The Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway was a late 19th-century railroad that served the Southeastern United States.
Creation The Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway was created in October 1882 when the French Broad and Atlantic Railway was consolidated with the Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad Company of North Carolina, the Morristown, Cumberland Gap and Ohio Railroad, the Morristown and Carolina Railroad, and the Cumberland Railway.Wikipedia, WikiProject Trains, ICC valuations, Southern Railway
Opening As of 1889, the line was still far from matching its ambitious name, stretching from Aiken, South Carolina, to Edgefield, South Carolina, a distance of about 25 miles.Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States, Henry Poor, Volume 22, 1889
Sale In November 1891, a receiver was appointed for the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway.Wilber T. Herbert - Receiver, New York Times, December 1, 1894 The line was sold at foreclosure in October 1895, and the name changed to the Carolina and Cumberland Gap Railway. In 1898, the Carolina and Cumberland Gap was purchased by the Southern Railway.Wikipedia, WikiProject Trains, ICC valuations, Southern Railway
See also
Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad Belton, Williamston and Easley Railroad Carolina and Cumberland Gap Railway Edgefield Branch Railroad Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad French Broad and Atlantic Railway
References
External links Knoxville Daily Journal, 1 September 1891