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The Unfinished Railroad trailside marker is next to the parking area at Stop 5 on the Manassas Battlefield Driving Tour. It is next to the Church During Wartime wayside marker and the Sudley Connector Trail which leads to Stop 6 on the Manassas Battlefield Driving Tour.
The marker stands next to the unfinished railroad roadbed which caries the Sudley connector trail.
From the trailside marker:
“The Unfinished Railroad”
These cuts and fills are what remain of the Independent Line of the Manassas Gap Railroad. The Independent Line was constructed in the mid-1850s to connect Gainesville, 5 miles to the west, with Alexandria, 25 miles to the east. After completing the grade, the Manassas Gap Railroad Company ran out of money. No track was ever laid.
