ABERDEEN & ROCKFISH RAILROAD COMPANY (ARF)
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Historical Snapshot: * Incorporated June 22, 1892. First portion to serve the logging business opend in the same year. After the end of logging Line completed to Fayetteville 1913. 1931 - Line extended 1.5 miles to Cape Fear to make water connections. * 1941 - Aberdeen to Fayetteville, North Carolina, 46.92 mi., 8.04 miles spurs, sidings and yards. Three locomotives (steam), 3-passenger cars, one caboose. * First diesel locomotives, 1947, EMD F3's #200 and #201 * Active as of 1986 with three diesel engines (EMD - GP7 #205, GP18 #300 and GP38 #400.) 146 50-ft. box cars, 25 gondola's. * 1987 - Acquired the 15-mile former CSX (abandoned) McCoil to Marlboro branch in South Carolina (known as the Pee Dee River Subsidiary. Service started with a used AT&SF CF7. Today it has expanded to a 7-day-a-week freight operation including four GP16's and a diesel switcher servicing Weyerhaeuser at five different locations.
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A&R 2-8-2 #40
Image, Aberdeen & Rockfish 2-8-2 steam loco #40 Insufficient for reproduction, for reference only! An Aberdeen & Rockfish 2-8-2 steam locomotive #40 pauses to take on water. --------------------A&R GP-7 #205
Image, Aberdeen & Rockfish EMD GP-7 road diesel #205 Not for sale, for reference only! Photographer: Bill Gripp Raeford, North Carolina, September 11, 2005: An Aberdeen & Rockfish EMD GP-7 road diesel #205 sits in the sun along with G18P #300. --------------------A&R GP38 #400
Image, Aberdeen & Rockfish EMD GP38 road diesel #400 Not for sale, for reference only! Photographer: Douglas B. Nuckles Aberdeen & Rockfish EMD GP38 road diesel #400 works a freight train in Fayetteville, North Carolina, November 16, 1978. --------------------
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