List of North Carolina railroads

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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Common freight carriers

Passenger carriers

North Carolina passenger rail
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to New York City
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 Wilson
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 Selma
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 Raleigh
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NC State Fair
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Cary
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 Fayetteville
Durham
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Palmetto to Savannah
Silver Meteor to Miami
Burlington
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Crescent
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Greensboro
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 Hamlet
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High Point
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Lexington
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Salisbury
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Kannapolis
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Charlotte
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Gastonia
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Key
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Long-distance Amtrak routes
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Defunct railroads

Name Mark System [nb 1] FromToSuccessorNotes
Aberdeen and Asheboro Railroad NS 18971912 Raleigh, Charlotte and Southern Railway
Aberdeen and Briar Patch Railway ABPR19831987 Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway
Aberdeen and West End Railroad NS 18891897 Aberdeen and Asheboro Railroad
Air Line Railroad in South Carolina SOU 18681870 Atlanta and Richmond Air–Line Railway
Albemarle and Pantego Railroad NS 18871891 Norfolk and Southern Railroad
Albemarle and Raleigh Railroad ACL 18831894 Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
Alma Railway 1911 Maxton, Alma and Southbound Railroad
Appalachian Railway 19081935N/A
Asheboro and Montgomery Railroad NS 18961897 Aberdeen and Asheboro Railroad
Asheville and Craggy Mountain Railway SOU 18891941 Southern Railway
Asheville Southern Railway SOU 19051941 Southern Railway
Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad SOU 18811902 Southern Railway – Carolina Division
Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway SOU 18771996 Norfolk Southern Railway
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway L&N 18961905 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Atlanta and Richmond Air–Line Railway SOU 18701876 North Carolina Air–Line Railway
Atlantic and Carolina Railroad 19141948N/A
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad ACLACL18981967 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Atlantic and Danville Railway AD N&W 18891962 Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway
Atlantic and East Carolina Railway AEC SOU 19392003 Norfolk Southern Railway
Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad SOU 18811882 Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway
Atlantic and North Carolina Company NS 19051906 Norfolk and Southern Railway
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad ANC NS 18521989 North Carolina Railroad
Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad SOU 18551894 Southern Railway
Atlantic and Western Railroad 18891927 Atlantic and Western Railway
Atlantic and Yadkin Railway SOU 18991950 Southern Railway
Beaufort and Morehead Railroad BMH19371998 North Carolina Railroad
Beaufort and Morehead Railway BMH19912002 Carolina Rail Services
Black Mountain Railway ACL/ L&N 19101955 Yancey Railroad
Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railway SOU 19011909 Tallulah Falls Railway
Bonlee and Western Railway 19081932N/A
Caldwell and Northern Railroad SOU 18931910 Carolina and Northwestern Railway
Cape Fear and Northern Railway SCL 18981903 Durham and Southern Railway
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway ACL, SOU 18791898 Atlantic and Yadkin Railway, Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
Carolina Railroad NS 19121931N/A
Carolina, Atlantic and Western Railway SAL 19141915 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Carolina Central Railroad SAL 18801901 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Carolina Central Railway SAL 18731880 Carolina Central Railroad
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway CC&O ACL/ L&N 19081990 CSX Transportation
Carolina Coast Railroad NS 19031906 Norfolk and Southern Railway
Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway SOU 18821895N/ASold at foreclosure; no property in North Carolina
Carolina and Georgia Railway 19191927 Tennessee and North Carolina Railway
Carolina, Glenanna and Pee Dee Railway and Development Company ACL/ N&W 19051907 Carolina Valley Railway
Carolina Narrow-gauge Railroad SOU 18721873 Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad
Carolina and Northeastern Railroad 19171931 Carolina and Northeastern Railway
Carolina and Northeastern Railway 19311934N/A
Carolina Northern Railroad SAL 18991905 Raleigh and Charleston Railroad
Carolina and Northwestern Railway CRN NS 1994 Caldwell County Railroad Line from Hickory to Lenoir purchased by Caldwell County Economic Development Commission; Leased to CWCY.
