Atlantic & East Carolina Diesel Roster
The Atlantic & East Carolina ran 94 miles between Goldsboro, North Carolina, and the port of Morehead City.
In 1854, the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad was organized and completed the original line in 1858. In 1904 it was leased to the Norfolk & Southern Railroad but that company went into bankruptcy and defaulted on the lease payments in 1932. The Atlantic & North Carolina withdrew the lease in 1935 and began operating again as an independent company. It was leased once again in 1939 to the newly-formed Atlantic & East Carolina Railway Company, with company offices in Kinston, North Carolina.
The A&EC became the shortest railroad in North America to operate mainline diesel power in 1946 and it became fully dieselized in 1951.
Southern Railway bought control of the A&EC in 1958. The Atlantic & North Carolina is still 70 per cent owned by the state of North Carolina, which merged the company into the North Carolina Railroad in 1989.
Here is the link to the Atlantic & East Carolina diesel roster (.pdf) at the time of the Southern takeover in 1958.
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