Running in an east–west trajectory, it notably passed through Lake Waccamaw, Chadbourn, Nichols, and Mullins.

The merged company was named the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL).

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

The remaining line from Mullins to Whiteville is today operated by the R.J. Corman Railroad Group[9] A short segment from Navassa to Malmo is still operating and is now CSX's Malmo Spur.

[10] The Malmo Spur connects with the Sunny Point Railroad which is operated by the United States Department of Defense and runs south to the Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point.