If the Atlantic & North Carolina ever gets into a history of U.S. railroads, it will be a footnote to a footnote. It operates 95.82 miles of single track from Morehead City (pop. 3,483) on the coast to Goldsboro (pop. 14,958). Tarheels call it the "Mullet Line," because it used to haul so many fish. Yet last week no U.S. railroad man, seeking to justify private v. State ownership, could have hoped for a neater case than the Atlantic & North Carolina.
A. & N.C. was built (1854) and operated by the State, became...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
