Orange VA Southern Mainline?

Mike....I don't know anything about your question....but, I thought you might like the see the Orange VA station....built after the Civil War.

 

 

 

 

 

I believe the station is just north of the curve you are describing.

 

Peter

What is now the Buckingham Branch was the original Orange & Alexandria from Alexandria thru Orange to Gordonsville to the Virginia Central.  The O&A had trackage rights over the VC west to Charlottesville, where the O&A constructed a line south to Lynchburg. The Charlottesville & Rapidan built a new line between Charlottesville and Orange and was later sold to the Southern (Former O&A), eliminating the need to run on trackage rights along the former VC. To this day the portion between Orange and Gordonsville is actually owned by NS, and leased to CSX with the sublease to the BBRR.
What you see in Orange today is actually the relocated mainline, the earlier right of way is to the north/west, an old siding marks the southern end of the old main.
A second Virginia Central, originally the narrow gauged Piedmont Fredericksburg & Potomac, ran from Fredericksburg to Orange, with most of the route being abandoned in 1938. The original narrow gauge freight station still stands, I think it was an ice cream shop, and a bit of the standard gauge connection is still intact which BBRR uses as a spur for the tie yard.

Beautiful station.  And thanks for the info pfandprr