May 1, 1891), 3rd VP Fall 1883–1887, 2nd VP 1887–1888, 1st VP 1888–May 1, 1891, Pres. 1892–1894 Alexander B.(Boyd) Andrews (1886/7 – 1894), 3rd VP 1886/7–1889, 2nd VP 1890–1894 Henry Fink (Apr. 30, 1887 – Dec. 16, 1887) J. W. Johnston (1890), 3rd VP Peyton Randolph (1891), 3rd VP John A. Rutherford (1892 – 1894), 3rd VP Acquired railroads Piedmont Railroad: A 48.5-mile line from Danville, Virginia, to Greensboro, North Carolina. Chartered in March 1862. Construction began 1862 and ended late 1863. The R&D bought most shares and built and operated the railroad. Leased to R&D for 86 years on Feb. 20, 1874. Bought by the Southern Railway in 1894. North Carolina Railroad – A 223.15-mile line from Goldsboro to Charlotte, North Carolina, leased for 30 years (starting Oct. 1871) on September 11, 1871, for an annual rent of $260,000. The North Carolina Railroad Company was chartered on January 27, 1849, and the line opened January 30, 1856. The R&D made an offer to lease the NC RR in January 1871 but was rejected. In September 1871, a new offer was made and accepted. In 1895, R&D successor Southern Railway negotiated a 99-year lease for the NC RR. North-Western North Carolina Railroad: A 103.22-mile line from Greensboro to Wilkesboro, North Carolina. The NWNC RR was chartered in 1868 and acquired by the R&D in early 1871. The line was finished in 1873. Purchased by the Southern Railway along with the rest of the R&D system in 1894. Richmond, York River and Chesapeake Railroad Milton and Sutherlin Railroad State University Railroad Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad Danville, Mocksville, and Southwestern Railroad Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad Western North Carolina Railroad Statesville and Western Railroad Oxford and Henderson Railroad Oxford and Clarksville Railroad Danville and Western Railroad High Point, Randleman, Asheboro and Southern Railroad North Carolina Midland Railroad Atlantic and Danville Railway Yadkin Valley Railroad Maps in at D. H.Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804 See also Confederate railroads in the American Civil War The song The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, by North American rock group The Band, is a fictional narrative by a Confederate soldier who "served on the Danville Train" during the Civil War, and describes the tracks being torn up by General Stoneman's cavalry. Railway accident