Dependable Services for Rail & Industrial Customers
We offer personal service to all of our customers, both big and small. We are one of the few shortline or regional railroads that has the industrial sites, facilities, equipment, and manpower to provide rail services for any type of industry. We have over 100 years of combined management experience, and we would be delighted to be your railroad partner. Please contact Paul Hoben for more information
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Freight Transportation
Rail freight transportation is the bread and butter of the Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway Company. We carry freight for 23 customers ranging from manufacturers to distributors, moving as little as a few cars a year to moving thousands per year. We have a well maintained locomotive fleet, and our rail infrastructure can handle 90 car unit trains at 286,000 pounds per car. We invite any rail customer coming to North Carolina to consider our railroad as a home for their new facility. Please contact Paul Hoben for more information
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Industrial Site Development
For businesses looking to locate in North Carolina, we can help you find a rail served property that suits your logistics needs. We are experienced with land development, and we can assist you with environmental permitting, zoning, and construction of your facility along with the infrastructure needed for rail service. Please contact Paul Hoben for more information
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Locomotive & Railcar Repair
At our 70 acre site, our nearly 100,000 sq ft repair shop is positioned to provide world class maintenance and repair services for locomotives, freightcars, and passenger cars. We also have mobile maintenance equipment to service your locomotives and other assets at facilities on other railroads. Please contact Dale Parks for more information
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Utility & Land Use
For utility companies, advertisers, and adjacent landowners wanting access over, under, or across our railroad tracks, please find the corresponding agreements below. Please contact
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Transloading
The Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway has multiple established transloading locations for shippers wanting to move product from rail to truck or truck to rail. Please contact Paul Hoben for more information
Contact Us
- For Emergencies: (877) 533-6913
- Main Office: (910) 974 - 4219
- Events: (704) 266-0644
- Fax: (910) 974 - 4282
- 967 NC Hwy 211 E
Candor, NC 27229
Railroad Overview
- Connections: CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern
- Markets Served: Raleigh, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro
- Ownership: Privately Held
- Miles: 150
- Founded: 1987
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Paul Hoben
Paul Hoben is the Director of Business Development the Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway Company.
Paul comes to the ACWR after 27 years in the concrete and construction materials industry as both a sales and marketing representative as well as a transportation coordinator. Paul attended Catawba College where he earned his bachelor’s degree and later attended Pfeiffer University and received his master’s in business administration. Paul brings a shipper’s mentality to the ACWR which offers our customers and prospective customers an added consultative advantage. Paul has extensive experience in working with the Class I railroads and looks forward to
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Robert Menzies
Robert Menzies is the Owner and Chairman of the Aberdeen Caroilna & Western Railway Company.
He acquired the Aberdeen Carolina & Western in 1987 from the Aberdeen & Briarpatch Railway. He has had a lifelong interest in the transportation industry. He began his undergraduate studies in transportation at Arizona State University. He continued on to receive a graduate degree in transportation and logistics at Michigan State University. Bob then taught transportation at Murray State University in Kentucky as well as Tri-State University in Indiana. He has owned businesses in other service industries across the U.S., and always stresses the need
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Dale Parks
Dale Parks is Vice President of Mechanical at the Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway Company.
He began his Railroad career in 1986 at the Mid Atlantic Railroad in Chadbourn N.C. Having been in Train Service as a locomotive engineer, he worked his way up to Chief Mechanical Officer. In 1989, he took a job opportunity to work with Railtex at the Georgia South Western where he was responsible for the locomotive and freight car fleet. Then in 1992, he was transfered to the North Carolina & Virginia Properties, where he took care of The Chesapeake and Albemarle Railway and the
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Ed Thum
Ed is Vice President of Transportation/Maintenance of Way at the Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway Company.
He began his railroad career in 1990 at the North Carolina & Virginia Railroad as an Engineer/Conductor for RailTex. In 1994, Ed attended the University of Tennessee and received his certification as a FRA Certified Track Inspector. In 1995, Ed accepted the position as Train Master at the Virginia Southern Railroad in Keysville, Virginia, for RailTex. Also, in 1995, Ed received his certificate for DSLE training and in 1998 received his certificate of completion for Hazardous Material Operations in Pueblo, Colorado. In 2005, Ed
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Jennifer White
Jennifer is President of the Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway.
After graduating Magna Cum Laude with a BS in Business Management at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Jennifer worked for a prominent commercial real estate firm in Charlotte for 3 years. After getting a strong understanding in the commercial and industrial sector, she moved back to Pinehurst to begin her railroad career beginning as Director of Marketing and Sales.
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Anthony Menzies
Anthony Menzies is Chief Executive Officer of the Aberdeen Caroilna & Western Railway Company.
Anthony re-joined the Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway after working as a management consultant at Ernst & Young's (EY) Supply Chain & Operations practice. He has a passion for helping companies improve logistics, transportation, warehousing, and inventory management processes.
Prior to his five years at EY, he received his MBA at the University of Tennessee with a focus in Supply Chain Management and interned at CAT Logistics (Caterpillar). He also holds a Master's in Business Analytics and an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of North Carolina at
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