*1908 renamed to Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad.

Was the Ohio River & Charleston Railroad.

Never too secure financially, the Ohio River & Charleston Railroad had to sell off its southern and most northern assets to survive - barely. In 1902, with new financing, it reorganized as the South & Western Railroad and began picking up new steam.

The remaining line in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina was extended south to Altapass in 1905, and by 1908 to Marion. South & Western leased another line from the Lick Creek & Lake Erie Railroad and extended its operations into Virginia.

Financially secure, the company acquired a new name - the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad - in 1908.

Towns on Route (in NC):

NC/TN State Line

Poplar

Relief

Huntdale

Webb (1915)

Green Mountain

Red Hill

Forbes (1904)

Toecane

Lunday (1907)

Kona (1916)

Wing

Penland

Spruce Pine

Altapass (1906)

Mount Mitchell (1908)

Ashford

Pitts (1904)

Sevier (1912)

Woodlawn

Hankins (1909)

Marion