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{{Short description|Defunct railroad in North Carolina}}
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| name             = Carolina Central Railroad
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| locale           = [[North Carolina]]
| start_year       = {{Start date|1855}}
| end_year         = {{End date|1900}}
| predecessor_line = Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad
| successor_line   = [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]]
| gauge            = <!-- This needs to be able to handle two current gauges. -->
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| length           = {{convert|152|mi}}
|image             = Seaboard Air Line 416 - Ex Carolina Central Railroad 26.jpg|caption=Seaboard Air Line Railroad 416, formerly Carolina Central Railroad 26
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The '''Carolina Central Railroad''', was a railway company in the United States. It was incorporated in 1855 as the '''Wilmington and Charlotte Railroad''' and was renamed the '''Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad''' shortly after.  It was reorganized as the '''Carolina Central Railway''' in 1873. It built {{convert|152|mi}} of track, in two unconnected sections, in the southern part of [[North Carolina]]. The company was again reorganized as the Carolina Central Railroad in 1880. In 1900, the Carolina Central Railroad was merged into the [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]]. Its lines are now owned by [[CSX Transportation]].

==History==
===Formation and early years===
The Wilmington and Charlotte Railroad was incorporated on February 13, 1855, but the name was changed soon after to the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad. The company intended to build a railway line from [[Wilmington, North Carolina]], on the Atlantic Ocean, to [[Rutherford County, North Carolina]], via [[Charlotte, North Carolina]].{{sfnp|Manual|1874|p=346}}

The company completed a {{convert|112|mi|adj=on}} line from [[Navassa, North Carolina|Navassa]], outside Wilmington, to [[Rockingham, North Carolina|Rockingham]], in 1861.  This line included a {{convert|78.8|mi|adj=on}}-long segment of straight track between [[Laurel Hill, Scotland County, North Carolina|Laurel Hill]] and [[East Arcadia, North Carolina|East Arcadia]], the longest such line in the United States.{{sfnp|Prince|2000|p=23}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schachtman |first=Benjamin |date=December 11, 2017 |title=The little project that could? Rail realignment could transform the region, for a price |language=en-US |work=[[Port City Daily]] |url=https://portcitydaily.com/local-news/2017/12/11/the-little-project-that-could-rail-realignment-could-transform-the-region-for-a-price-nws/ |access-date=2022-11-21}}</ref> Separately, the company built a {{convert|31|mi|adj=on}} from Charlotte to [[Lincolnton, North Carolina|Lincolnton]], in the direction of Rutherford County. The outbreak of the [[American Civil War]] prevented any further construction from taking place.{{sfnp|Prince|2000|p=23}} In 1870 an additional {{convert|7|mi}} opened between Rockingham and [[Pee Dee, Anson County, North Carolina|Pee Dee]], on the [[Pee Dee River]], leaving the a {{convert|63|mi|adj=on}} gap between the two sections of the railroad.{{sfnp|Prince|2000|p=23}}{{sfnp|ICC|1932|p=652}}

When the east end of the line in Navassa was completed in 1861, it ran just north of Royster Road to its terminus at the [[Cape Fear River]] just south of the [[Interstate 140 (North Carolina)|Interstate 140]] bridge (both road locations {{as of|2023|lc=yes}}).{{cn|date=July 2023}} In 1866, the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad created the Wilmington Railway Bridge Company as a joint venture with the [[Wilmington and Manchester Railroad]] to build a bridge over the Cape Fear River.  The bridge, which was jointly owned by both railroads, was completed in 1867 allowing both railroad to extend into central Wilmington.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Kernan |first=Charles |url=https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/Rail-Division-Resources/Documents/Rails%20to%20Weeds%20-%20By%20Charles%20Kernan%20-%201988.pdf |title=Rails to Weeds: Searching Out the Ghost Railroads Around Wilmington |year=1988 |pages=5, 8–9}}</ref>  

The company entered receivership in 1872 and was sold in 1873 to the Carolina Central Railway, which in 1874 completed the connection between Wilmington and Charlotte.{{sfnp|Manual|1874|p=346}}{{sfnp|ICC|1932|p=652}} The railroad finally reached Rutherford via a new extension of the line in 1877.<ref name=":0"/> Another change in corporate identity occurred in 1880, when the Carolina Central Railway became the Carolina Central Railroad, controlled by a predecessor of the [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]].<ref name=":0" /> 

In 1896, a branch was built from [[Ellenboro, North Carolina|Ellenboro]] south to [[Caroleen, North Carolina|Caroleen]] and the [[Henrietta, North Carolina|Henrietta Mill]].<ref>{{cite web |title=North Carolina Railroads - Carolina Central Railroad |url=https://www.carolana.com/NC/Transportation/railroads/nc_rrs_carolina_central.html#:~:text=The%20Carolina%20Central%20Railroad%20Company,company%20shall%20be%20known%20and |website=Carolana |access-date=21 July 2023}}</ref>

