The
Aberdeen And Rockfish Railroad is a
Shortline operating in
North Carolina . At one time the AR was a
Class 2 Railroad . The railroad has 47-miles of track that runs west from
Aberdeen to
Fayetteville, North Carolina .
The AR was
Incorporated in 1892 by businessman John Blue. Mr. Blue built the railroad to get his
Timber and
Turpentine products to market. Over the years the railroads traffic has shifted from lumber to agriculture products. The AR is still owned by the Blue family.
- Chemicals
- Animal Feed
- Grain
- Animal By-Products
- Building Supplies
- Fertilizer Solution
- M.P. 00.00 Aberdeen, NC - Interchange with CSX -SAL and Aberdeen, Carolina And Western Railway (ACWR) and NS Norfolk Southern.
- Spivey Hill Siding
- M.P. 05.00 Ashley Heights, NC (abandoned AR branch used to run east to Endon and Juniper)
- McCain
- M.P. 10.00 Montrose
- M.P. 13.00 Timberland
- M.P. 19.00 Raeford, NC - interchange with Laurinburg And Southern Railroad (LRS) that runs over former AR track to Edinburgh, Purcell and Wagram, NC .
- Upchurch Siding
- M.P. 24.00 Dundarrach, NC
- Arabia, NC
- M.P. 30.00 Rockfish, NC
- Hope Mills Junction (abandoned AR branch that used to run west to Hope Mills, NC )
- Fenix
- M.P. 36.00 Cliffdale - AR branch to Clifbragg
- M.P. 40.00 Skibo - former junction with abandoned track of Cape Fear Railways (CF)(Route to Fort Bragg)
- M.P. 42.00 Owens
- M.P. 45.00 South Fayetteville, NC CSX -ACL AND NS -Norfolk Southern
- River Terminal (on Cape Fear River )
In the August, 1936 official Guide, the Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad operated one passenger round trip(#38/41) between Aberdeen and Fayetteville, departing Aberdeen at 08:50 AM, and arriving at Fayetteville at 10:45 AM, and then return from Fayetteville at 04:25 Pm and arriving back in Aberdeen at 06:10 PM. The service ran Monday - Saturday, and Montrose, Dundarrach, Skibo, and Owens were Flag Stops.
There was one scheduled Freight train, (#21/22), which ran between Aberdeen and Fayetteville Monday - Saturday, and departed Aberdeen at 07:45 AM, and arrived at Fayetteville at 11:45 AM. It returned from Fayetteville at 12:15 PM, and arrived back in Aberdeen at 04:05 PM.
