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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]
Louisville, St. Louis and Texas Railway: Kentucky and Tennessee Railroad: GM&O: 1870 1872 Mobile and Ohio Railroad: Kentucky and Tennessee Railroad: 1902 1904 Kentucky and Tennessee Railway: Kentucky Union Railway: L&N: 1854 1894 Lexington and Eastern Railway: Kentucky Valley Railroad: IC: 1905 1913 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
The Kentucky Improvement Company was chartered in December 1866 and renamed January 1, 1870 to the Eastern Kentucky Railway. The first section, from Riverton south to Argillite , opened in 1867. Further extensions took it to Hunnewell by 1870, Grayson in 1871, Willard by 1874 and Webbville in 1889.
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.
In 1914, the North and South Carolina Railway, the Georgetown and Western Railroad, and other nearly railroads were merged into the Carolina, Atlantic and Western Railway. In 1915, the Carolina, Atlantic and Western Railway extended the line from Andrews south to Charleston. By the end of 1915, the Seaboard Air Line acquired the Carolina ...
Hill, Elaina, Ohio and National Railway Company 2019–Present Hiltz, John P. Jr. , D&H 1967 Hines, Walker D. (1870–1934), ATSF 1916–17, USRA 1918–1919
The railroad of the East Carolina Railway, herein called the carrier, is a single-track, standard-gauge, steam railroad, located in northeastern North Carolina. The main line extends southerly from Tarboro to Hookerton, 38.584 miles. The carrier also owns 1.655 miles of yard tracks and sidings.
The Clinchfield Railroad (reporting mark CRR) was an operating and holding company for the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway (reporting mark CCO). The line ran from the coalfields of Virginia and Elkhorn City , Kentucky , to the textile mills of South Carolina .