| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Reporting mark | HPTD |
| Locale | North Carolina |
| Dates of operation | 1923– |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
The High Point, Thomasville, and Denton Railroad (Reporting mark HPTD) was a 20-mile short-line railroad owned by the jointly CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway owned Winston-Salem Southbound Railway (WSS). The Winston-Salem Southbound Railway, filed a request April 13, 2010, to merge the High Point, Thomasville, and Denton Railroad into the Winston-Salem Southbound Railway. The Surface Transportation Board published notice of this transaction April 16, 2010 to be effective May 1.[1]
Norfolk Southern has a small yard in High Point at the beginning of the line.
Traffic
Commodities carried by the line are grain, sand, gravel, stone, forest products, paper products, coal, coke, cement, clay, fertilizer, aluminum, chemicals, iron, and steel.
Motive power
At the present time, locomotives are provided by CSX or Norfolk Southern.
See also
References
- ^ "Winston-Salem Southbound Railway Company-Corporate Family Transaction Exemption-High Point, Thomasville & Denton Railroad Company". Federal Register. 75: 20033–20034. 16 April 2010. Retrieved 2014-10-27.
External links
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This page was last edited on 7 June 2019, at 04:12