The Carolina Central Railroad was ultimately merged into the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in 1900.<ref name=":0" />

===Seaboard Air Line years===
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[[File:Hamlet Depot and S.A.L. Hotel.jpg|thumb|left|Seaboard Air Line Hamlet Passenger Depot in 1912.]]
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad operated the line as their '''Wilmington Subdivision''' east of [[Hamlet, North Carolina|Hamlet]] and as their '''Monroe Subdivision''' west of Hamlet to [[Rutherfordton, North Carolina|Rutherfordton]].  The branch to Caroleen was known as the '''Caroleen Subdivision'''.<ref name="SAL VA">[http://multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/SAL/SAL%20ETTs/SAL%20VA%20Div%20ETT%20%232%2012-15-1955.pdf Seaboard Air Line Railroad Virginia Division Timetable (1955)]</ref><ref name="SAL GA">[https://multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/SAL/SAL%20ETTs/SAL%20GA%20Div%20ETT%20%2310%204-24-1955.pdf Seaboard Air Line Railroad Georgia Division Timetable (1955)]</ref>  The line would be the Seaboard Air Line's only line to the port city of [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]], which by then was the headquarters and a major hub of their main competitor, the [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Goolsby |first1=Larry |year=2010 |title=The ACL Moves to Jacksonville |journal=Lines South |publisher=White River Productions |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=14–21 }}</ref>

The Seaboard built their historic [[Hamlet station]] at the junction with the [[Main Line (Seaboard Air Line Railroad)|main line]] in Hamlet which would become a major junction for the company.  In the 1950s, the company was running a local passenger train from Wilmington to Charlotte daily.  At the same time, Seaboard's ''[[Silver Comet (train)|Silver Comet]]'', ''The Cherry Blossoms'', and ''The Capitol'' ran the line daily from the [[Main Line (Seaboard Air Line Railroad)|main line]] at Hamlet to Monroe, where they turned down the [[Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway|Abbeville Subdivision]] toward [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]].  On the Wilmington Subdivision, a through-freight train ran daily along with separate local freight trains which ran three days a week. On the Monroe Subdivision, the ''Tar Heel'', a named freight train ran from Hamlet to Bostic daily along with separate local freight trains.<ref name="SAL GA" /><ref name="SAL VA"/>  

Seaboard discontinued its local passenger train from Wilmington to Charlotte in 1958, ending its passenger service to Wilmington.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Seaboard Air Line, Table 38 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=91 |issue=3 |date=August 1958}}</ref>

===Later years===
In 1967, the Seaboard Air Line merged with its rival, the [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]] (ACL).  The merged company was named the [[Seaboard Coast Line Railroad]] (SCL).  Seaboard Coast Line continued operating the line as the Wilmington Subdivision and Monroe Subdivision.<ref>[https://wx4.org/to/foam/maps/2-Moore/032/s/1972-04-30SCL_Raleigh_1-Moore.pdf Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Raleigh Division Timetable (1972)]</ref><ref>[https://wx4.org/to/foam/maps/2-Moore/033/1970-12-11SCL_Atlanta2-Moore.pdf Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Atlanta Division Timetable (1970)]</ref>  The ''Silver Comet'' was discontinued the following year.<ref>Seaboard Air Line timetable, December 15, 1967, Table 21 -in service</ref>

In 1980, the Seaboard Coast Line's parent company merged with the [[Chessie System]], creating the [[CSX Corporation]].  The CSX Corporation initially operated the Chessie and Seaboard Systems separately until 1986, when they were merged into [[CSX Transportation]].  CSX extended the Monroe Subdivision name from Monroe to Abbeville as it is today and truncated the Abbeville Subdivision to Abbeville.  The former Monroe Subdivision west of Monroe towards [[Charlotte, North Carolina]] is now the [[Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad|Charlotte Subdivision]].

==Current operations==
[[File:CSX Lumberton.jpg|thumb|left|CSX locomotive on the Wilmington Subdivision in [[Lumberton, North Carolina|Lumberton]], a remnant of the Carolina Central Railroad]]
Today, the former Carolina Central Railroad is still in service from Wilmington to Bostic and is still operated by [[CSX Transportation]].

