[1] The Kinston Branch began at a junction with the company's main line in Pender, North Carolina (just south of Halifax).

From Pender, it ran southeast through Scotland Neck to Hobgood, where it crossed the company's Norfolk—Rocky Mount Line.

Beyond Hobgood, it continued southeast to Oak City and then turned south to Parmele, where it crossed the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad's Plymouth Branch.

[2] By 1890, the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad extended the Scotland Neck Branch south to Kinston.

[6] In 1980, the Seaboard Coast Line's parent company merged with the Chessie System, creating the CSX Corporation.