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  • Passenger Trains | Asheville Special | Birmingham Special | Carolina Special | Crescent | Peach Queen | Pelican | Piedmont Limited | Ponce de Leon | Royal Palm | Southerner | Tennessean
  • Cities: Bristol TN/VA
  • Related Lines: Embreeville Branch | Johnson City & Carolina | Johnson City Southern
  • Notable People: Dr. Samuel B. Cunningham | Samuel Spencer | W. Graham Claytor, Jr.
  • Today: Norfolk Southern
  • Railfan Guides: Virginia & Southwestern
  • Resources & Sources: Books | Scholars-Authors | Museums | Associations | Website Editor | Site Map
  • Related Websites:  Rails Across the Appalachians | Clinchfield.org

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  • Southern Railway Maps
    • 1895 Southern Railway Map
    • 1921 Southern Railway Map
    • 1923 Southern Railway Map
    • 1960 Southern Railway Map
    • 1882 Virginia Tennessee & Georgia Air Line
    • 1881 Map – East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad
    • 1880 Map – East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad
    • Southern-Railroads.org Sources and Resources
    • Contact Us
    • 3Cs Websites

Southern Railway Maps

1895 Southern Railway Map

Southern Railway Map - 1895

1921 Southern Railway Map

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Southern Railway Map - SOU - 1923

1923 Southern Railway Map

Map reproduction courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library. 

Southern Railway Map 1923

1960 Southern Railway Map

Southern Railway Map 1960

1882 Virginia Tennessee & Georgia Air Line

Courtesy Library of Congress

Virginia Tennessee & Georgia Air Line Railroad Map1882 - Southern Railway

1881 Map – East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad

East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia Railway Map 1881 - Southern Railway

1880 Map – East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad

East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia Railway Map 1880 - Southern Railway

More Southern Railway information will be added to this page and others in the days ahead. Please let me know if you have any edits that should be made or any content you are willing to share by utilizing the comment form below. Would enjoy hearing from you if you have similar interests in the railroads, the region, or model railroading.


Southern-Railroads.org Sources and Resources

The following are excellent resources for those of you wanting to explore and learn more about the Southern Railway and its predecessors. These sources of information also serve as reference and historical materials for Southern-Railroads.org. Much of the content on the website is verified across multiple sources.

  • Association: Southern Railway Historical Association
  • Personal maps, timetables, track charts, and memorabilia
  • Book – Flanary, Lindsey & Oroszi: The Southern Railway
  • Book – Graybeal: The Railroads of Johnson City
  • Book – Harshaw: ‘Trains Trestles & Tunnels, Railroads of the Southern Appalachians’
  • Book – Lindsey: ‘Norfolk Southern 1995 Review’
  • Book – Poole: ‘A History of Railroading in Western North Carolina’
  • Book – Reisweber: ‘Southern Railway Power’
  • Book – Scales: Natural Tunnel, Nature’s Marvel in Stone’
  • Book – Stout: ‘Southern Railway: Through Passenger Service’
  • Book – Ward: ‘Southern Railway Varnish 1964-1979’
  • Book – Webb: ‘The Southern Railway System: An Illustrated History’
  • Book – Wiley & Wallace: ‘The Southern Railway Handbook’
  • Book – Withers & Sink: ‘Southern: A Motive Power Pictorial’
  • Book – Wolfe: Southern Railway Appalachia Division
  • Magazines – ‘Trains‘ , ‘Classic Trains‘
  • Website – Carolana.com – North Carolina Railroads, South Carolina Railroads
  • Website – Hawkinsrails.net
  • Website – Johnson’s Depot hosted by StateOfFranklin.net
  • Website – Multimodalways.org: Norfolk Southern Track Charts
  • Website – RailFanGuides.us for Johnson City
  • Website – SteamLocomotive.com
  • Website – TheDieselShop.us
  • Website – VirginiaPlaces.org – Railroad History of Virginia

Contact Us

Would enjoy hearing from you if you have questions, suggestions, edits, or content that you are willing to share. Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have similar interests in the Southern or Model Railroads.

3Cs Websites

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