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The Atlantic and East Carolina Railway Company had been chartered under the general corporation laws of North Carolina on June 19, 1939, with charter power to lease and operate the line of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company. The issues of stock by the Atlantic and East Carolina were authorized by the ICC. [7]
The railroad was acquired by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) in 1935, but continued to be locally managed by Henry Clark Bridgers until his death in 1951. 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]
Mid Atlantic Railroad: 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 ...
[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.
The Southern Railway operated passenger trains such as the northern branch of the Cincinnati-bound Carolina Special from Goldsboro through Raleigh and Durham to Greensboro. [2] Into the early 1950s the Atlantic and East Carolina Railway ran a daily passenger train from Goldsboro, North Carolina southeast to Morehead City on the Crystal Coast.
The Atlantic and Western Railway (reporting mark ATW) is a Class III short-line railroad operating about 10 miles (16 km) of track in Lee County, North Carolina. Atlantic and Western is part of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. and formerly part of Rail Management and Consulting. It was reorganized in 1927 from the Atlantic and Western Railroad.
East Carolina Railroad Company, tracks, 5 miles to reach industry and use of yards at Tarboro, N. C.; stipulated annual payment equal to one-third of expenses. Not reported. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, tracks, 0.61 mile, and passenger station at Montgomery, Ala.; rental $120 per annum and a proportion, on a car basis, of expenses.
The Wilmington, New Bern and Norfolk Railroad was first chartered in 1885 as the Wilmington, Onslow and East Carolina Railroad by the North Carolina General Assembly. [1] It was owned by the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, who operated a large network in North Carolina. The line began service in 1891. [2]