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*1911 merged into the Seaboard Air Line Railway. Owned/Built by the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad. The Roanoke & Tar River Railroad was organized in 1885 as a subsidiary of the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad, to complete a line from Boykins, VA to Lewiston, NC. This thirty-six (36) mile road was constructed between 1887 and 1888. A six-mile branch once existed from Pendleton to Murfreesboro, but was abandoned in 1897. On May 5, 1897, the Seaboard discontinued service on the branch into Murfreesboro, but the town took action to prevent the line from being abandoned and attached the property. Not to be outdone, the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad Company brought in a track gang under the cover of darkness two nights later and removed all rail and equipment to the town limits. Come the morning of May 8th, the town of Murfreesboro found itself without a railroad. The Tar River Railroad was leased to the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad and subsequently operated by the Seaboard Air Line Railway until it was formally merged into the SAL in 1911. The Tar River Railroad never owned any locomotives. The five-mile Lewiston-Kelford stub was abandoned sometime after 1986. The line from Boykins to Kelford and Kelford to Tunis is now operated by the North Carolina & Virginia Railroad. |
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Towns on Route (in NC): Line #1 - Boykins, VA to Lewiston, NC: NC/VA State Line Meherrin (1886) > Severn (1889) Pendleton (1888) Kirby > Conway (1887) Milwaukee (1888) Potecasi Woodland George (1899) Rich Square Roxobel Kelford (1892) Lewiston Line #2 - Pendleton to Murfreesboro (abandoned 1897): Pendleton (1888) Murfreesboro |
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