High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad
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]
Overview | |
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Reporting mark | HPTD |
Locale | North Carolina |
Dates of operation | 1923โ |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1โ2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
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.
References
- "Winston-Salem Southbound Railway Company-Corporate Family Transaction Exemption-High Point, Thomasville & Denton Railroad Company". Federal Register. 75: 20033โ20034. 16 April 2010. Retrieved 2014-10-27.