Wilmington Terminal Railroad

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Wilmington Terminal Railroad
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Overview
Headquarters Wilmington, North Carolina
Reporting mark WTRY
Locale Wilmington, North Carolina
Dates of operation1986
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
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Wilmington Terminal Railroad
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CSX Transportation
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U. S. Route 421
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U. S. Route 117
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The Wilmington Terminal Railroad( reporting mark WTRY) is a shortline railroad serving the Port of Wilmington (North Carolina). It began operations in 1986 over trackage owned by the North Carolina Ports Railway Commission, whose other lines (at Morehead City) were simultaneously leased to the Carolina Rail Services Company. The company is owned by Rail Link, Inc., a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc., [2] which acquired it from the Rail Management Corporation in 2005.

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The Ports Railway Commission acquired the lines in 1980, and expanded its property, leased to WTRY, through a purchase of spurs from CSX Transportation in 1993. In 2002, the lines were transferred to the North Carolina State Ports Authority, in accordance with a recently passed state law. [3]

See also

References

  1. "Wilmington Terminal Railroad – A Genesee & Wyoming Company".
  2. North Carolina Railway Association: Wilmington Terminal Railroad
  3. STB Finance Docket No. 34258, October 31, 2002