Wilmington receives more than 4 million dollars in grant funding from NCDOT. “The benefits these projects offer the statewide freight rail network can’t be overstated,” said Jason Orthner ...

The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Rail Division is investing almost $13 million to improve rail infrastructure on 11 short line freight railroads and to the state ports in Morehead City ...

Railroads must rebuild bridges and miles of tracks before they can resume service on 230 miles of rail lines through the mountains.