North Carolina Railroads - Aberdeen & Asheboro Railroad




North Carolina Railroads - Aberdeen & Asheboro Railroad

Acronym	Year Chartered or Incorporated	Year Line Operational	Year Service Ended	Original Starting Point	Original Ending Point
A&A RR	1897	1899	1911*	Aberdeen, NC Star, NC - - West End, NC Troy, NC Candor, NC	Troy, NC - Asheboro, NC Jackson Springs Mt. Gilead, NC Ellerbe, NC

*1911 acquired by the Raleigh, Charlotte & Southern Railroad. + 1897 merger of the Aberdeen & West End Railroad, and the Asheboro & Montgomery Railroad. + 1897 - Acquired the Jackson Springs Railroad, + 1899 - Built fourth and fifth lines. The Aberdeen & Asheboro Railroad was the conglomeration of two previous railroads built by the Page family of Aberdeen, North Carolina before the turn of the 20th century. The first railroad built by the Pages, known as the Aberdeen & West End Railroad, had been a logging railroad since about 1887. It was extended from Aberdeen to Star, NC and was completed in 1895. About the same time, the Pages were nearing completion of the Asheboro & Montgomery Railroad, which extended from Asheboro, NC southward to Star. In 1897, the two lines merged to form the Aberdeen & Asheboro Railroad, which immediately acquired the Jackson Springs Railroad.

Towns on Route: Line #1 - Aberdeen to Troy: Aberdeen Pinehurst West End Old Stores (1892-1899) Eagle Springs Candor Biscoe Star Troy Line #2 - Star to Asheboro: Star Ether Steads Asbury Quinine Seagrove Michfield Ulah Asheboro Line #3 - West End to Jackson Springs: West End Jackson Springs Line #4 - Troy to Mount Gilead: Troy Wadeville Mount Gilead Line #5 - Candor to Ellerbe: Candor Rubyatt (1912-1914) Sprauls (1899) > Norman (1911) McLeod (1914-1915) Ellerbe Springs > Ellerbe (1895)