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High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad
Overview
Reporting markHPTD
LocaleNorth Carolina
Dates of operation1923–

The High Point, Thomasville, and Denton Railroad (Reporting mark HPTD) is a 20-mile short-line railroad jointly owned by CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway (NS). It was a subsidiary of 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]

Traffic

Commodities carried by the railroad 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, most locomotives are provided by CSX or Norfolk Southern.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Winston-Salem Southbound Railway Company-Corporate Family Transaction Exemption-High Point, Thomasville & Denton Railroad Company". Federal register. 75: 20033–20034. 16 April 2010. Retrieved 2014-10-27.
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