Winston-Salem Southbound Railway

It connects with NS at the north end in Winston-Salem, CSX at the south end in Wadesboro,[1] and in between with NS at Lexington and Whitney, the subsidiary High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad at High Rock, and the Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway at Norwood.

Originally owned jointly by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Norfolk and Western Railway,[2] predecessors to CSX and NS, it was completed in November 1910.

In June 1960 the WSS acquired full control of the connecting High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad, which is similarly operated with equipment from both owners.

[6] On April 16, 2010, notice was published of the intent to merge the High Point, Thomasville, and Denton Railroad into the Winston-Salem Southbound Railway, effective May 1, 2010.

They were re-painted into two different paint schemes and served from the 1950s to the late 1960s, when the WSS, realizing it wasn't cost-effective to maintain servicing facilities, sent the GP9s back to their respective owners and started to lease equipment from the ACL and N&W.