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North Carolina Midland Railroad: SOU: 1880 Still exists as a lessor of the Norfolk Southern Railway: North Carolina Mining, Manufacturing and Development Company: ACL/ N&W: 1903 1905 Carolina, Glenanna and Pee Dee Railway and Development Company: North Carolina Ports Railway Commission: NCPR 1979 2002 North Carolina State Ports Authority
Harriet Tubman, c. 1868–1869, who was a significant figure in the history of the Underground Railroad. The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Cambridge recognizes her efforts to free enslaved people. President Street Station — Baltimore [27] Harriet Tubman's birthplace — Dorchester County [39] [40]
The building was commissioned while the railroad was under state control and construction of two stories was started in 1861. A third and final story had been added by 1891. The Raleigh and Gaston Railroad and several associated railroads formed the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in 1893, and later merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to ...
The North Carolina Railroad (reporting mark NCRR) is a 317-mile (510 km) state-owned rail corridor extending from Morehead City, North Carolina, to Charlotte. The railroad carries over seventy freight trains operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway and eight passenger trains ( Amtrak 's Carolinian and Piedmont ) daily.
In May 2001, NCDOT's Southeastern North Carolina Passenger Rail Feasibility Study showed strong interest in trains from Raleigh to Wilmington. A July 2005 study recommended that two new routes be added to the State Rail Plan. Both routes would start by following the Carolinian and Silver Star corridor from Raleigh to Selma. [28]
It was North Carolina's second railroad (the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad opened one month earlier). The length was 100 miles (160 km) and built with 4 ft 8 in ( 1,422 mm ) gauge . [ 2 ] Part of the Raleigh and Gaston's tracks remains in service today as part of CSX's S Line as the Norlina Subdivision of CSX's Florence Division.
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NC-8, "Southern Railway Company, Spencer Shops, Salisbury Avenue between Third and Eight Streets, Spencer, Rowan County, NC", 10 photos, 4 measured drawings, 29 data pages, 1 photo caption page; HAER No. NC-16, "Spencer Shops Rehabilitation Project, Spencer, Rowan County, NC
Goose Creek State Park is a North Carolina state park near Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina in the United States. It covers 1,672 acres (6.77 km 2) [1] just off of Pamlico Sound, in North Carolina's Coastal Plain. Goose Creek State Park is home to a wide variety of wildlife that make their homes in the extensive salt water marshes ...