and the address of the site is given (www.csa-railroads.com). The map pictured above is from the West Point Atlas of American Wars.

Map# Name State Gauge Miles Engines Cars Stns Terminus Terminus
1 Baltimore & Ohio MD
2 Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire VA 4′ 8″ 38 3 49 11 Alexandria Leesburg
3 Orange & Alexandria VA 4′ 8″ 115 16 191 36 Alexandria Lynchburg
4 Winchester & Potomac VA 4′ 8″ 35 5 53 8 Harpers Ferry Winchester
5 Virginia Central VA 4′ 8″ 195 28 247 39 Richmond Jackson’s River
6 Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac VA 4′ 8″ 79 11 216 20 Richmond Aquia Creek
7 Richmond & York River VA 4′ 8″ 38 4 51 12 Richmond Westport (at West Point)
8 Richmond & Petersburg VA 4′ 8″ 28 10 207 8 Richmond Petersburg
9 Richmond & Danville VA 5′ 156 23 398 27 Richmond Danville
10 South Side VA 5′ 136 20 311 18 City Point Lynchburg
11 Norfolk & Petersburg VA 5′ 85 6 98 13 Petersburg Norfolk
12 Petersburg VA 4′ 8″ 81 13 180 11 Petersburg Weldon
13 Seaboard & Roanoke VA 4′ 8″ 80 10 174 13 Portsmouth Weldon
14 Virginia & Tennessee VA 5′ 224 39 406 38 Lynchburg Bristol
15 Piedmont NC 4′ 8″ 48 0 0 6 Greensboro Danville
16 Raleigh & Gaston NC 4′ 8″ 100 13 171 17 Raleigh Weldon
17 Roanoke Valley NC 4′ 8″ 22 2 14 3 Clarksville Manson or Junction
18 Wilmington & Weldon NC 4′ 8″ 191 26 182 28
19 Atlantic & North Carolina NC 4′ 8″ 96 6 ~55 17 Morehead City Goldsboro
20 North Carolina NC 4′ 8″ 240 23 313 29 Charlotte Goldsboro
21 Western North Carolina NC 4′ 8″ ~84 5 45 12 Salisbury Head of the Road
22 Western NC 4′ 8″ 44 3 ~60 7 Fayetteville Egypt
23 Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio NC 5′ 47 0 0 8 Charlotte Statesville
24 Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford NC 4′ 8″ 149 7 126 25 Wilmington-Old Hundred Charlotte-White Pine (Cherryville)
25 Wilmington & Manchester SC 5′ 173 24 206 23 Wilmington Kingsville
26 Cheraw & Darlington SC 5′ 40 4 47 6 Florence Cheraw
27 Charlotte & South Carolina SC 5′ 110 15 156 19 Columbia Charlotte
28 King’s Mountain SC 5′ 24 2 ? 10 Chester Yorkville
29 South Carolina SC 5′ 242 62 849 55 Charleston Augusta
30 Greenville & Columbia SC 5′ 169 24 187 31 Columbia Greenville
31 Spartanburg & Union SC 5′ 68 ? ? 22 Spartanburg Alston
32 Laurens SC 5′ 34 ? ? 7 Newberry Laurens
33 Blue Ridge SC 5′ 35 3 36 5 Anderson Walhalla
34 Northeastern SC 5′ 103 13 156 17 Florence Charleston
35 Charleston & Savannah SC 5′ 110 12 139 18 Charleston Savannah
36 Georgia GA 5′ 247 56 700 29 Augusta Atlanta
37 Augusta & Milledgeville GA 5′
