High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad

High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad
Overview
Reporting markHPTD
LocaleNorth Carolina
Dates of operation1923–
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

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

Norfolk Southern has a small yard in High Point at the beginning of the line.

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