Carolina and Northwestern Railway CRN SOU 19821988 Southern Railway
Carolina and Northwestern Railway CRN SOU 18971974 Norfolk Southern Railway
Carolina Rail Services CRIJ19862005 Morehead and South Fork Railroad
Carolina Southern Railway 19261961N/A
Carolina and Tennessee Southern Railway SOU 19021944N/A
Carolina Valley Railway ACL/ N&W 19071909 Piedmont Railway
Carolina and Yadkin River Railway ACL/ N&W 19121923 High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad
Carthage Railroad 18861920 Randolph and Cumberland Railway
Carthage and Pinehurst Railroad NS 19071922N/A
Carthage and Western Railroad 1893
Cashie and Chowan Railroad and Lumber Company 1883
Cashie and Roanoke Railroad 18871893 Wellington and Powellsville Railroad
Chapel Hill Iron Mountain Railroad SOU 18731879 State University Railroad
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad ACL/ L&N, SOU 18861893 Ohio River and Charleston Railway
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad SOU 18691894 Southern Railway
Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad SOU 18471869 Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Chatham Railroad SAL 18611871 Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad
Cheraw and Coalfields Railroad ACL 18671868 Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad
Cheraw and Darlington Railroad ACL 18821898 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad ACL 18681882 Cheraw and Darlington Railroad
Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad SOU 18731897 Carolina and Northwestern Railway
Chowan River Railway and Baltimore Steamboat Company ACL 18831886 Chowan and Southern Railroad
Chowan and Southern Railroad ACL 18861889 Norfolk and Carolina Railroad
Cliffside Railroad CLIF19051987N/A
Clinchfield Railroad CRR ACL/ L&N 19241983 Seaboard System Railroad
Clinton and Faison Railroad ACL 18811885 Clinton and Warsaw Railroad
Clinton and Warsaw Railroad ACL 18851888 Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
Dan Valley and Yadkin River Railroad SOU 18791880 North Carolina Midland Railroad
Dan Valley and Yadkin River Narrow Gauge Railroad SOU 18811883 North Carolina Midland Railroad
Danville, Mocksville and Southwestern Railroad SOU 18801899 Danville and Western Railway
Danville and New River Railroad SOU 18731890 Danville and Western Railway
Danville and Western Railway D&W SOU 1891
Dismal Swamp Railroad 18961941N/A
Dover and South Bound Railroad 19051930N/A
Dunn-Erwin Railway DER19871989 Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad
Durham and Charlotte Railroad NS 18931912 Raleigh, Charlotte and Southern Railway
Durham and Northern Railway SAL 18871901 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Durham and Roxboro Railroad N&W 18851887 Lynchburg and Durham Railroad
Durham and South Carolina Railroad NS 19051993 New Hope Valley Railway
Durham and Southern Railway DS SCL 19041981 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Durham Union Station Company N&W/ SAL/ SOU 19041965N/A
Duval Transportation of the Carolinas 19871987 Mid Atlantic Railroad
East Carolina Railway ACL 18981965N/A
East Carolina Land and Railway Company ACL 18871894 Wilmington, Newbern and Norfolk Railroad
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad ETWN18661950N/A
Edenton and Norfolk Railway NS 18881902 Suffolk and Carolina Railway
Egypt Railway NS 18921910 Sanford and Troy Railroad
Elizabeth City and Norfolk Railroad NS 18701883 Norfolk Southern Railroad
Elizabeth City and Western Railroad NS 18991902 Suffolk and Carolina Railway
Elkin and Alleghany Railroad 19201931N/A
Elkin and Alleghany Railway 19071919 Elkin and Alleghany Railroad
Florence and Fayetteville Railroad ACL 18621881 Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway
Franklin County Railroad 19851990LRS subsidiary; operated ex-SAL Franklinton-Louisburg branch (originally Louisburg Railroad); to NCDOT after shutdown, trail lease/rail bank
French Broad Railroad 19191925N/A (leased the Madison County Railway)
Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway SAL 18871901 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Georgia and North Carolina Railroad L&N 18711887 Marietta and North Georgia Railway
Glendon and Gulf Mining and Manufacturing Company NS 18911896 Durham and Charlotte Railroad
Goldsboro Union Station Company ACL/ NS/ SOU 19081968N/A
Graham County Railroad GC19051984N/A
Great Smoky Mountains Railway GSM19881999 Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
Greensville and Roanoke Railroad ACL 18341855 Petersburg Railroad
Greenville and French Broad Railroad SOU 18551874 Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad
Gumberry and Jackson Railroad and Lumber Company 18871896 Northampton and Hertford Railroad
Halifax and Weldon Railroad ACL 18341837 Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad
Hendersonville and Brevard Railway, Telegraph and Telephone Company SOU 18911897 Transylvania Railroad
High Point and Randleman Railroad SOU 18831887 High Point, Randleman, Asheboro and Southern Railroad
High Point, Randleman, Asheboro and Southern Railroad SOU 1887Still exists as a lessor of the Norfolk Southern Railway
Hoffman and Troy Railroad 1883
Howland Improvement Company NS 19031905 Atlantic and North Carolina Company
Jackson Springs Railroad NS 19011907 Aberdeen and Asheboro Railroad
Kinston Carolina Railroad NS 19181929N/A
Kinston and Carolina Railroad NS 1909 Kinston–Carolina Railroad and Lumber Company
Kinston–Carolina Railroad and Lumber Company NS 19101918 Kinston Carolina Railroad
Kinston and Snow Hill Railroad NS 1913 Carolina Railroad
Lawndale Railway and Industrial Company 19031943N/A
Linville River Railroad 18961899 Linville River Railway
Linville River Railway 18991940N/A (owned by East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad)
Louisburg Railroad SAL 18811901 Raleigh and Gaston Railroad
Louisville and Nashville Railroad L&N, LNL&N19051983 Seaboard System Railroad
Lower Creek and Linville Valley Transportation Company SOU 18911893 Caldwell and Northern Railroad
Lynchburg and Durham Railroad N&W 18871896 Norfolk, Lynchburg and Durham Railroad
Madison County Railway 19101925N/A
Marietta and North Georgia Railway L&N 18871895 Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
Maxton, Alma and Southbound Railroad MA&S19111937N/A
Mid Atlantic Railroad MRR19871995 Carolina Southern Railroad
Midland North Carolina Railway ACL 18731884 Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
Milton and Sutherlin Railroad 18761894N/A
Moore Central Railroad 19451948N/A
Moore Central Railway 19241945 Moore Central Railroad
Moore County Railroad 18931904N/A
Mount Airy Railroad SOU 18791879 Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway
Mount Airy and Eastern Railway 18991910 Virginia and Mount Airy Railway
Mount Airy and Ore Knob Railroad SOU 18711879 Mount Airy Railroad
Mount Hope Valley Railroad NS 19041905 Durham and South Carolina Railroad
Norfolk and Carolina Railroad ACL 18891900 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway NFD N&W 19621983 Norfolk and Western Railway
Norfolk, Lynchburg and Durham Railroad N&W 18961896 Norfolk and Western Railroad
Norfolk, Roanoke and Southern Railroad N&W 18961896 Norfolk and Western Railroad
Norfolk Southern Railroad NSNS19101942 Norfolk Southern Railway
Norfolk Southern Railroad NS 18831891 Norfolk and Southern Railroad
Norfolk and Southern Railroad NS 18911906 Norfolk and Southern Railway
Norfolk Southern Railway NSNS19421982 Carolina and Northwestern Railway
Norfolk and Southern Railway NS 19061910 Norfolk Southern Railroad
Norfolk and Western Railroad N&W 18921896 Norfolk and Western Railway
Norfolk and Western Railway N&W, NWN&W18961998 Norfolk Southern Railway
North Carolina Railroad SOU 1849Still exists as a lessor of the Norfolk Southern Railway
North Carolina Air–Line Railway SOU 18771877 Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway
North Carolina Connecting Railway 19051907 Roanoke River Railway
North Carolina Midland Railroad SOU 1880Still exists as a lessor of the Norfolk Southern Railway
North Carolina Mining, Manufacturing and Development Company ACL/ N&W 19031905 Carolina, Glenanna and Pee Dee Railway and Development Company
