the Roanoke & Tar River Railroad was built as a branch line of the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad, and it provided a connection to the Norfolk & Carolina Railroad
Source: Library of Congress, Railroad map of North Carolina, 1900 (H. C. Brown, 1900)
the Roanoke & Tar River Railroad was built as a branch line of the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad, and it provided a connection to the Norfolk & Carolina Railroad
Source: Library of Congress, Railroad map of North Carolina, 1900 (H. C. Brown, 1900)
The Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad organized the Roanoke & Tar River Railroad, to draw more traffic to Portsmouth from the Coastal Plain of North Carolina. The track, built between 1887 and 1888, stretched 36 miles south of Boykins, Virginia to Lewiston, North Carolina. It connected with the Norfolk & Carolina Railroad at Kelford, five miles north of Lewiston.
When the Roanoke & Tar River Railroad was built, the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad was part of the consortium of railroads marketing themselves as the Seaboard Air Line. The Norfolk & Carolina Railroad was part of the rival Atlantic Coast Line partnership
The Seaboard Air Line formally incorporated as a single company in 1900, but the Roanoke & Tar River Railroad was not initially included. It was finally folded into the Seaboard Air Line in 1911.1