North Carolina Railroads - Wilmington, Chadbourn & Conway Railroad




North Carolina Railroads - Wilmington, Chadbourn & Conway Railroad

Acronym	Year Chartered or Incorporated	Year Line Operational	Year Service Ended	Original Starting Point	Original Ending Point
WC&C RR	unknown	1887	1897*	Chadbourn, NC	Conway, SC

*1897 merged into Atlantic Coast Line Railroad of South Carolina. aka Wilmington & Conway Railroad. In 1887, the enterprising Chadbourn Lumber Company of North Carolina built a railroad from the Wilmington, Columbia, & Augusta Railroad south to the Waccamaw River to open up the forests of northern Horry County for the timber industry. The Wilmington, Chadbourn & Conway Railroad extended the company’s rails from Mt. Tabor, NC, to Conway, SC and ran the first train into Conway on December 15, 1887. This company differed from most in that it paid in silver dollars which it hauled in kegs along the route to pay the construction workers. The silver was accompanied by armed guards, but there is no record of any attempt to hijack the payroll. This railroad was acquired by the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad in the 1890s, exact date unknown.

Towns on Route (in NC): Chadbourn (1882) Clarendon (1885) Mount Tabor (1885) > Tabor (1895) > Tabor City (1935) NC/SC State Line