37 Milledgeville Railroad GA 5′ 7 (or 10) 0 0 2 Warrenton Ogeechee River
38 Western & Atlantic GA 5′ 138 46 726 24 Chattanooga Atlanta
39 Etowah GA 5′ 5 0 0 2 Etowah Junction
40 Rome GA 5′ 21 ? ? 6 Rome Kingston
41 Central (of Georgia) GA 5′ 282 60 732 37 Savannah Macon
42 Macon & Western GA 5′ 108 19 187 20 Macon Atlanta
43 Upson County GA 5′ 17 1 1 4 Barnesville Thomaston
44 Macon & Brunswick GA 5′ 38 2 7 8 Macon Cochran
45 South Western GA 5′ 208 22 238 33 Macon Chattahoochee
46 Muscogee GA 5′ 50 8 112 8 Butler Columbus
47 Augusta & Savannah GA 5′ 63 5 66 10 Augusta Millen
48 Savannah, Albany & Gulf GA 5′ 72 11 206 24 Savannah Thomasville
49 Atlantic & Gulf GA 5′ 158 0 0 0 N/A N/A
50 Brunswick & Florida (or Albany) GA 5′ 65 2 7 3 Brunswick Saltilla
51 Atlanta & West Point GA 5′ 87 19 131 12 Atlanta West Point
52 Florida, Atlantic & Gulf Central FL 5′ 67 3 =>25 6 Jacksonville Lake City
53 Florida FL 5′ 156 10 46 20 Fernandina Cedar Keys
54 Pensacola & Georgia FL 5′ 157 6 ? 15 Gee’s Turnout Lake City
55 Tallahassee FL 5′ 21 2 ? 3 St. Marks Tallahassee
56 Alabama & Florida (of Florida) FL 5′ 47 5 26 14 Pensacola State Line
57 Alabama & Florida (of Alabama) AL 5′ 116 11 81 10 Montgomery State Line
58 Montgomery & Eufaula AL 5′ ~10 1 ? 2 Montgomery End of Road
59 Montgomery & West Point AL 4′ 8″ 127 22 306 22 West Point Montgomery
60 Tuskegee AL 4′ 8″ 6 ? ? 2 Chehaw Tuskegee
61 Mobile & Girard AL 5′ 57 4 ? 9 Girard Union Springs
62 Mobile & Great Northern AL 5′ 52 1 ? 8 Tensas Pollard
63 Spring Hill AL 5′ N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
64 Mobile & Ohio MS 5′ 499 68 823 80 Mobile Columbus, Ky
65 Mississippi, Gainesville & Tuscaloosa AL 5′ 22 0 0 5 Gainesville Junction (Narkeeta)
66 Memphis & Charleston TN 5′ 311 50 805 40 Memphis Stevenson
67 Wills Valley GA 5′ 20 2 4 3 Wauhatchie Trenton
68 Nashville & Chattanooga TN 5′ 255 37 380 32 Nashville Chattanooga
69 Winchester & Alabama TN 5′ 38 1 ? 5 Decherd Fayetteville
70 McMinnville & Manchester TN 5′ 37 0 0 7 McMinnville Tullahoma
71 Central Southern [part of 71] TN 5′ 46 ? ? 10 State Line Columbia
71 Nashville & Decatur TN 5′ N/A N/A N/A N/A
71 Tennessee & Alabama [part of 71] TN 5′ 49 5 36 10 Columbia Nashville
71 Tennessee & Alabama Central [part of 71] AL 5′ 29 ? ? 7 Decatur State Line (Veto)
72 Nashville & Northwestern TN 5′ 79 6 ? 18 Nashville-Kingston Springs Hickman-McKenzie
73 Louisville & Nashville TN 5′ 285 38 342 82 Louisville Nashville
74 Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville TN 5′ 83 4 ? 21 Paris, Tenn Guthrie
