North Carolina Railroads - Norfolk Southern Railroad #2

Acronym

Year Chartered or Incorporated

Year Line Operational

Year Service Ended

Original Starting Point

Original Ending Point

NS RR

1910

1910

1974*

Washington, NC Berkely, VA Raleigh, NC New Bern, NC Bishop, NC Aberdeen, NC Star, NC - -West End, NC Troy, NC Candor, NC Glendon, NC Gulf, NC Glendon, NC Raleigh, NC Mackeys, NC Carthage, NC Durham, NC Carthage, NC

Plymouth, NC Edenton, NC Chocowinity Oriental, NC Pinetown, NC Troy, NC Asheboro, NC Jackson Springs Mt. Gilead, NC Ellerbe, NC Gulf, NC Cumnock, NC Star, NC Fayetteville, NC Belhaven, NC Pinehurst, NC Moncure, NC Cameron, NC


*1974 acquired by Southern Railway.

Was the Norfolk & Southern Railway.

+ 1910 - Built the Raleigh to Chocowinity and the Bishop to Pinetown lines.

+ 1913 - Leased the Carthage & Pinehurst Railroad until 1922, when it abandoned that line.

+ 1914 - Folded in the Raleigh, Charlotte & Southern Railway, which it created in 1911.

+ 1914 - Folded in lines from the Raleigh, Charlotte & Southern Railway.

+ 1914 - Abandoned the Aberdeen & Asheboro Railroad line from Biscoe to Troy.

+ <1920 - Acquired the Moore Central Raiload.

+ 1920 - Leased the Durham & South Carolina Railroad for 99 years - then purchased it outright in 1957.


Towns on Route (in NC):

Line #1 - Washington to Plymouth:

Plymouth

Pinetown

Washington

Line #2 - Berkely, VA to Edenton, NC:

NC/VA State Line

Moyock

Snowden

Shawboro

Gregory

Belcross

Camden

Elizabeth City

Ohisko

Chapanoke

Winfall

Hertford

Edenton

Line #3 - Raleigh to Chocowinity:

Raleigh

Knightdale (1908)

Eagle Rock

Zebulon (1907)

Middlesex (1908)

Bailey (1908)

Sims (1908)

Wilson

Stantonsburg

Walstonburg (1908)

Farmville

Bellarthur (1915)

Greenville

Chicod > Simpson (1960)

Grimesland

Chocowinity

Line #4 - New Bern to Oriental:

Newbern > New Bern (1918)

Bridgeton (1908)

Reelsboro

Grantsboro

Alliance

Bayboro

Stonewall

Oriental

Line #5 - Bishop to Pinetown:

Bishop

Terra Ceia (1915)

Pinetown

Line #6 - Aberdeen to Troy:

Aberdeen

Pinehurst

West End

Eagle Springs

Candor

Biscoe - Abandoned 1914

Star - Abandoned 1914

Troy

Line #7 - Star to Asheboro:

Star

Ether

Steads

Asbury

Quinine

Seagrove

Michfield

Ulah

Asheboro

Line #8 - West End to Jackson Springs:

West End

Jackson Springs

Line #9 - Troy to Mount Gilead:

Troy

Wadeville

Mount Gilead

Line #10 - Candor to Ellerbe:

Candor

Rubyatt (1912-1914)

Norman

McLeod (1914-1915)

Ellerbe

Line #11 - Glendon to Gulf:

Glendon

Carbonton

Gulf

Line #12 - Gulf to Cumnock:

Gulf

Cumnock

Line #13 - Glendon to Star:

Glendon

Putnam

Hallison > Parkwood (1953)

Hemp > Robbins (1943)

Spies

Star

Line #14 - Raleigh to Fayetteville:

Raleigh

Caraleigh

McCullers

Willow Spring

Cardenas

Varina (1913)

Fuquay Springs

Chalybeate Springs

Kipling

Lillington

Harnett (1909-1918)

Bunns Level > Bunnlevel (1894)

Linden (1914)

Lane (1907-1913)

Slocumb

Fayetteville

Line #15 - Mackeys Ferry to Belhaven:

Mackeys Ferry > Mackeys (1913)

Roper

Wenona (1913)

Bishop

Pantego

Belhaven

Line #16 - Carthage to Pinehurst (line abandoned in 1922):

Carthage

Pinehurst

Line #17 - Durham to Moncure:

Durham

East Durham

Morrisville

Apex

New Hill

Merry Oaks

Haywood

Moncure

Line #18 - Carthage to Cameron:

Carthage

Cameron



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