does anybody know exactly what railroads ran through greenville nc back in the day ?
i know the original norfolk southern and atlantic coastline did as well as the southern after 1974 but are there any others that predate the mix of carolina coastal and csx that i see today ?
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Only the corporate successions NS(old)-Southern-NS(new)-Carolina Coastal(NS lease). ACL-SCL-Family Lines(not technically a railroad)-Seaboard System-CSX Transportation-CSX.
If you go back WAY far you would get the predecessors to NS(old) and ACL. They like most railroad "systems" were all conglomerations of smaller lines.
Paige, the old Norfolk Southern was a class 1 railroad, …they had some 2-8-4 Berkshires in their roster,…..look up their history, it’s pretty cool,…in my neck of the woods, the Chesapeake & Albemarle Railroad runs on the old NS mainline from Elizabeth City ( home base) NC to Norfolk Va…..the main freight being corn, grain, soy, and gravel for the numerous concrete plants ….
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