Carolina Southern (1926-1961)

Company History: The CS was established in 1926 to takeover the failed Wellington & Powellsville, a 3’ gauge line between Ahoskie and Windsor, North Carolina (a distance of 22 miles.) The new owners immediately standard gauged the line but it maintained its rollicking profile. A 2-6-0 and a 4-6-0 provided the power until 1951 when the CS was dieselized with a single GE 70-tonner. The line struggled on for another decade before being abandoned in 1961 with little fanfare.

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