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Atlantic and Western Railway

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Reporting mark
  
ATW

Headquarters
  
Jacksonville, Florida

Parent organization
  
Genesee & Wyoming

Dates of operation
  
1896–present

Locale
  
North Carolina

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Track gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

The Atlantic and Western Railway (reporting mark ATW) is a Class III short-line railroad operating about 10 miles (16 km) of track in Lee County, North Carolina. Atlantic and Western is part of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. and formerly part of Rail Management and Consulting. It was reorganized in 1927 from the Atlantic and Western Railroad.

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History

Originally the A&W ran between Sanford and Lillington, 25 miles. In 1961, the line was abandoned except for 3 miles from Sanford eastward. In the 1970s, the ATW's fleet of modernized 40-foot boxcars in food lading service were some of the very last 40' boxcars in revenue service in the United States. In 2001 the A&W began operating between Sanford and Cumnock over a line that was originally a segment of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway and subsequently Southern Railway and Norfolk Southern. In 2011, Norfolk Southern granted the A&W additional rights to serve customers between Cumnock and Brickhaven over the original Norfolk Southern Railway.

Interchanges

  • Sanford, North Carolina
  • CSX Transportation (CSXT)
  • Norfolk Southern (NS)
  • References

    Atlantic and Western Railway Wikipedia