North Carolina Railroads - South & Western Railroad




North Carolina Railroads - South & Western Railroad

Acronym	Year Chartered or Incorporated	Year Line Operational	Year Service Ended	Original Starting Point	Original Ending Point
S&W RR	1902	1902	1908*	TN/NC Line	Marion, NC
* 1908 - Renamed to the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad.
+ 1906 - Acquired the assets of the South & Western Railway.
+ 1905 - Charter granted by the state of Virginia on January 26, 1905.
Chartered in 1902 by the SC State Legislature. 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