More than three decades ago, a plan was hatched to turn an abandoned railroad line south of downtown Durham into the walking and cycling path that became the American Tobacco Trail. Now local ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- It hasn't been in use since 1983 and if developers have their way, that could soon change. The old CSX railway that was completed in the late 1890s may soon be rebirthed ...

The rail line was completed in 1890 by the Lynchburg & Durham railroad and later taken over by Norfolk & Western before it became Norfolk Southern. The railroad stopped using the line in the early ...