CSX (ACL) Contentnea Interlocking | railway, railway junction

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 railway, interlocking, railway junction

Divergence/convergence of the historic Wilmington and Weldon(W&WRR) Weldon-Wilmington,NC(former HQ's of ACL RR)route from a constructed "Fayetteville cutoff" linking this point to Pee Dee, SC, a similar junction, which provided later day ACL, Richmond,VA.-Savannah,GA-Florida, traffic a competitive "speedway" versus SEABOARD Air Line's parallel(approx. 68 km separation) route via Raleigh, NC and Columbia, SC to Savannah, GA. Eventually, due to shifting traffic considerations, the Wilmington end of the W & W was truncated, and the route remnants transformed into a critical link to NC agribusiness interests, under the aegis of CSX.
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Coordinates:   35°40'51"N   77°55'50"W
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