Claim: Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway operated in North and South Carolina right after Reconstruction, created in 1879 from a consolidation with two other railroads.
Evidence: The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway was a Southeastern railroad that operated in the Carolinas immediately after Reconstruction. The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway was created in 1879 with the consolidation of the Western Railroad and the Mount Airy Railroad.