Manassas Gap Railroad

The Manassas Gap Railroad (MGRR) ran from Mount Jackson, Virginia, to the Orange and Alexandria Railroad's Manassas Junction, which later became the city of Manassas, Virginia. Chartered by the Virginia General Assembly in 1850, the MGRR was a 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm) narrow gauge line whose 90 completed miles of track included 38 miles (61 km) of 60 pounds-per-yard T-rail and 52 miles (84 km) of 52 pounds-per-yard T-rail. A total of nine locomotives and 232 cars were operated on the line, serving 20 stations.

During the American Civil War, the Confederate Army used the railroad to move troops and raid the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Today, several portions of an unfinished extension to the roadbed remain abandoned in Fairfax County.^[1]

^ Johnson, William Page II (Spring 2004). "The Unfinished Manassas Gap Railroad" (PDF). The Fare Facs Gazette. 2 (2). Fairfax, Virginia: Historic Fairfax City, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 17, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2019.

[1] Johnson, William Page II (Spring 2004). "The Unfinished Manassas Gap Railroad" (PDF). The Fare Facs Gazette. 2 (2). Fairfax, Virginia: Historic Fairfax City, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 17, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2019.

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