page_title: Southside Railroad (Virginia)
section_title: Connections and stations
hierarchical_section_title: Southside Railroad (Virginia) / Connections and stations
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the proposed line of Rail Road connection between tide water Virginia and the Ohio River at Guyandotte, Parkersburg and Wheeling. It is cropped to show the Southside Railroad.
context_page_description: The Southside Railroad was formed in Virginia in 1846. Construction was begun in 1849 and completed in 1854. The 5 ft gauge railroad connected City Point, a port on the James River with the farm country south and west of Petersburg, Virginia, to Lynchburg, Virginia, a distance of about 132 miles.
  The Southside Railroad was important to the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Ravaged by the war, it was rebuilt and later became an important part of Norfolk and Western and Norfolk Southern's coal route from the mountains to port at Hampton Roads. In addition to coal, most of the route is in active use in the 20th century for intermodal container and automobile parts and completed vehicle shipments.
context_section_description: South Side Railroad StationsCity Point Spur (Formerly City Point Railroad)	
  9
  Petersburg	 
  to Shops Spur	
  1
  Main Line
  Sutherland's	                10 miles (16 km)
  Ford's	                        20 miles (32 km)
  Wilson's   (Water stop)	27 miles (43 km)
  Wellville	                31 miles (50 km)
  Blacks & Whites	        37 miles (60 km)
  Nottoway	                43 miles (69 km)
  Burkeville (Junction with the Richmond and Danville Railroad)  52 miles (84 km)
  Rice's	                        61 miles (98 km)
  High Bridge	        65 miles (105 km)
  Farmville	                69 miles (111 km)
  Prospect	                80 miles (130 km)
  Pamplin's	                88 miles (142 km)
  Evergreen	                94 miles (151 km)
  Appomattox	               100 miles (160 km)
  Spout Spring	       106 miles (171 km)
  Concord	       111 miles (179 km)
  Lynchburg	               124 miles (200 km)
  By late 1860, the Southside Railroad provided connections with the following 
  other transportation entities:
  Petersburg
  Petersburg Railroad extending south to Weldon, North Carolina
  Richmond and Petersburg Railroad extending north to Richmond
  Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad (after Sept. 1858) extending east to Suffolk and Norfolk
  Burkeville
  Richmond and Danville Railroad northeast to Richmond, southwest to Danville
  Lynchburg
  James River and Kanawha Canal east to Richmond, building west
  Virginia and Tennessee Railroad west to Salem and Bristol and connections south and west extending all the way to New Orleans
  Orange and Alexandria Railroad northeast through the Piedmont to Charlottesville and Alexandria
caption: 1852 railroad map by W. Vaisz, cropped to show the Southside Railroad
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