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Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad Co.
relevant information
locomotive roster
photographs
notes
101 East Main Street
P.O. Box 917
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Reporting marks: AR
Radio frequencies: 160.530, 161.280
Location of engine house: Aberdeen, North Carolina
Phone: (910) 944-2341
Fax: (910) 944-9738
Web site: Aberdeen
& Rockfish Railroad
The A&R operates from Aberdeen, North Carolina to Fayetteville and River Terminal, 46.9 miles. Interchange is made with CSX at Aberdeen and Fayetteville, Norfolk Southern at Fayetteville and Laurinburg & Southern at Raeford. The A&R connects with the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western in Aberdeen, though they do not interchange with one another. Rail is 70 to 100 pound. Traffic consists of around 4,500 cars of coal, chemicals, lumber, paper, scrap and general commodities.
The company was incorporated on June 22, 1892 and the railroad was opened from Aberdeen to Raeford in 1898, to Hope Mills in 1903, and to Fayetteville in 1912. Additionally, a branch from Raeford to Wagram was built sometime before 1909 and sold to the Lauringburg & Southern Railroad in 1921.
Regular passenger service ended in 1951. The Blue family interests control the company.
Aberdeen & Rockfish operates the Pee Dee River Railway in South Carolina as a division. The Dunn-Erwin in North Carolina was also operated by the A&R but was recently abandoned.
An All Time Diesel Roster for the Aberdeen & Rockfish
| # | Builder | Builder #
Order # |
Model | Horses | Notes |
| 200 | EMD | 4598/
E816 |
F3 | 1500 | built new for A&R in 1947, traded in to EMD in 1963 for GP18 #300, scrapped by EMD |
| 201 | EMD | 7811/
E1107 |
F3 | 1500 | built new for A&R in 1948, sold to Richburg, Frederickson & Potomac in 1952, renumbered #111, retired and sold for scrap to David J. Joseph in December, 1963 |
| 205 | EMD | 14572/
5086 |
GP7 | 1500 | high, short hood, built new for A&R, rebuilt by Seaboard in 1965, still equipped with steam generator, though the generator is not in service, recently repainted, in service |
| 210 | EMD | 17758/
5132 |
GP7U | 1750 | built as Louisville & Nashville 427, then 2323, Seaboard 2323 and CSX 0867, then bought from Wilson Railroad Corporation where it was rebuilt with GP9 engine, assigned to Pee Dee River Railway, in blue scheme with Aberdeen & Rockfish lettering, not in service |
| 300 | EMD | 28357/
7660 |
GP18 | 1800 | bought new with F3 #200 used as a trade-in, has four 36 inch radiator fans instead of standard GP18s w/two 48 inch, has a 910 gallon fuel tank, recently repainted, in service |
| 400 | EMD | 34029/
5737 |
GP38 | 2000 | bought new for cash, has a 1,700 gallon fuel tank, recently repainted, in service |
The roster was compiled relying heavily, but not exclusively, on Warren Calloway's article and roster from the July/August 1992 Diesel Era article on the A&R.
Freight cars: 27 boxcars, 25 gondolas and at least two cabooses.
The gentleman who wrote the Kalmbach Publishing book American Shortline Railway Guide is president of the A&R. One would think it is safe to assume that all the information for this line (and the line under its control) is correct.
Carolina
Rails
Photographs
of the Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad
Pee
Dee River Railway
Carolina
Shortline Railway Guide
Shortlines
of the Carolinas
Joseph
C. Hinson
ICQ#
20186233
1998/1999/2000/2001/2002
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