North Carolina Ports Railway Commission NCPR19792002 North Carolina State Ports Authority
North and South Carolina Railroad SOU 18991940N/A
North and South Carolina Railway SAL 19101914 Carolina, Atlantic and Western Railway
North Western North Carolina Railroad SOU 18681894 Southern Railway
Northampton and Hertford Railroad 18911908 Northampton and Hertford Railway
Northampton and Hertford Railway 19091917 Carolina and Northeastern Railroad
Ohio River and Charleston Railway ACL/ L&N, SOU 18941902 South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad, South and Western Railway
Oxford and Clarksville Railroad SOU 18851894 Southern Railway
Oxford and Coast Line Railroad SAL 18911906 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Oxford and Henderson Railroad SOU 18711894 Southern Railway
Palmetto Railroad SAL 18831895 Palmetto Railway
Palmetto Railway SAL 18951901 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Pee Dee Valley Railway ACL 19091910 Rockingham Railway
Petersburg Railroad ACL 18311898 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Piedmont Railroad SOU 18621894 Southern Railway
Piedmont Railway ACL/ N&W 19091912 Carolina and Yadkin River Railway
Piedmont and Northern Railway P&N19141969 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Electric until 1954
Pigeon River Railway 19061931N/A
Pittsboro Railroad SAL 18851899 Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad
Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad SAL 18331846 Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad
Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad SAL 18711901 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Raleigh and Cape Fear Railway NS 18981905 Raleigh and Southport Railway
Raleigh, Charlotte and Southern Railway NS 19111913 Norfolk Southern Railroad
Raleigh and Charleston Railroad SAL 19061941N/A
Raleigh and Eastern North Carolina Railroad NS 19031903 Raleigh and Pamlico Sound Railroad
Raleigh and Gaston Railroad SAL 18351901 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Raleigh and Pamlico Sound Railroad NS 19031906 Norfolk and Southern Railway
Raleigh and Southport Railway NS 19051912 Raleigh, Charlotte and Southern Railway
Raleigh and Western Railway NS 18931908N/ALeased the Egypt Railway
Randolph and Cumberland Railroad 19061907 Randolph and Cumberland Railway
Randolph and Cumberland Railway 19071924 Moore Central Railway
Richmond and Danville Railroad SOU 18661894 Southern Railway
Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad SAL 18921900 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Roanoke Railroad SAL 18471849 Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad
Roanoke River Railway 19071919 Townsville Railroad
Roanoke and Southern Railway N&W 18871896 Norfolk, Roanoke and Southern Railroad
Roanoke and Tar River Railroad SAL 18851911 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Roanoke Valley Railroad 18551863N/A
Rockingham Railroad RKG ACL 19101968N/A
Rockingham Railway ACL 19101910 Rockingham Railroad
Roxboro Railroad N&W 18811887 Lynchburg and Durham Railroad
Roxboro and Narrow Gauge Railroad N&W 18791881 Roxboro Railroad
Rutherfordton, Marion and Tennessee Railway ACL/ L&N, SOU 18811886 Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
Sanford and Glendon Railroad NS 1910 Sanford and Troy Railroad
Sanford and Troy Railroad NS 19101912 Raleigh, Charlotte and Southern Railway
Seaboard Air Line Railroad SALSAL19461967 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Seaboard Air Line Railway SAL 19001945 Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Seaboard Air Line System SAL 18931900 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad SCL19671983 Seaboard System Railroad
Seaboard and Raleigh Railroad ACL 18731883 Albemarle and Raleigh Railroad
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad SAL 18461911 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Seaboard System Railroad SBD19831986 CSX Transportation
Smoky Mountain Railway SMN19051927N/A
