 Original route of the Main Line (red) and the Bennettsville Branch (dark red). Click to enlarge. | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Western Railroad Mount Airy Railroad |
| Successor | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Southern Railway Atlantic and Yadkin Railway |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway was a Southeastern railroad that operated in the Carolinas immediately after Reconstruction. It ran from Mount Airy, North Carolina, southeast through Greensboro and Fayetteville to the Atlantic port of Wilmington, North Carolina. A significant branch also ran from Fayetteville south to Bennettsville, South Carolina.