100 Coast Line Street, Suite 321
Rocky Mount , NC 27804
Phone (252) 442-9915
Fax (252) 442-9962
Contact: Timothy Abbott, General Manager
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The Nash County Railroad operates from Rocky Mount through Nashville to Spring Hope, serving shippers in Nash County in east-central North Carolina.

The company – owned by the Gulf & Ohio Railways of Knoxville, Tennessee – began operations in 1985 following purchase of the line from CSX. (The Laurinburg & Southern Railroad and the Yadkin Valley Railroad are also owned and operated by Gulf & Ohio Railways.)

Commodities carried by the railroad are grain, fertilizer, scrap metal, steel plates, and LP gas.

Principal shippers are: Perdue Farms and Braswell Milling Co. of Nashville – feed mills; Rocky Mount Recyclers; Ferrell Gas – LP gas; Carolina Steel – steel plates; and Royster Clark – fertilizer.

The Nash County Railroad has an active industrial development program, with sites available up to 600 acres in size.

The railroad connects with CSX Transportation.

Miles of track: 14.8
Employees: 4
Carloads: 4,000 per year
Industries served: 7
Equipment: 2 locomotives