all of the above information is quite true. however, the C & O used the Mountain Subdivision from Clifton Forge to Charlottesville for ONE main reason. That was to keep passenger trains off the James River line. The James River line is a water level route that the C & O(now CSX) uses to move millions of tons of coal to Newport News and the coal loading docks. The C & O did not want to have passenger trains interfering with coal movements, so the passengers went the scenic route and coal went the water route. The C & O could move vast coal trains down the James River with minimal motive power.
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