A small 5.5 mile stretch between MCB Camp Lejeune and downtown City of Jacksonville, NC was abandoned in 1999 and turned over as part of Rails to Trails initiative.
Camp Lejeune Railroad began operations in 1941 to meet the needs for a track connecting the Marine Corps base with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in Jacksonville.
A 5.5 mile section between the base and Jacksonville was hauling materials for the facility's construction and supplies for the Marines.
[2] The abandonment was approved in December, which officially ended the railroad and operations from Marine Junction in Jacksonville to Camp Lejeune.
[4] A GE 65-ton switcher that served on the line at one time is preserved at the New Hope Valley Railway.