Battles of Manassas • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments • Facts • The Armies
The “Unfinished Railroad” marker is at the parking area for Stop 6 of the Manassas Battlefield Driving Tour, on the path leading to the Unfinished Railroad Loop Trail.
Text from the marker:
Stonewall Jackson set up his defensive line along a two mile section of these cuts and fills, which were originally grading for the Independent Line of Manassas Gap Railroad. The railroad, begun in the 1850’s, ran out of money after the roadbed had been built from Gainesville, 5 miles to the west, to Alexandria, 25 miles to the east. The coming of the war stopped whatever plans had been made to complete it. No track was ever laid over the grade.
The unfinished roadbed today.
Location of the the “Unfinished Railroad” marker
The marker is on the on the north side of the parking area at Stop Six of the Manassas Battlefield Driving Tour.