North Carolina Railroads - Roanoke Railway




North Carolina Railroads - Roanoke Railway

Acronym	Year Chartered or Incorporated	Year Line Operational	Year Service Ended	Original Starting Point	Original Ending Point
--	1910	1912	1926*	VA/NC Line	Thelma, NC
*1926 - Abandoned.
+ 1910 - Company organized on August 30, 1910 under the laws of North Carolina.
Owned by lumber producer Camp Manufacturing, the Roanoke Railway’s 5.64-mile line ran from the Seaboard Air Line connection at Thelma, NC to a logging camp named Homer.
From the Fourteenth Annual Report of the North Carolina Corporation Commission, dated December 31, 1912, with a Compilation of Railroad Returns for the Year Ending June 30, 1912: President ........................................... J.L. Camp ......................................... Franklin, VA General Manager/Superintendent ....... W.G. Williams ................................... Franklin, VA Secretary ........................................... R.G. Camp ....................................... Franklin, VA Treasurer ........................................... R.J. Camp ........................................ Franklin, VA General Freight Agent ........................ R.G. Camp ....................................... Franklin, VA Property Operated - Thelma, NC to NC/VA State Line ................................ 5.64 miles Capital Stock .................................................................................................. $50,000.00 Cost of Road ................................................................................................ $127,378.04 Employees ........................................................................................................ 27
Towns on Route: VA/NC State Line Thelma (Halifax County)
The Fifteenth Annual Report of the North Carolina Commission for the Year Ending December 31, 1913, with Compilations from Railroad Returns for the Year Ending June 30, 1913, includes the route of the Roanoke Railway: Towns on Route (6 miles): Thelma Gaston Vultare Horners