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The Atlantic
& Western Railway Co. operates in Sanford, in the center of Lee County
in the center of North Carolina. The company was incorporated in 1896.
Since 1988 the railroad has been the property of Rail Management and Consulting
a corporation based in Panama City Beach, Florida. Commodities carried
by the railroad are sand, scrap metal, paper, lumber, concrete, oil, and
food products. Principal shippers are: Lee Iron & Metal Co. processor
of scrap metal; Noble Oil Company processor of waste oil; Sanford Recycling
processor of scrap paper; and H.J. Baker Co. producer of livestock
feed. There are three industrial sites located along the A&W: one with
22 acres, one with 78 acres, and a third with approximately 400 acres.
The Atlantic & Western has connections with CSX and Norfolk Southern.
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Latest update: 02/25/2003.
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