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By:William H. Davis Jr.
Dates:1/4/2012 - 1/4/2012
Album Info:The Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway Co. operates 160 miles of trackage in south-central North Carolina from Aberdeen westward to Charlotte & eastward to Gulf, serving businesses in Montgomery, Moore, Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Chatham, & Stanly counties. The company was incorporated in 1987 to purchase the former Norfolk Southern branch from Aberdeen to Star. In 1989 the ACWR leased a line between Charlotte & Gulf as part of the NS Thoroughbred Shortline Program. Commodities carried by the railroad are lumber, forest products, grain, agricultural products, plastics, building materials, propane gas, & solite rock products. Principal shippers are; Mountaire Farms, Perdue Farms, N.G. Purvis Farms & Talley Farms-producers of feed for poultry; Locust Lumber, Banks Lumber, Jordan Lumber, McDonald Brothers, B&B Supply Company, & Cotton Creek Chip Company- Lumber Producers, producers of finished lumber, & wood chips for the pulp & paper industry; American Energy, Oakboro Oil Company, & Texon LP- propane gas, biodiesel & butane distributors; Polythin- producers of plastics; Standard Mineral- distributors of pyrophyllite; Boral Brick, distributors of bricks; Carolina Stalite- distributors of light aggregate; Gulistan Carpet- producers of carpet & flooring materials; & McGee Brothers- distributors of machinery. The ACWR runs near the largest stand of hardwoods in the Carolinas, & has access to numerous industrial sites along its lines. Since its inception, the ACWR has upgraded more than 30 miles of its track with 132 pound continuously welded rail to handle today's larger capacity freight cars. The ACWR has connections with 4 railroads: CSX, NS, Aberdeen & Rockfish, & Winston Salem Southbound.
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Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
Title:  Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
Description:  ACWR Eastbound Job 600 heading to interchange a grain train to CSXT in Aberdeen, NC
Photo Date:  1/4/2012  Upload Date: 1/4/2012 6:15:16 PM
Location:  Aberdeen, NC
Author:  william davis
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  ACWR 6910(SD40-3) CSX 7875(C40-8W)
Views:  2109   Comments: 26
Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
Title:  Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
Description:  ACWR Eastbound Job 600 heading to interchange a grain train to CSXT in Aberdeen, NC
Photo Date:  1/4/2012  Upload Date: 1/4/2012 6:44:54 PM
Location:  Aberdeen, NC
Author:  william davis
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  ACWR 6910(SD40-3)
Views:  802   Comments: 14
Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
Title:  Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
Description:  ACWR Eastbound Job 600 doing some switching at Star Ceramics, then will head to Candor, NC to drop some freight there & pick up a grain train to deliver to CSXT at Aberdeen, NC
Photo Date:  1/4/2012  Upload Date: 1/4/2012 7:03:55 PM
Location:  Star, NC
Author:  william davis
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  ACWR 6910(SD40-3)
Views:  551   Comments: 8
Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
Title:  Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
Description:  ACWR Eastbound Job 600 departing Star, NC after having worked Star Ceramics bound for Candor, NC to drop their short freight train at Candor, NC & pick up a grain train to deliver to CSXT in Aberdeen, NC
Photo Date:  1/4/2012  Upload Date: 1/4/2012 7:24:16 PM
Location:  Star, NC
Author:  william davis
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  ATSF 58(PA1)
Views:  441   Comments: 5
Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
Title:  Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
Description:  ACWR Eastbound Job 600 departing Star, NC after having worked Star Ceramics bound for Candor, NC to drop their short freight train at Candor, NC & pick up a grain train to deliver to CSXT in Aberdeen, NC
Photo Date:  1/4/2012  Upload Date: 1/4/2012 7:42:30 PM
Location:  Star, NC
Author:  william davis
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  ACWR 6910(SD40-3)
Views:  480   Comments: 9
Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
Title:  Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
Description:  ACWR SD40-3 6910 sitting in Aberdeen, NC awaiting its next assignment
Photo Date:  1/5/2012  Upload Date: 1/5/2012 7:50:28 PM
Location:  Aberdeen, NC
Author:  william davis
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  ACWR 6910(SD40-3)
Views:  531   Comments: 2
Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
Title:  Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
Description:  ACWR SD40-3 6910 sitting in Aberdeen, NC awaiting its next assignment
Photo Date:  1/5/2012  Upload Date: 1/5/2012 7:58:36 PM
Location:  Aberdeen, NC
Author:  william davis
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  ACWR 6910(SD40-3)
Views:  844   Comments: 0
Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
Title:  Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
Description:  ACWR Westbound Local Freight Train secured at the Perdue Grain Company awaiting a fresh crew
Photo Date:  1/6/2012  Upload Date: 1/8/2012 6:16:18 AM
Location:  Candor, NC
Author:  william davis
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  ACWR 6907(SD40-3) ACWR 6910(SD40-3)
Views:  706   Comments: 6
Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
Title:  Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
Description:  AC&WR Westbound Local Freight Train secured at the Perdue Grain Company in Candor, NC awaiting a fresh crew
Photo Date:  1/7/2012  Upload Date: 3/18/2012 1:05:02 PM
Location:  Candor, NC
Author:  william davis
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  ACWR 6907(SD40-3) ACWR 6910(SD40-3)
Views:  549   Comments: 2


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