North Carolina Railroads - Laurinburg & Southern Railroad

Acronym

Year Chartered or Incorporated

Year Line Operational

Year Service Ended

Original Starting Point

Original Ending Point

L&S RR

1909

1909

Still Operational

Laurinburg, NC

Fontcol, NC


Extended northward to Raeford and southward to Johns after 1917.


The Wagram-Raeford line was originally built by the Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad in 1909, then sold to the Laurinburg & Southern Railroad in 1921.

The Laurinburg & Southern Railroad operates in south-central North Carolina from Johns through Laurinburg to Raeford, serving shippers in Scotland and Hoke counties. The company, which began operations in 1909, is owned by the Gulf & Ohio Railways of Knoxville, Tennessee. The Laurinburg & Southern Railroad connects with CSX and the Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad.

Commodities carried by the railroad are grain, fertilizer, soda ash, coal, and lime. The company owns four (4) locomotives and transports over 7,500 carloads annually.

Click Here for the company's website, with photos and more info.


Towns on Route:

John Station > Johns (1912)

Laurinburg

Fontcol > Wagram (1910)

Raeford



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