Atlantic & East Carolina Railroad

[Anonymous]

Need info on Atlantic & East Carolina Railroad that ran from Morehead City To Goldsboro in 40's & 50's.

[Anonymous]

A&EC started as the Atlantic & North Carolina in the 1850's. Morehead City was a creation of the railroad to take advantage of the great natural harbor there. A&NC was very much involved in the War Between the States. There is a well-known photo of an A&NC "Conductor's Car", which is one of the earliest views of a caboose, taken during operation by US Military Railroads. After the war, A&NC went its way until becoming a leased line of the original Norfolk Southern. NS had serious financial troubles in the Depression, so ended the A&NC lease after fifty years. They returned all the surviving A&NC engines and A&NC started running trains again. They reorganized in late 40's as Atlantic & East Carolina. A&EC was picked up by an expanding Southern in the late 50's. Model railroading-wise, Clover House sells HO dry transfers for A&NC boxcars ["The Old Mullet Road"], while Atlas sells a beautiful O scale Alco RS1 in A&EC colors. If it is ever reprinted, Richard Prince's nice book on the original NS had lots of photos on the steam era of A&NC/A&EC.

[Anonymous]

Goldsboro, NC was the over nite stop for the A&EC railroad and there was a boarding house where everyone spent the nite. Looking for info and any pictures on the train, the boarding house and train crew.