North Carolina Railroads - Raleigh & Pamlico Sound Railroad




North Carolina Railroads - Raleigh & Pamlico Sound Railroad

Acronym	Year Chartered or Incorporated	Year Line Operational	Year Service Ended	Original Starting Point	Original Ending Point
R&PS RR	1905	1906	1906*	Washington, NC Raleigh, NC	Bridgeton, NC Zebulon, NC

*1906 acquired by the Norfolk & Southern Railway (1st). Was the Raleigh & Eastern North Carolina Railroad. The Raleigh & Eastern North Carolina Railroad was organized in 1903 and renamed the Raleigh & Pamlico Sound Railroad in 1905. In 1906, it built a line from the end of the Norfolk & Southern Railway, at Washington, south to Bridgeton, as well as a completely separated line from Raleigh east to Zebulon.

Towns on Route: Line #1 - Washington to Bridgeton: Washington Chocowinity Wilmar (1913-1917) Vanceboro Askin > Ernul (1919) Bridgeton (1908) Line #2 - Raleigh to Zebulon: Raleigh Knightdale (1908) Eagle Rock Wendell Zebulon (1907)