Wilmington Subdivision

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Wilmington Subdivision
Legend
 CSX
Hamlet Terminal Subdivision
SE 254.3
 East Junction
CSX
Andrews Subdivision
SE 259.1
 Laurinburg
Laurinburg and Southern Railroad
SE 275.9
 Maxton
fmr. Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Ry. (ACL)
← to Bennettsville · to Hope Mills →
SE 278.4
 Alma
SE 285.7
 Pembroke
CSX
A Line (South End Subdivision)
SE 291.3
 Lowe
SE 297.1
 Lumberton
Duart Spur
SE 310.8
 Bladenboro
SE 318.9
 Clarkton
SE 327.1
 Rosindale
SE 338.8
 East Arcadia
Davis Yard
SE 360.3
 Navassa
Malmo Spur
Cape Fear River
fmr. Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Ry. (ACL)
to Fayetteville
SE 364.2
 Wilmington
fmr. Wilmington & Weldon RR (ACL)
to Contentnea
fmr. Wilmington, New Bern & Norfolk RR (ACL)
to New Bern

The Wilmington Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in North Carolina. It runs from East Junction in Hamlet, North Carolina southeast to the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina, distance of nearly 100 miles (160 km). The west end the line connects with the Hamlet Terminal Subdivision and the Andrews Subdivision.[1][2]

History[]

The Wilmington Subdivision was originally built as part of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad. The Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad was first incorporated in 1855 and was opened in 1861. It was intended to run all the way to Charlotte, but construction was interrupted due to the American Civil War. The railroad was heavily damaged during the war but was rebuilt after the end of the war.[3]

The Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad went into receivership in 1873, and was reorganized as the Carolina Central Railway. The Carolina Central Railway would complete the extension of the line to Charlotte a year later (track west of Hamlet today is today part of the Monroe Subdivision[4]). The Carolina Central Railway was renamed the Carolina Central Railroad in 1880 when it was incorporated.[5]

In 1890, the Carolina Central Railroad was acquired by the Seaboard Air Line Railway (SAL).[6] The SAL would also acquire other lines running through Hamlet, which would become a major junction for the SAL. The SAL designated the line east of Hamlet to Wilmington as the Wilmington Subdivision.[7]

In 1967, the SAL merged with its rival the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL), which became the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL). The ACL's network included a number of rail lines into Wilmington and was headquartered in Wilmington prior to 1960.[8] The Seaboard Coast Line would become CSX Transportation in the 1980s. All of the ex-ACL lines into Wilmington have now been severed, leaving the Wilmington Subdivision as CSX's only line connecting to the port city today.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "WM-Wilmington Sub - The RadioReference Wiki". wiki.radioreference.com. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  2. ^ CSX Florence Sub Timetable
  3. ^ "Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad". North Carolina Railroads. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  4. ^ Seaboard Air Line Railroad Georgia Division Timetable (1955)
  5. ^ "Carolina Central Railway". North Carolina Railroads. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Carolina Central Railroad". North Carolina Railroads. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  7. ^ Seaboard Air Line Railroad Virginia Division Timetable (1955)
  8. ^ Goolsby, Larry (2010). "The ACL Moves to Jacksonville". Lines South. White River Productions. 27 (3): 14–21.
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