Aberdeen and Briar Patch Railway
The Aberdeen and Briar Patch Railway (reporting mark ABPR) was a short-line railroad which operated in North Carolina. The company operated a former Norfolk Southern line between Star and Aberdeen, North Carolina. The company was founded in 1983, began operating in 1984, and was sold in 1987.
History
The Aberdeen and Briar Patch owned a 34.46-mile (55.46 km) line between Star and Aberdeen in North Carolina. This line began as a logging railroad in the 1880s, eventually passing to the Norfolk Southern in 1916. In 1983 the Norfolk Southern, then doing business as the Carolina and Northwestern Railway, decided to abandon the line. The Aberdeen and Briar Patch was incorporated on August 1, 1983, and acquired the line. It began operating in 1984.[1] The Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway acquired the assets of the company on June 19, 1987.[2]
Notes
- ^ Lewis 1986, p. 8
- ^ Lewis 1991, p. 9
References
- Lewis, Edward A. (1986). American Shortline Railway Guide (3rd ed.). Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 0-89024-073-6. OCLC 14819199.
- Lewis, Edward A. (1991). American Shortline Railway Guide (4th ed.). Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 0-89024-109-0. OCLC 25150373.
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- Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway
- Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad
- Alexander Railroad
- Atlantic and Western Railway
- Blue Ridge Southern Railroad
- Caldwell County Railroad
- Cape Fear Railways
- Carolina Coastal Railway
- Carolina Southern Railroad
- Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad
- Clinton Terminal Railroad
- CSX Transportation
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
- Laurinburg and Southern Railroad
- North Carolina Railroad
- North Carolina and Virginia Railroad
- Nash County Railroad
- Norfolk Southern Railway
- State University Railroad
- Thermal Belt Railway
- Virginia Southern Railroad
- Winston-Salem Southbound Railway
- Wilmington Terminal Railroad
- Yadkin Valley Railroad
- See also: Former carriers in North Carolina
- List of United States railroads by political division