The Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway is a

short-line railroad A shortline railroad is a small or mid-sized railroad company that operates over a relatively short distance relative to larger, national railroad networks. The term is used primarily in the United States and Canada. In the former, railroads are ...

running from

Aberdeen Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, third most populous Cities of Scotland, Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeensh ...

to Star, North Carolina. It was incorporated in 1987 and operates on a former

Norfolk Southern Railway The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States. Headquartered in Atlanta, the company was formed in 1982 with the merger of the Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. The comp ...

branch line. It also leases track from Norfolk Southern between Charlotte and

Gulf, North Carolina Gulf is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southwestern Chatham County, North Carolina, United States, southeast of the town of Goldston. As of the 2010 census, the Gulf CDP had a population of 144. The community i ...

. It serves approximately 20 industries, mainly dealing in forest and agricultural products.

Fleet

The ACWR fleet (as of May 2018; not all actively in service in July 2023) consists of the following locomotives:

References

External links

Official websiteACWR Facebook pageRailway Association of North Carolina - ACWRAmerican Short Line & Regional Railroad Association: ACWR
North Carolina railroads Spin-offs of the Norfolk Southern Railway {{NorthCarolina-transport-stub

Fleet

See also

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