North Carolina Railroads - Raleigh & Cape Fear Railroad / Railway

Acronym

Year Chartered or Incorporated

Year Line Operational

Year Service Ended

Original Starting Point

Original Ending Point

R&CF RR

1898

1905

1905*

Caraleigh, NC

Lillington, NC


*1905 renamed to Raleigh & Southport Railroad.


The Raleigh & Cape Fear Railroad was incorporated in 1898, with John A. Mills as President and General Manager, T. B. Upchurch as Vice President, and F. T. Ricks as Auditor.

aka Raleigh & Cape Fear Railway. Have seen both, not sure which one is actually correct.


Towns on Route:

Caraleigh (1900s)

McCullers (1899)

Willow Spring (1899)

Cardenas (1902)

Varina > Sippahaw (1900) > Fuquay Springs (1902)

Chalybeate Springs (1903)

Bradleys Store > Kipling (1905)

Lillington



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