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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.
This is a route-map template for Transportation in North Carolina, a United States railway network. For a key to symbols, see {{ railway line legend }} . For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap .
North Carolina Air–Line Railway: SOU: 1877 1877 Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway: North Carolina Connecting Railway: 1905 1907 Roanoke River Railway: 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
The Blue Ridge Southern Railroad was formed on 25 June 2014 when Watco reached a definitive agreement with Norfolk Southern for the purchase of 91.8 miles of branchlines in Western North Carolina. The railroad began operations with a fleet of 11 diesel electric locomotives, which consist of three SD40-2s , four SD40M-2 rebuilds, and four GP39-2s .
Seasonally, it also serves the North Carolina State Fair and Lexington Barbecue Festival. [12] [13] [14] North Carolina subsidizes the train from Charlotte to the Virginia border. It is augmented by three Amtrak Thruway routes, two connecting Wilson to large swaths of eastern North Carolina [15] and one connecting Winston-Salem and High Point.
The Piedmont (also known as the Piedmont Service) is a regional passenger train operated by Amtrak and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), running four round trips daily between Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina. It is a sister train to the Carolinian, which runs from Charlotte to New York City.
The East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad (reporting mark ET&WNC), affectionately called the "Tweetsie" as a verbal acronym of its initials (ET&WNC) but also in reference to the sound of its steam whistles, was a primarily 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad established in 1866 for the purpose of serving the mines at Cranberry, North Carolina.
The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (reporting mark GSMR) is a heritage and freight railroad based in Bryson City, North Carolina, United States.Originally formed in 1988, it is currently owned and operated by American Heritage Railways since late 1999.