Never materialized, and same year renamed as Wilmington & Newbern Railroad.

1893 merger of the East Carolina Land & Railway Company and the Wilmington, Onslow & East Carolina Railroad.

On the application of the State Trust Company of this city the Wilmington, Newbern and Norfolk Railroad has been placed in the hands of a receiver, H.A. Whiting. The road operates 88.41 miles of 4.9 gauge track from Wilmington to Newbern, N.C., and its president is Thomas A. McIntyre. It cost $2,397,000 and its liabilities are $2,442,000. The mortgage figuring in the proceedings is for $1,200,000.