North Carolina Railroads - Pamlico, Oriental & Western Railroad / Railway

Acronym

Year Chartered or Incorporated

Year Line Operational

Year Service Ended

Original Starting Point

Original Ending Point

PO&W RR

1891

1906

1906*

New Bern, NC

Oriental, NC


*1906 acquired by Norfolk & Southern Railway (1st).


The Pamlico, Oriental & Western Railroad was built in 1906 from New Bern, across the Neuse River from Bridgeton, east to Bayboro, and it included a new bridge over the Neuse River.

aka Pamlico, Oriental & Western Railway. Not sure which one is actually correct, have seen both.


Towns on Route:

Newbern > New Bern (1918)

Bridgeton (1908)

Reelsboro (1891)

Grantsboro

Alliance

Bayboro

Stonewall

Oriental



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