Tracks Used By The Crescent Service
The tracks used were once part of the Pennsylvania Railroad; Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad; and Southern Railway systems; they are now owned by Amtrak, CSX Transportation, and Norfolk Southern Railway, respectively. The following lines are used:
- See Northeast Corridor for the ex-PRR lines north of Washington, DC, now owned by Amtrak
- Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Washington to Alexandria, Virginia, now CSX
- Virginia Midland Railway (ex-Southern Railway), Alexandria to Danville, Virginia, now NS
- Piedmont Air-Line Railway (ex-Southern Railway), Danville to Greensboro, North Carolina, now NS
- North Carolina Railroad (ex-Southern Railway), Greensboro to Charlotte, North Carolina, now NS
- Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Railway (ex-Southern Railway), Charlotte to Atlanta, Georgia, now NS
- Georgia Pacific Railway (ex-Southern Railway), Atlanta to Birmingham, Alabama, now NS
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad, station and adjacent tracks in Birmingham, now CSX
- Alabama Great Southern Railroad (ex-Southern Railway), Birmingham to Meridian, Mississippi, now NS
- New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad (ex-Southern Railway), Meridian to New Orleans, Louisiana, now NS
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