===Wilmington Subdivision===
{{Wilmington Subdivision}}
{{Attached KML|from=Wilmington Subdivision}}
The segment from Wilmington to East Junction in Hamlet is still operated as CSX's Wilmington Subdivision.<ref name="CSX">[http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Florence%20Div%20ETT%20%235%201-1-2008.pdf CSX Florence Division Timetable]</ref>  It is now the only remaining rail line serving [[Wilmington, North Carolina]] since all former [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]] lines to Wilmington have since been severed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carolina Central Railway |url=https://www.ncpedia.org/carolina-central-railway |website=NCPedia |access-date=5 July 2023}}</ref>

===East Junction to Monroe===
{{main article|Hamlet Terminal Subdivision|Monroe Subdivision}}
The line from East Junction in Hamlet west to [[Pee Dee, Anson County, North Carolina|Pee Dee]] is now the east-west segment of CSX's [[Hamlet Terminal Subdivision]].  From Pee Dee west to Monroe is still known as the [[Monroe Subdivision]], which now continues beyond Monroe down to Abbeville on the former [[Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway]].<ref name="CSX" />

===Charlotte Subdivision===
{{Charlotte Subdivision}}
The line from Monroe though [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]] to Bostic is now CSX's Charlotte Subdivision.  The Charlotte Subdivision now terminates at CSX's [[Blue Ridge Subdivision]] (a former [[Clinchfield Railroad]] line) in Bostic.<ref name="CSX" />  It connects to the [[Terrell Subdivision]] and the Charlotte Western Railroad in [[Mount Holly, North Carolina|Mount Holly]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Charlotte Western Railroad |url=https://www.ncrailways.org/railroads/charlotte-western-railroad |website=ncrailways.org |access-date=5 July 2023}}</ref>

===West of Bostic===
In the 1980s, CSX and [[Norfolk Southern Railway]] consolidated their parallel lines between [[Forest City, North Carolina|Forest City]] and Rutherfordton.  In the 1990, this remaining track and track from Forest City to Bostic was sold to the [[Thermal Belt Railway]].  Track from Forest City to Rutherfordton was abandoned in the early 2000s and is now part of the Thermal Belt Rail Trail.  Track from Bostic to Forest City is still in place but has not been used since 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=North Carolina’s Thermal Belt Rail Trail |url=https://www.railstotrails.org/trailblog/2020/february/11/north-carolina-s-thermal-belt-rail-trail/ |website=Rails to Trails Conservancy |access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref>

