North Carolina Railroads - Elkin & Alleghany Railroad

Acronym

Year Chartered or Incorporated

Year Line Operational

Year Service Ended

Original Starting Point

Original Ending Point

E&A RR

unknown

1911

1931

Elkin, NC

Thurmond, NC

Construction began in 1907 and the line was later abandoned in 1931. The purpose of the line was to connect the Richmond & Danville Railroad in Elkin, NC, with the Norfolk and Western line at Jefferson, NC, sixty miles away. Only 18 miles of track were ever laid. Although the E&A was very profitible the first ten years, the building of US Hwy 21 from Elkin to Sparta made the line obsolete. The line was never completed to Jefferson.

Towns on Route:

Elkin

State Road

Mecca (1898-1913)

Roaring Gap > Thurmond (1912)

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