North Carolina Railroads - East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad




North Carolina Railroads - East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad/Railway

Acronym	Year Chartered or Incorporated	Year Line Operational	Year Service Ended	Original Starting Point	Original Ending Point
ETV&G RR	1869	1886 in NC	1892*	Salisbury, NC Asheville, NC	Murphy, NC NC/TN Line

*1892 bankruptcy. 1894 merged into Southern Railway. 1886, the bankrupt East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad merged in the bankrupt Western North Carolina Railroad and part of the Richmond & Danville Railroad and reorganized as the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway. Extended the original line to Murphy, NC in 1891. 1894 merged with the remainder of the Richmond & Danville Railroad to become Southern Railway. The East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad was created in 1869 with the consolidation of the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad and the East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad. The East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad absorbed the Georgia Southern Railroad in 1881. The Atlanta Division of the railroad from Rome to Atlanta to Macon, Georgia was added to the system in 1882. In 1886, the railroad was sold under foreclosure and reorganized as the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway, which included part of the Richmond & Danville Railroad and the bankrupt Western North Carolina Railroad. It was controlled by the Richmond Terminal Company from 1887 to 1892. The Rome & Decatur Railroad was added in 1890. In 1894, the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway and the remainder of the Richmond & Danville Railroad were merged to form Southern Railway.

Towns on Route (in NC): Line #1 - Salisbury to Murphy: Salisbury Barber (1900) Rowans Mills > Third Creek (1884) > Cleveland (1887) Elmwood Congers Statesville Rock Cut > Eufola (1903) Catawba Station > Catawba (1877) Crossing (1884) > Claremont (1892) Newton Conover Hickory West Hickory Station (1880s) Hildebran (1897) Icard (1898) Happy Home > Conellys Springs (1886) Valdese (1893) Drexel (1888) Morganton Turkey Tail > Sigmonburgh (1881) > Glen Alpine Station (1884) > Glen Alpine (1889) Mana (1911) Bridgewater Nebo (1908) Marion Old Fort Round Knob (1885) Graphiteville (1900) Bluemont (1907) > Ridgecrest (1912) Black Mountain Coopers > Swannanoa #2 (1891) Swannanoa Langs (1880) > Glen Inglis (1890) > Azalea (1909) Asheville - Best > Bilton (1890) Emma Harkins (1883) > Acton (1887) Asheville School Station (1880s) Carriers Springs (1887) Meganna (1892) Hominy Creek > Hominy (1903) Candler (1887) Luther (1887) Turnpike Pigeon River > Vinson (1883) > Pigeon River #2 (1884) > Canton (1892) Depot (1884) Pigeon Valley > Clyde (1886) Tuscola > Lake Junaluska (1913) Waynesville Hazlewood (1945) Balsam (1882) Scotts Creek Alice (1898) > Willets (1903) Addie (1885) Beta (1885) Sylva Tunnel (1882) > Dillsboro (1888) Big Spring > Compton (1903) > Barkers Creek (1905) Wilmot (1886) Junaluska > Whittier (1886) Foering (1907) > Ela (1910) Governors Island > Governor Island (1895) Charleston > Bryson City (1889) Epp Springs (1888) > Epps Springs (1908) Noland (1900) Forney (1908) Bushnell (1886) Judson (1886) Nantahala > Swain (1884) Sophia (1886) > Nantehala (1889) > Almond (1892) Wesser (1901) Hewitts (1887) Jarretts (1885) > Nantahala (1903) Topton (1887) Rhodo (1906) Andrews (1890) Bryson (1888) > Coalville (1889) Marble (1881) Tomotola > Tomotla (1890) Regal (1909) Murphy Line #2 - Asheville to NC/TN State Line: Asheville - Best > Bilton (1890) Glenrock Station (1910s) French Broad > Alexander (1881) Volga (1902) Marshall Barnard (1882) Sandy Bottom (1887) > Sandy (1895) Stackhouse (1883) Warm Springs > Hot Springs (1886) Paintrock NC/TN State Line