North Carolina Railroads - Mount Airy & Eastern Railroad / Railway




North Carolina Railroads - Mount Airy & Eastern Railroad / Railway

Acronym	Year Chartered or Incorporated	Year Line Operational	Year Service Ended	Original Starting Point	Original Ending Point
MA&E RR	1899	1900	1920*	Mt. Airy, NC	Kibler, VA
* 1920 - Reorganized as the Virginia & Mt. Airy Railroad, but there is no evidence that this entity ever operated the railroad. Apparently liquidated in the 1930s.
+ 1915 - Sold again to Sidney Birber who kept the original name, but with Railway at the end. Company organized on April 23, 1915 under laws of Virginia.
+ 1910 - Sold under foreclosure to Rosslyn Lumber Company.
aka Mount Airy Narrow Gauge Railroad.
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Towns on Route (in NC): NC/VA State Line Mount Airy
The Sixth Annual Report of the North Carolina Corporation Commission for the Year Ending December 31, 1904, with Compilations from Railroad Returns for the Year Ending June 30, 1904, includes the route of the Mt. Airy & Eastern Railroad, including mileage: Stations in Order (5 miles in NC): Mt. Airy Springs VA/NC State Line Danube, VA
The Thirteenth Annual Report of the North Carolina Corporation Commission for the Year Ending December 31, 1911, with Compilations from Railroad Returns for the Year Ending June 30, 1911, includes the route of the Mt. Airy & Eastern Railroad: Towns on Route (5 miles): Mount Airy White Sulphur Springs NC/VA State Line
The Eighteenth Annual Report of the North Carolina Corporation Commission, dated December 31, 1916, with a Compilation of Railroad Returns for the Year Ending June 30, 1916: President ............................................ Sidney Birber ................................... Washington, DC General Manager or Superintendent .... William E. Bleo ................................. Mount Airy, NC Secretary-Treasurer ........................... Willis W. Parker ................................ Washington, DC Traffic Manager .................................. William E. Bleo ................................. Mount Airy, NC Road Operated - Mount Airy, NC to Kibler, VA ............................................ 5.37 miles in NC Capital Stock .................................................................................................. $10,000.00 Cost of Road ................................................................................................... $42,018.10 Cost of Equipment ............................................................................................. $6,400.00 Employees .......................................................................................................... 47