All North Carolina Railways Since 1849 by Col. Olds
A condensed history of North Carolina rail development from 1831 charter activity to 1909, detailing major lines, charters, capital stock, and state involvement. Notable entries include the North Carolina Railroad from Goldsboro to Charlotte, the Western North Carolina line to Asheville, and the Atlantic and North Carolina, with notes on leases, state bonds, convict labor, and the vast growth of a 300 plus chartered lines over the period.
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Fred A. Olds
North Carolina Railway
Goldsboro
Charlotte
North Carolina
Legislaure
Calvin Graves
Greensborough
Burlington
State Board of Internal Improvements
Richmond and
Danville
Southern Railway
Southern
John Motley Morehead
Western North Carolina Railad
North Carolina and Western
Salisbury
North Carolina Railroad
Morganton
Old Fort
Blue Ridge
Swannanoa Gap
Asheville
Paint Rock
Tennessee
East Tennessee
Vginia
Vginia and Georgia Railway
Murphy
Nantahala
Western North Carolina Railroad
William J Rest
New York
Best
West Point Terminal Company
Morehead
Morehead City
Atlantic and North Carolina
A. B. Andrews
New Bern
William J. Best
Smithfield
Columbia
Augusta
South Carolina
Ohio
Wilmington
Rutherford
Carolina Central
Piedmont
Greensboro
Robert E. Lee
Wilmington and
Weldon
Atlantic
Piedmont Railroad
Piedmont Air Line
Raleigh and Gaston
Wilmington and Weldon
Charlotte Air Line
North Carolina Air Line
Wilmington, Columbia
Carolina
Atlantic Coast
Wilson, C
Florence
D. C
Asheville and
Spartanburg
Hendersonville
United States
Board of Internal Improvements
Carolina Centr
Cape Fear
Yadkin
Fayetteville
Lincolnton
Yadkin River
Beattie’s Ford
Catawba Rive
North Carolina Railroad Company
Beaufort
Raleigh
Tarboro
Hamilton
Virginia
Portsmouth
Roanoke
Petersburg
Cincinnati
Charleston
David L. Swain
North Carolia
Raleigh and Fayetteville
Milton
Junction
Greenville
Raleigh and
S. C
Beaufort Arbor
Trenton
Cape Ear
Yadkin and
Pee Dee
North Carolina ‘Goad Company
Golds Sore
Albemarle and Currituck Can Company
Sound
North River
Tennessee River
Macon County
Gentral
Goldboro
Roanoke Valley
Clarksvill
Ridgeway
N. C
Wington and Weldon
Manchester
Amey
North
Anson County
Deep River
Greeneville
French Broad
Chath
North At
Chattanooga
Cheraw
Coalfield
Albemarle
Suffolk
Mountain
Southern Air Line
Salem
Germanton
Garysburgh
Windsor
Dan River and Coalfield Railroad
Warsaw
Washington and Leaksville
Caswell
Chatham and Coalfields
Cary
Leaksville
Yanceyville
University of North Carolina
Wilmington, Charlotte and
Rockingham and Henry
Oxford
Dan River
Vanceville
Elizabeth City
Norfolk
Edenton
Shelby
South
Rutherfordton
Chester and Lenoir
Chester
Lenoir
Curtis H. Brogden
R. F. Armfield
J. L. Robinson
Winston-Salem
Waesboro
Atlantic Coast Line
Norfolk and Western
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