North Carolina Railroads - Carolina Northern Railroad

Acronym

Year Chartered or Incorporated

Year Line Operational

Year Service Ended

Original Starting Point

Original Ending Point

CN RR

1899

1901

1905*

Lumberton, NC

Marion, SC

*1905 acquired by the Raleigh & Charleston Railroad.

The railroad was chartered in 1899 and opened from Lumberton to Kingsdale on January 1, 1900, to Proctorville on July 1, 1900, to Barnesville on December 15, 1900, and completed to Marion and South Marion on December 1, 1901. The Carolina Northern entered receivership on December 2, 1902.

Towns on Route (in NC):

Lumberton

Kingsdale (1900-1910)

Barnesville

Marietta (1902)

NC/SC State Line

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