Union, Gaffney City and Rutherfordton Railroad

Last updated

The Union, Gaffney City and Rutherfordton Railroad was a railroad chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly shortly after the end of Reconstruction.

The Union, Gaffney City and Rutherfordton Railroad was chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1878. [1] The line changed its name to the Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad in 1885. [2]

In 1887, the Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad merged with the Augusta, Edgefield and Newberry Railroad to create the Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad. [3]

Related Research Articles

The Bennettsville and Cheraw Railroad was a railroad that served eastern South Carolina in the first half of the 20th century.

The Augusta, Edgefield and Newberry Railroad was the new name given the Augusta and Edgefield Railroad in December 1885.

The Augusta and Edgefield Railroad was a South Carolina railroad chartered by the state's General Assembly in 1884.

The Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad was a Southeastern railroad company created in the late 19th century by the merger of two existing southern carriers.

The Belton, Williamston and Easley Railroad was a Carolinian railroad company, chartered shortly after the end of the Reconstruction Era of the United States.

The Augusta Northern Railway was a shortline railroad that served western South Carolina in the first half of the 20th century.

The Bishopville Railroad was a shortline railroad that served central South Carolina in the late 19th century.

The Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad was a railroad that served the Upstate region in the period after Reconstruction.

The Newberry, Whitmire and Augusta Railroad was a South Carolina railroad company founded in the early part of the 20th century.

The Columbia and Sumter Railroad was a South Carolina railroad that operated immediately after the American Civil War.

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

The Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway was a late 19th-century railroad that served the Southeastern United States.

The South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad of South Carolina was a railroad that operated in the late 19th century.

The Columbia Union Station Company was a railroad company based in Columbia, South Carolina, that operated throughout much of the 20th century.

The Charleston Union Station Company was a railroad company based in Charleston, South Carolina, that operated throughout much of the 20th century.

The Union and Glenn Springs Railroad was a South Carolina railroad that served the Upstate region of the state in the early part of the 20th century.

The Northwestern Railroad of South Carolina was a South Carolina railroad that traced its history back to the 1880s and survived until the mid-1930s.

The Hampton and Branchville Railroad and Lumber Company was a shortline railroad that served Western South Carolina in the early 20th century.

The Pee Dee Bridge Company was a South Carolina railroad company that operated in the early part of the 20th century.

The North Charleston Terminal Company was a railroad company that provided switching facilities between the various industries of the manufacturing district and the connecting railroads at North Charleston, South Carolina.

References