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The railway continued to be operated under the East Carolina Railway name until the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad abandoned the line in 1965. The last train ran on 16 November 1965. [1] In 1960, East Carolina reported 1.1 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and no passengers on its 29-mile railroad. [citation needed]
The East Carolina Land and Railway Company was chartered by Craven County, North Carolina, and the city of New Bern in 1887 to construct a 37-mile (60 km) rail line connecting New Bern with Jacksonville, North Carolina. $60,000 was asked for the rail line from the county, plus an additional $40,000 to extend the rail line to either Washington, Greenville, or Pantego.
Chesapeake Beach Railway: 1896 1935 East Washington Railway: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway: C&O, CO C&O 1891 1987 CSX Transportation: Consolidated Rail Corporation: CR 1976 1999 CSX Transportation/Norfolk Southern Railway: East Washington Railway: 1935 1976 N/A Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator and Railway Company: B&O: 1888 1972 Baltimore and ...
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In 1942, the ICC authorized the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company to issue certain promissory notes to purchase 1.43 miles (2.30 km) of spur track from Havelock, North Carolina, to a United States reservation under construction (Camp Lejeune) from its lessee, Atlantic and East Carolina Railway Company, because Atlantic and North ...
[7] The ACL acquired the East Carolina Railway in 1935, running south from Tarboro to Hookerton, although the 12-mile extension to Hookerton was abandoned in 1933. [8] The ACL's last major acquisition was the Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad, which it purchased in 1927, though the AB&C was not merged into the ACL until 1945.
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East Carolina Railway: ACL: 1898 1965 N/A East Carolina Land and Railway Company: ACL: 1887 1894 Wilmington, Newbern and Norfolk Railroad: East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad: ETWN 1866 1950 N/A Edenton and Norfolk Railway: NS: 1888 1902 Suffolk and Carolina Railway: Egypt Railway: NS: 1892 1910 Sanford and Troy Railroad ...