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Carolina and Northwestern Railway

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410: 101:. Choosing to use the name 'Norfolk Southern Railway' for the merger, in 1981, the original Ca&NW line along with original Norfolk Southern Railway was renamed Carolina and Northwestern once again. In the early 1950s several shortline subsidiaries of the Southern Railway were leased to the Ca&NW for operation, with these lines remaining a part of the Ca&NW into the 1980s. 154:
When the Richmond and Danville was re-organized as the Southern Railway in 1894, the Chester & Lenoir operated on its own for a short while. By 1896, it went into receivership, and the following year was re-organized as the Carolina & Northwestern Railway. Though technically controlled by the
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In 1943, the Carolina and Northwestern was only operating one passenger train a day between Chester and Edgemont. Passenger service was soon discontinued in 1947. In March 1948, the carrier had completely dropped steam (with Southern Railway 2-8-0 #544 having the honor of being the last steam
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By the mid 1930s, the Carolina and Northwestern was only operating one freight train a day except Sundays between Chester and Lenoir. By 1938, the railroad abandoned the line from west Lenoir to Edgemont. The Carolina and Northwestern was absorbed into the Southern Railway system around 1940.
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The section of the line between Chester and York was abandoned around 1972. The section from York to Clover was abandoned in 1981. By the late 1980s, the line had been abandoned all the way to just north of the North Carolina state line, near
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locomotive on the line) and replaced it with diesel locomotives. The Carolina & Northwestern was one of the first completely dieselized railroads in the southeast.
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meet the revenue specifications for Class I status, but are not technically Class I railroads due to being passenger-only railroads with no freight component.
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Southern, this shortline carrier, more than any other in the Southern Railway family, was allowed to operate almost autonomously.
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The five-mile (8 km) stretch of railroad track between Gastonia and Dallas was abandoned on or about August 20, 2003.
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In 1912, new shops were built in Hickory and within 10 years a locomotive was even built within the railroad’s shops.
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to the Caldwell County Economic Development Commission (CCEDC). The CCEDC subsequently leased the line to the
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Pg. 512; American Narrow Gauge Railroads by George Woodman Hilton; Stanford University Press, 1990
1857: 1837: 1822: 1381: 1046: 986: 712: 550: 114: 110: 86: 1902: 1747: 1487: 1156: 875: 745: 595: 159: 137: 125:. The Kings Mountain Railroad was begun in 1855 but was destroyed by the Union Army during the 1907: 1547: 1411: 1356: 1286: 1131: 141: 1887: 1752: 966: 575: 560: 118: 8: 1166: 66: 735: 535: 490: 126: 122: 371: 360: 1431: 728: 641: 1892: 1817: 1311: 672: 229: 1441: 1301: 415: 1537: 1472: 1196: 976: 472: 186: 55: 433: 2103: 1051: 140:. At over 120 miles (190 km), the Chester & Lenoir was the largest 2007: 703: 394:
Clearing the Way by Michael Henry; The Gaston Gazette, Friday July 25, 2003
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In 1994, Norfolk Southern sold the original 22-mile (35 km) line from
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in 1873. Within a decade the Chester & Lenoir had extended the line to
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track, and it purchased a controlling interest in a logging railroad, the
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The route lay abandoned for almost eight years until the creation of the
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Over the next decade, the railroad operated under the umbrella of the
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Tar Heel Press, The Legacy of the Carolina and North-Western Railway
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South Carolina Railroads, Chester & Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad
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Tar Heel Press, The Legacy of the Carolina and Northwestern Railway
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Railway Association of North Carolina: Caldwell County Railroad
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South Carolina Railroads/ Carolina & Northwestern Railway
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List of United States railroads by political division
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North Carolina Rail Trails, Vol.13 No. 3; Winter 2004
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where the end of the line stops at U.S. Highway 321.
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By 1902, the Carolina & Northwestern Railway was
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North Carolina Rail Trails, Vol.2 No. 1; Spring 1990
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Index

Track gauge
standard gauge
3 ft
Southern Railway
Norfolk Southern Railway
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Norfolk Southern Railway
Kings Mountain Railroad
Chester, South Carolina
York, South Carolina
Civil War
American Civil War
Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad
Lenoir, North Carolina
narrow gauge railroad
Richmond and Danville Railroad
converted
standard gauge
Caldwell and Northern
Collettsville, North Carolina
Edgemont, North Carolina
Bowling Green, South Carolina
Lincolnton, North Carolina
Norfolk Southern
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Newton, NC
Maiden, NC
Hickory, NC
Lenoir, NC
Caldwell County Railroad Company

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