*1979 acquired by Seaboard Coast Line Railroad.

Was the Cape Fear & Northern Railway.

This railroad operated 59 miles of track extending southward from Durham to Dunn, NC, where it connected with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. A junction with the Seaboard Air Line Railway was at Apex. The railroad was built by the B.N. Duke tobacco interests as the Cape Fear & Northern Railway that was completed in 1904 as the D&S Railroad.

Towns on Route:

Durham

East Durham

Carpenter (1906)

Apex

Holly Springs

Varina (1913)

Kennebec (1915-1919)

Angier

Barclaysville

Coats

Duke > Erwin (1926)

Dunn