By: | Harold Hodnett |
Dates: | 8/1/1985 - 12/31/2023 |
Album Info: | The Laurinburg and Southern is a short line that was originally founded in 1909. It basically runs from Laurinburg to Wagram and Raeford. The LRS banner included the Fairmont and Western and the Red Springs and Northern, which have ceased to exist. The LRS also owned the Nash County RR (c 1985) and Yadkin Valley RR (c 1989). In 1994, the Gulf and Ohio purchased the LRS. in 2011, they sold the Nash County RR and it became part of the Carolina Coastal RR (CLNA) |