South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad SOU 18981902 Southern Railway – Carolina Division
South and Western Railroad ACL/ L&N 19051908 Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
South and Western Railway ACL/ L&N 19011906 South and Western Railroad
Southeastern Railroad ACL 18971900 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Southern Railway SOUSOU18941990 Norfolk Southern Railway
Southern Railway – Carolina Division SOU 19021996 Norfolk Southern Railway
Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad SOU 18741881 Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad
Statesville and Western Railroad SOU 18871894 Southern Railway
Suffolk and Carolina Railway NS 18841906 Norfolk and Southern Railway
Tallulah Falls Railway TF SOU 19091961N/A
Tennessee and North Carolina Railroad 19031920 Tennessee and North Carolina Railway
Tennessee and North Carolina Railway 19201951N/A
Town Creek Railroad and Lumber Company 19051911 Wilmington, Brunswick and Southern Railroad
Townsville Railroad 19191933N/A
Transylvania Railroad SOU 1899
Tuckaseegee and Southeastern Railway 19201945N/A
Virginia and Carolina Railroad SAL 18831892 Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad
Virginia–Carolina Railway N&W 19111919 Norfolk and Western Railway
Virginia and Carolina Southern Railroad ACL 1903
Virginia and Mount Airy Railway 1920N/ANever operated
Warrenton Railroad WAR18761985N/A
Washington and Plymouth Railroad NS 19011904 Norfolk and Southern Railroad
Washington and Vandemere Railroad ACL 19031944 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Weldon and Roanoke Rapids Electric Railway 19071917 Carolina and Northeastern Railroad
Wellington and Powellsville Railroad 18931926 Carolina Southern Railway
Western Railroad ACL, SOU 18521879 Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway
Western North Carolina Railroad SOU 18551894 Southern Railway
Wilmington Railway Bridge Company ACL/ SAL 18661956 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Wilmington, Brunswick and Southern Railroad 19071945N/A
Wilmington and Carolina Railroad ACL 18701870 Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Wilmington, Chadbourn and Conway Railroad ACL 18871895 Wilmington and Conway Railroad
Wilmington, Chadbourn and Conwayboro Railroad ACL 18831887 Wilmington, Chadbourn and Conway Railroad
Wilmington and Charlotte Railroad SAL 18551855 Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad
Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad SAL 18551873 Carolina Central Railroad
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad ACL 18701898 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Wilmington and Conway Railroad ACL 18951896 Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Wilmington and Manchester Railroad ACL 18471870 Wilmington and Carolina Railroad
Wilmington and Newbern Railroad ACL 18971897 Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
Wilmington, Newbern and Norfolk Railroad ACL 18931897 Wilmington and Newbern Railroad
Wilmington, Onslow and East Carolina Railroad ACL 18851893 Wilmington, Newbern and Norfolk Railroad
Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad ACL 18341855 Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
Wilmington and Tarboro Railroad ACL 18611873 Seaboard and Raleigh Railroad
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad ACL 18551900 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Winston-Salem and Madison Railroad SOU 18791880 North Carolina Midland Railroad
Winston-Salem and Mooresville Railroad SOU 18781880 North Carolina Midland Railroad
Winston-Salem Terminal Company ACL/ N&W/ SOU 19221972 Norfolk and Western Railway, Southern Railway, Winston-Salem Southbound Railway
Winton Railroad and Lumber Company 1889
Yadkin Railroad SOU 1871Still exists as a lessor of the Norfolk Southern Railway
Yancey Railroad YAN19551982N/A
Electric railways
Private carriers
Not completed

Notes

  1. ↑ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

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