The story
The Aberdeen and Briar Patch owned a 34.46-mile (55.46 km) line between Star and Aberdeen in North Carolina. This line began as a logging railroad in the 1880s, eventually passing to the Norfolk Southern in 1916. In 1983 the Norfolk Southern, then doing business as the Carolina and Northwestern Railway, decided to abandon the line. The Aberdeen and Briar Patch was incorporated on August 1, 1983, and acquired the line. It began operating in 1984. The Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway acquired the assets of the company on June 19, 1987.
From Wikipedia’s article on Aberdeen and Briar Patch Railway, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3