ACWR UTC2

ACWR UTC2

The Aberdeen, Carolina & Western Railway Co. West end of this route merges with east end of ACWR1.

The AC&W operates freight service from a connection with CSX at Aberdeen, North Carolina to Star, North Carolina, 34.46 miles. Rail is 70 to 85 pound. A virtual connection is also made at Aberdeen with the Aberdeen & Rockfish, although no interchange to speak of takes place between the two railroads. The company has leased and operated Norfolk Southern's Charlotte-Star-Gulf line, 104 miles, since 1989. This line connects at Charlotte and Gulf with Norfolk Southern and at Norwood with Winston-Salem Southbound. Rail is 85 to 110 pound. Total miles operated is 104 making it the largest shortline in the Carolinas in these terms.

Traffic is around 11,000 cars a year and includes grain, wood chips, brick, lumber, pulpwood, latex, limestone and LP gas. Principal shippers are: Mountaire Farms and Perdue Farms near Candor -- producers of feed for poultry; Jordan Lumber Co. of Mount Gilead -- producer of wood chips for the pulp and paper industry; Banks Lumber of Stanfield -- lumber distributor; and Ferrell Gas of Aberdeen -- propane-gas distribution. The line serves businesses in Montgomery, Moore, Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Chatham, and Stanly counties.

The Aberdeen-Star line was built as a private logging line in the 1880s. It was reorganized in 1893 as the Aberdeen & West End Railroad, then became part of the Aberdeen & Asheboro Railroad in 1897. In 1914, the A&A was aquired by the Raleigh, Charlotte & Southern. That road was later merged into the original (read: shortline) Norfolk Southern, which was renamed the Carolina & Northwestern in 1982.

C&NW sold the line to the Aberdeen & Briar Patch on August 1, 1983 following their decision to abandon the line. The Aberdeen, Carolina & Western purchased the assets of the A&BP and began operations on June 19, 1987. The company leased the Norfolk Southern Charlotte line on May 1, 1989. The company is owned by Robert Menzies

DEM, HOG, Tiger generated terrain from Trainz Route Blanks, http://www.trainzrouteblanks.com.

HOG textures would be nice to have. Found at http://trainz.luvr.net.

This has no objects placed. Only the terrain. Have fun.

Lawrence Kellie
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ACWR UTC2
• acwr utc2.bmk 322 bytes
• acwr utc2.gnd 77.04MB
• acwr utc2.obs 12 bytes
• acwr utc2.trk 20 bytes
• config.txt 3.25KB

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