The Durham and Southern Railway operated 56.8 miles (91.4 km) of railroad from Dunn to Durham, North Carolina, USA. It was originally chartered as the by Holly Springs resident George Benton Alford in 1892 and construction began in 1898. The name was changed to Durham and Southern in 1906. In 1979 it became part of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad a predecessor to theCSX system. The tracks between Apex and Erwin Junction were removed in 1981 and the Dunn to Erwin segment (via Erwin Junction) was sold to the Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad who operated it as a separate entity, the , until merging it into their operations in 1990. The closure of the cotton and denim mill in Erwin in 2000 led to the abandonment of these tracks and the conversion of the right-of-way to a rail trail. The Durham
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| - The Durham and Southern Railway operated 56.8 miles (91.4 km) of railroad from Dunn to Durham, North Carolina, USA. It was originally chartered as the by Holly Springs resident George Benton Alford in 1892 and construction began in 1898. The name was changed to Durham and Southern in 1906. In 1979 it became part of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad a predecessor to theCSX system. The tracks between Apex and Erwin Junction were removed in 1981 and the Dunn to Erwin segment (via Erwin Junction) was sold to the Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad who operated it as a separate entity, the , until merging it into their operations in 1990. The closure of the cotton and denim mill in Erwin in 2000 led to the abandonment of these tracks and the conversion of the right-of-way to a rail trail. The Durham (en)
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| - Holly Springs, NC
- Holly Springs, North Carolina
- United States
- dbc:Railway_companies_disestablished_in_1981%3C!--I_think--%3E
- Transportation in Durham County, North Carolina
- Transportation in Harnett County, North Carolina
- Upchurch, North Carolina
- Coats, North Carolina
- Predecessors of CSX Transportation
- Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina
- Genlee, North Carolina
- Angier, North Carolina
- Apex, North Carolina
- CSX Transportation
- Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad
- Dunn, North Carolina
- Durham, North Carolina
- Erwin, North Carolina
- Barclaysville, North Carolina
- Norfolk Southern Railway (1942–1982)
- Transportation in Wake County, North Carolina
- Kennebec, North Carolina
- Railway companies established in 1904
- Durham & South Carolina Railroad
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
- Defunct North Carolina railroads
- Southern Railway (U.S.)
- Carpenter, North Carolina
- Seaboard Air Line Railroad
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
- Wye (rail)
- Turlington, North Carolina
- Rail Trail
- dbr:Wilbon,_North_Carolina
- dbr:Cape_Fear_and_Northern_Railway
- dbr:Dunn-Erwin_Railway
- dbr:Erwin_Junction,_North_Carolina
- dbr:Few,_North_Carolina
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| - The Durham and Southern Railway operated 56.8 miles (91.4 km) of railroad from Dunn to Durham, North Carolina, USA. It was originally chartered as the by Holly Springs resident George Benton Alford in 1892 and construction began in 1898. The name was changed to Durham and Southern in 1906. In 1979 it became part of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad a predecessor to theCSX system. The tracks between Apex and Erwin Junction were removed in 1981 and the Dunn to Erwin segment (via Erwin Junction) was sold to the Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad who operated it as a separate entity, the , until merging it into their operations in 1990. The closure of the cotton and denim mill in Erwin in 2000 led to the abandonment of these tracks and the conversion of the right-of-way to a rail trail. The Durham to Apex segment remains in use by CSX. (en)
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