Cliffside Railroad was a Class III railroad operating freight service in southwestern North Carolina from 1905 until service ended in 1987. The line was formally abandoned in 1992.
2-524: The Cliffside Railroad Company was incorporated on March 2, 1905, and the 3.7-mile railroad line was opened between Cliffside, North Carolina to Cliffside Junction that same year. In 1984, the railroad acquired the Seaboard System Railroad branch line between Ellenboro, North Carolina and Cliffside Junction, increasing the railroad's total mileage to 8.14. By the 1980s, the railroad's traffic mix included textile products, waste, and scrap, and
4-540: The railroad was owned by the Cone Mills Corporation and others. Late in 1987, the railroad's service was suspended. The line was formally abandoned in January 1992. Two of the railroad's steam locomotives, both of which representing the last steam engines to operate on the railroad before it dieselized in 1962, have been preserved: Cliffside, North Carolina Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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