North Carolina Railroads - Statesville & Western Railroad




North Carolina Railroads - Statesville & Western Railroad

Acronym	Year Chartered or Incorporated	Year Line Operational	Year Service Ended	Original Starting Point	Original Ending Point
S&W RR	1887	1887	1894*	Statesville, NC	Taylorsville, NC
* 1894 - Acquired by Southern Railway in August of 1894.
The Statesville & Western Railroad was chartered on March 2, 1887 and the line opened in September of 1887. It was leased by the Richmond & Danville Railroad.
From the 1st Annual Report of the North Carolina Railroad Commission, dated December 31, 1891: Chartered March 2d, 1887; road opened September, 1887. The road is leased to and operated by the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company. The purpose of this Company was to construct and operate a railroad from a point on the Western North Carolina Railroad, near the town of Statesville, to a point on the Tennessee line, passing by or near the towns of Taylorsville and Wilkesboro. Chairman of the Board --------------- A. B. Andrews------------------------ Raleigh, NC. President------------------------------ A. B. Andrews------------------------Raleigh, NC. Secretary------------------------------ R. Brooke----------------------------Richmond, VA. Treasurer----------------------------- John W. Hall-------------------------. Atlanta, GA. Assistant Secretary............................. H. W. Miller ...................................... Raleigh, NC. Property Operated: Statesville & Western, from Statesville to Taylorsville, 20.36 miles.
Towns on Route: Statesville Iredell Scotts Cross Roads > (Scotts, 1894) Sloan Hiddenite Taylorsville