75 Edgefield & Kentucky TN 5′ 38 3 =>14 7 Edgefield Junction Guthrie, Ky.
76 East Tennessee & Georgia TN 5′ 148 22 171 22 Knoxville Dalton
77 East Tennessee & Virginia TN 5′ 135 17 157 21 Bristol Knoxville
78 Knoxville & Kentucky TN 5′ 10 1 ? 2 Knoxville near Beaver Creek
79 Rogersville & Jefferson TN 5′ 16 2 ? 3 Holston River Junction
80 Memphis & Ohio TN 5′ 134 13 =>247 20 Memphis Paris, Tenn
81 Northeast & Southwest Alabama AL 5′ 27 0 0 3 Meridian York
81 Northeast & Southwest Alabama MS 5′ 27 0 0 3 Meridian York
82 Alabama & Mississippi Rivers AL 5′ 104 =>3 =>21 21 Selma Marion/Reagan
82 North Western Railroad of Alabama AL 5′ 11 0? 0? 2 Uniontown New Bern, Ala
82 Selma & Meridian AL 5′ 104 =>2 =>21 21 Selma Marion/Reagan
83 Cahaba, Marion & Greensboro AL ? 27 2 =>29 11 Cahaba Marion
84 New Orleans & Ohio TN 5′ 61 ? ? 10 Paducah Union City, Tenn
85 Mississippi Central MS 5′ 255 35 358-555 30 Canton Jackson, Tenn
86 Mississippi & Tennessee MS 5′ 105 7 124 17 Memphis Grenada
87 Memphis & Little Rock AR 5′ 6″ 86 =>4 ? 9 Hopefield-Argenta Little Rock- Devall’s Bluff
88 New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern MS 5′ 206 45 607 24 New Orleans Canton
89 Southern (of Mississippi) MS 5′ 140 18 >96 21 Vicksburg Meridian
90 Raymond MS 5′ 7 ? ? 2 Bolton Raymond
91 Jefferson & Lake Pontchartrain LA 4′ 8″ 6 ? ? ? Unknown Unknown
92 Pontchartrain LA 4′ 8″ 6 ? ? 2 New Orleans Milneburg (Lakeport)
93 Mexican Gulf LA 5′ 28 3 ? 6 New Orleans Proctorville
94 New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western LA 5′ 6″ 83 12 228 16 Algiers Brashear
95 West Feliciana LA 4′ 8″ 28 5 =>16 6 Bayou Sara Woodville
96 Clinton & Port Hudson LA 4′ 8″ 27 1 7 4 Clinton Port Hudson (Ronaldson’s Landing)
97 Baton Rouge, Grosse Tete & Opelousa LA 5′ 6″ 29 3 17 5 West Baton Rouge Livonia
98 Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas LA 5′ 6″ 80 6 67 19 Desoto-Monroe Shreveport-Head of the Road
99 Alexandria & Cheneyville LA 5′ N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
99 Red River LA 5′ 16 1 Very few 3 Alexandria Bayou Boeuf (Lecompte)
100 Texas & New Orleans TX 5′ 6″ 111 4 67 9 Houston Madison or Orange
101 Eastern Texas TX 5′ 6″ 28 2 14 3 Beaumont Sabine City
102 Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado TX 4′ 8″ 83 6 >96 6 Harrisburg Alleyton
103 Houston Tap & Brazoria TX 4′ 8″ 50 2 35 8 Houston East Columbia
104 Galveston, Houston & Henderson TX 5′ 6″ 50 5 63 9 Galveston Houston
105 Houston & Texas Central TX 5′ 6″ 83 7 99 10 Houston Millican’s
106 Washington County TX 5′ 6″ 25 1 18 3 Hempstead Brenham
107 San Antonio & Mexican Gulf TX 5′ 6″ 27 3 41 3 Port Lavaca Victoria
108 Memphis, El Paso & Pacific TX ? 5 1 10 2 Jefferson Moore’s Landing
109 Southern Pacific TX 5′ 6″ 27 3 6 8 Marshall Greenwood
110 Manassas Gap VA 4′ 8″ 90 9 232 20 Junction Mount Jackson
111 Alabama & Tennessee River AL 5′ 138 6 146 38 Selma Blue Mountain
112 Hungary Branch VA 4′ 8″ 4 0 0 2 Junction Springfield Coal Pitts
113 Grand Gulf & Port Gibson MS 4′ 8″ 8 ? ? 2 Grand Gulf Port Gibson
N/A Alabama Coal Company AL 5′ 3 ? ? 1 Junction Alabama Coal Company
N/A Clover Hill VA 4′ 8″ 22 0 0 3 Junction Clover Hill
N/A Gordon’s Mine Railroad GA 5′
N/A Montevallo Coal Company AL ? ? ? ? 1 Junction Montevallo Coal Company
N/A New Orleans & Carrollton LA 4′ 8″ 6 9 54 2 New Orleans Carrollton
N/A Nicojack GA 5′ 8 ? ? 2 Gordon’s Mine Shellmound
N/A Pensacola & Mobile FL 5′ 6 ? ? 2 Perdido River Junction
N/A Shelby Coal Company AL ? 4? 0? 0? 1 Junction Shelby Coal Company
N/A Shelby Iron Company AL 5′ 6 0 0 1 Columbiana Shelby Iron Company
N/A South & North Alabama AL 5′ 17 0 0 3 Calera (Lime Kiln) Cahaba River and Cahaba Coal Mines
N/A St. Johns FL ? 16 ? ? 2 St. Augustine Tocoi
N/A Tennessee Coal & Railroad TN 5′ 20 2 =>36 3 Tracy City Junction
N/A Tuckahoe & James River VA ? 5 ? ? 2 Coal Pits James River
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