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