W&W Subdivision

The W&W Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The line runs from just south of Wilson, North Carolina, to Wallace, North Carolina, for a total of 69.1 miles. At its north end the line connects to CSX's A Line (South End Subdivision).[1][2] The line's name stands for the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, the company that originally built the line (was well as the A Line north to Weldon).

W&W Subdivision
 CSX
A Line (South End Subdivision)
AC 139.0
 Contentnea
AC 141.9
 Black Creek
AC 148.6
 Fremont
AC 152.1
 Pikeville
 Norfolk Southern Railway
H Line
AC 159.8
 Goldsboro
Neuse River
AC 173.5
 Mount Olive
AC 177.2
 Calypso
AC 180.4
 Faison
AC 188.8
 Warsaw
 Clinton Spur
ACA 200.0
 Clinton
AC 196.5
 Magnolia
AC 201.7
 Rose Hill
AC 208.1
 Wallace
to Wilmington (abandoned)

History

The Wilmington and Weldon Railroad was completed in 1840 and was the longest railroad in the world at the time of its completion.[3] In 1899, the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad was merged into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL). The line provided service to the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina where the ACL was headquartered from 1900 to 1960.[4]

In 1909, the ACL realigned the track in Goldsboro to bypass the center of town in conjunction with the opening of Goldsboro Union Station. The line's original alignment along Center Street was removed in 1925.[5]

In 1967, the ACL merged with its rival, the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL), who also served Wilmington via a line that originated in Hamlet (the Wilmington Subdivision). The merged company was named the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL), who designated the line as the W&W Subdivision.[6]

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. Also in 1986, CSX abandoned the W&W Subdivision from Wilmington to Wallace, where the line terminates today.[7] The Wilmington Subdivision is now CSX's only line serving Wilmington.

Clinton Spur

The Clinton Spur line runs from Warsaw to Clinton for a total of 11.3 miles. Part of this line is operated by the Clinton Railroad. The Clinton Spur was originally built as the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad's Clinton Branch in 1887.

See also

References
  1. "WW-W and W Sub - The RadioReference Wiki". wiki.radioreference.com. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  2. CSX Florence Sub Timetable
  3. UNC University Libraries: This Month in North Carolina History - March 1840
  4. Goolsby, Larry (2010). "The ACL Moves to Jacksonville". Lines South. White River Productions. 27 (3): 14–21.
  5. "The Night the Tracks Came Up (after two decades of fighting)". The Cromulent Manifesto. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  6. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Rocky Mount and Raleigh Division Timetable (1975)
  7. "Wallace to Wilmington, NC". Abandoned Rails. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
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