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* 1974 acquired by Southern Railway. | |||||
+ 1932 - Defaulted on its lease with the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad. 1935, lease withdrawn, and NS no longer operated the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad. | |||||
+ 1922 - Abandoned the Carthage & Pinehurst Railroad. | |||||
+ 1920 - Leased the Durham & South Carolina Railroad for 99 years. Purchased it outright in 1957. | |||||
+ 1914 - Folded in the Raleigh,
Charlotte & Southern Railway on January 1, 1914; created
in 1911. + 1914 - Abandoned the Aberdeen & Asheboro Railroad line from Biscoe to Mt. Gilead. |
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+ 1913 - Leased the Carthage & Pinehurst Railroad until 1922, when it abandoned that line. | |||||
+ 1910 - Built the Raleigh to Chocowinity and the Bishop to Pinetown branches. | |||||
+ 1910 - Company organized on April 30, 1910.
Charter filed on May 2, 1910. Was the Norfolk & Southern Railway. |
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Towns on Route (in NC): Line #1 - Washington to Plymouth: Plymouth Pinetown Washington Line #2 - Berkely, VA to Edenton, NC: NC/VA State Line Moyock Snowden Shawboro Gregory Belcross Camden Elizabeth City Ohisko Chapanoke Winfall Hertford Edenton Line #3 - Raleigh to Chocowinity: Raleigh Knightdale (1908) Eagle Rock Zebulon (1907) Middlesex (1908) Bailey (1908) Sims (1908) Wilson Stantonsburg Walstonburg (1908) Farmville Bellarthur (1915) Greenville Chicod > Simpson (1960) Grimesland Chocowinity Line #4 - New Bern to Oriental: Newbern > New Bern (1918) Bridgeton (1908) Reelsboro Grantsboro Alliance Bayboro Stonewall Oriental Line #5 - Bishop to Pinetown: Bishop Terra Ceia (1915) Pinetown Line #6 - Aberdeen to Troy: Aberdeen Pinehurst West End Eagle Springs Candor Biscoe - Abandoned 1914 Star - Abandoned 1914 Troy Line #7 - Star to Asheboro: Star Ether Steads Asbury Quinine Seagrove Michfield Ulah Asheboro Line #8 - West End to Jackson Springs: West End Jackson Springs Line #9 - Troy to Mount Gilead: Troy Wadeville Mount Gilead Line #10 - Candor to Ellerbe: Candor Rubyatt (1912-1914) Norman McLeod (1914-1915) Ellerbe Line #11 - Glendon to Gulf: Glendon Carbonton Gulf Line #12 - Gulf to Cumnock: Gulf Cumnock Line #13 - Glendon to Star: Glendon Putnam Hallison > Parkwood (1953) Hemp > Robbins (1943) Spies Star Line #14 - Raleigh to Fayetteville: Raleigh Caraleigh McCullers Willow Spring Cardenas Varina (1913) Fuquay Springs Chalybeate Springs Kipling Lillington Harnett (1909-1918) Bunns Level > Bunnlevel (1894) Linden (1914) Lane (1907-1913) Slocumb Fayetteville Line #15 - Mackeys Ferry to Belhaven: Mackeys Ferry > Mackeys (1913) Roper Wenona (1913) Bishop Pantego Belhaven Line #16 - Carthage to Pinehurst (line abandoned in 1922): Carthage Pinehurst Line #17 - Durham to Moncure: Durham East Durham Morrisville Apex New Hill Merry Oaks Haywood Moncure Line #18 - Carthage to Cameron: Carthage Cameron |
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The Thirteenth Annual Report of the North Carolina Commission for the Year Ending December 31, 1911, with Compilations from Railroad Returns for the Year Ending June 30, 1911, includes the routes of the Norfolk Southern Railroad: Goldsboro to Beaufort (the leased
Atlantic & North Carolina RR + to Beaufort) (97 miles): Suffolk, VA to Edenton, NC (the
old Virginia & Carolina Coast Railroad)(37 miles): Beckford to Elizabeth City (the
old Virginia & Carolina Coast Railroad)(24 miles): Berkeley, VA to Edenton, NC (the
old Elizabeth City & Norfolk Railroad)(53 miles): Edenton to Mackeys (9 miles): Mackeys to Columbia (22 miles): Mackeys to Belhaven (30 miles): Mackeys to New Bern (78 miles): New Bern to Oriental (26 miles): Pinetown Cutoff (7 miles): Pinetown to Davenport (2 miles): Chocowinity to Raleigh (101 miles): |
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The Nineteenth Report of the North Carolina Corporation Commission for the Biennial Period, 1917-1918, with Compilation of Railroad Returns for Years Ending December 31, 1916 and 1917 includes the various routes of the Norfolk Southern Railroad as of the end of 1918: Goldsboro to Beaufort (the leased
Atlantic & North Carolina RR + to Beaufort) (98.18 miles): Marsden to New Bern (31 miles): New Bern to Oriental (26.02 miles): Marsden to Raleigh (103.1 miles): Berkeley, VA to Marsden, NC (129.5
miles in NC): Mackeys to Belhaven (29.41 miles): Pinetown Cutoff (11.09 miles): Mackeys to Columbia (22.97 miles): Suffolk, VA to Edenton, NC (52.54
miles in NC): Beckford Junction to Elizabeth
City (23.20 miles): Raleigh to Charlotte (157.66 miles): Raleigh (1.5 miles): Varina to Fayetteville (42.61
miles): Asheboro to Aberdeen (56.60 miles): Pinehurst to Carthage (12.54 miles): West End to Jackson Sprigns (4.00
miles): Candor to Ellerbe (17.57 miles): |
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