==Historic stations==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Wilmington to Rutherfordton
!Milepost
!City/Location
!Station<ref name="SAL GA" /><ref name="SAL VA"/> 
!Connections and notes
|-
|SE 364.2
|! rowspan="2" |[[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]]
|Nutt Street Station
|junction with [[Wilmington and Weldon Railroad]] ([[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad|ACL]])
|-
|SE 362.6
|Hilton Yard
|
|-
|SE 360.3
|
|Navassa
|junction with [[Wilmington and Manchester Railroad]] ([[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad|ACL]])
|-
|SE 360.0
|
|Navassa Yard
|
|-
|SE 349.8
|
|Northwest
|
|-
|SE 347.0
|
|[[Acme, North Carolina|Acme]]
|
|-
|SE 338.8
|
|[[East Arcadia, North Carolina|East Arcadia]]
|
|-
|SE 360.0
|
|[[Council, North Carolina|Council]]
|
|-
|SE 327.1
|
|[[Rosindale, North Carolina|Rosindale]]
|
|-
|SE 318.9
|[[Clarkton, North Carolina|Clarkton]]
|[[Clarkton Depot|Clarkton]]
|
|-
|SE 310.8
|[[Bladenboro, North Carolina|Bladenboro]]
|Bladenboro
|
|-
|SE 301.9
|
|Allenton
|
|-
|SE 297.1
|[[Lumberton, North Carolina|Lumberton]]
|Lumberton
|junction with [[Carolina Northern Railroad]]
|-
|SE 291.3
|
|Lowe
|
|-
|SE 285.7
|[[Pembroke, North Carolina|Pembroke]]
|Pembroke
|junction with [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]] [[Main Line (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)|Main Line]]
|-
|SE 278.4
|
|Alma
|
|-
|SE 275.9
|[[Maxton, North Carolina|Maxton]]
|Maxton
|junction with [[Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway]] Bennettsville Branch ([[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad|ACL]])
|-
|SE 274.6
|
|McNairs
|
|-
|SE 269.1
|[[Laurinburg, North Carolina|Laurinburg]]
|Laurinburg
|junction with [[Laurinburg and Southern Railroad]]
|-
|SE 263.6
|
|[[Laurel Hill, Scotland County, North Carolina|Laurel Hill]]
|
|-
|SE 260.8
|
|Old Hundred
|
|-
|SE 254.3
|! rowspan="3" |[[Hamlet, North Carolina|Hamlet]]
|East Junction
|junction with [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]] [[East Carolina Line|Andrews Subdivision]]
|-
|SE 253.4<br>SF 253.4
|[[Hamlet station|Hamlet]]
|junction with [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]] [[Main Line (Seaboard Air Line Railroad)|Main Line]]
|-
|SF 253.8
|West Hamlet
|
|-
|SF 259.3
|[[Rockingham, North Carolina|Rockingham]]
|Rockingham
|junction with [[Rockingham Railroad]] ([[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad|ACL]])
|-
|SF 266.7
|
|[[Pee Dee, Anson County, North Carolina|Pee Dee]]
|
|-
|SF 271.0
|
|Gravelton
|
|-
|SF 273.0
|[[Lilesville, North Carolina|Lilesville]]
|Lilesville
|
|-
|SF 278.1
|[[Wadesboro, North Carolina|Wadesboro]]
|Wadesboro
|junction with:<br>{{bulleted list|[[Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad]] ([[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad|ACL]])|[[Winston-Salem Southbound Railway]]}}
|-
|SF 281.7
|
|Russellville
|
|-
|SF 285.2
|[[Polkton, North Carolina|Polkton]]
|Polkton
|
|-
|SF 289.9
|[[Peachland, North Carolina|Peachland]]
|Peachland
|
|-
|SF 295.8
|[[Marshville, North Carolina|Marshville]]
|Marshville
|
|-
|SF 300.4
|[[Wingate, North Carolina|Wingate]]
|Wingate
|
|-
|SF 306.2
|[[Monroe, North Carolina|Monroe]]
|Monroe
|junction with [[Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway]] ([[Seaboard Air Line Railroad|SAL]])
|-
|SF 313.3
|
|Stouts
|
|-
|SF 319.5
|[[Matthews, North Carolina|Matthews]]
|Matthews
|
|-
|SF 324.7
|
|Rama
|
|-
|SF 328.3
|! rowspan="3" |[[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]]
|East Charlotte Yard
|
|-
|SF 330.2
|[[Charlotte station (Seaboard Air Line Railroad)|Charlotte]]
|junction with:<br>{{bulleted list|Raleigh, Charlotte and Southern Railway ([[Norfolk Southern Railway (1942–1982)|NS]])|[[North Carolina Railroad]] ([[Southern Railway (U.S.)|SOU]])}}
|-
|SF 334.2
|Pinoca Yard
|
|-
|SF 337.3
|
|[[Paw Creek (Charlotte neighborhood)|Thrift]]
|
|-
|SF 341.8
|[[Mount Holly, North Carolina|Mount Holly]]
|Mount Holly
|junction with [[Piedmont and Northern Railway]]
|-
|SF 348.6
|[[Stanley, North Carolina|Stanley]]
|Stanley
|
|-
|SF 355.8
|
|Iron
|
|-
|SF 362.3
|[[Lincolnton, North Carolina|Lincolnton]]
|Lincolnton
|
|-
|SF 367.4
|
|[[Crouse, North Carolina|Crouse]]
|
|-
|SF 372.4
|[[Cherryville, North Carolina|Cherryville]]
|Cherryville
|
|-
|SF 383.7
|[[Shelby, North Carolina|Shelby]]
|Shelby
|
|-
|SF 391.8
|[[Lattimore, North Carolina|Lattimore]]
|Lattimore
|junction with [[Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad]] ([[Southern Railway (U.S.)|SOU]])
|-
|SF 398.2
|[[Ellenboro, North Carolina|Ellenboro]]
|Ellenboro
|junction with branch to Caroleen
|-
|SF 403.8
|! rowspan="2" |[[Bostic, North Carolina|Bostic]]
|Bostic
|junction with [[Clinchfield Railroad|Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway]]
|-
|SF 405.5
|CC&O Yard
|
|-
|SF 407.4
|[[Forest City, North Carolina|Forest City]]
|Forest City
|
|-
|SF 410.9
|[[Rutherfordton, North Carolina|Rutherfordton]]
|Rutherfordton
|junction with [[Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad]] ([[Southern Railway (U.S.)|SOU]])
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Ellenboro to Caroleen
!Milepost
!City/Location
!Station<ref name="SAL GA" />
!Connections and notes
|-
|SFA 398.2
|[[Ellenboro, North Carolina|Ellenboro]]
|Ellenboro
|junction with Main line
|-
|SFA 402.7
|
|[[Caroleen, North Carolina|Caroleen]]
|
|-
|SFAB 403.4
|
|[[Henrietta, North Carolina|Henrietta]]
|
|}

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | title=American Railroad Manual for the United States and the Dominion | location=United States | publisher=American Railroad Manual Company | date=1874 | ref={{harvid|Manual|1874}} | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9U4tX97gWGUC}}
* {{cite book | title=Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States: Valuation reports | location=United States | publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office | date=1932 | ref={{harvid|ICC|1932}} | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cw7lWraJrXkC | author=Interstate Commerce Commission}}
* {{cite book |last=Prince |first=Richard E. |title=Seaboard Air Line Railway: Steam Boats, Locomotives, and History |publisher=Indiana University Press |date=2000 |orig-year=1966 |isbn=978-0-253-33695-8 }}

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[[Category:Railway companies disestablished in 1873]]
[[Category:American companies established in 1855]]
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