Lockhart Railroad

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The Lockhart Railroad was a shortline railroad that operated in South Carolina in the early 20th century.

The Lockhart Railroad was chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly in October 1899 [1] to operate a line from Lockhart Mills at Lockhart, South Carolina, to a connection with the Southern Railway (U.S.) at Lockhart Junction, South Carolina, approximately 14 miles away. [2]

The line opened for operation in May 1900. [3]

Lockhart Mills was shuttered in the 1980s, but the rail line had been abandoned before that. Officially, the Lockhart branch was abandoned by the Southern Railway in the early 1970s. [4]

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