List of South Carolina railroads

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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

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Northern/south

Common freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Defunct railroads

Name Mark System [nb 1] FromToSuccessorNotes
Air Line Railroad in South Carolina SOU 18561870 Atlanta and Richmond Air–Line Railway
Alcolu Railroad ALU19021936N/A
Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad SOU 18811902 Southern Railway – Carolina Division
Ashley River Railroad ACL 18761901 Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway SOU 18771996 Norfolk Southern Railway
Atlanta and Richmond Air–Line Railway SOU 18701876 South Carolina Air–Line Railway
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad ACLACL18981967 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad SOU 18791882 French Broad and Atlantic Railway
Atlantic, Greenville and Western Railway ACL 18851887 Carolina, Knoxville and Western Railway
Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad SOU 18851887 Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad
Augusta and Edgefield Railroad SOU 18841885 Augusta, Edgefield and Newberry Railroad
Augusta, Edgefield and Newberry Railroad SOU 18851887 Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad
Augusta and Knoxville Railroad ACL 18801886 Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway
Augusta, Knoxville and Greenwood Railroad ACL 1880 Augusta and Knoxville Railroad
Augusta Northern Railway 19121941N/A
Bamberg, Ehrhardt and Walterboro Railway 19131938N/A
Barnwell Railway SOU 18821891 Carolina Midland Railway
Belton, Williamston and Easley Railroad SOU 18781879 Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad
Bennettsville and Cheraw Railroad B&CW19021950N/A
Bennettsville and Osborne Railroad 18991902 Bennettsville and Cheraw Railroad
Berkeley Railroad 18921906N/A
Bishopville Railroad ACL 18821892 South and North Carolina Railroad
Blackville and Alston Railroad SOU 18851886 Blackville, Alston and Newberry Railroad
Blackville, Alston and Newberry Railroad SOU 18861891 Carolina Midland Railway
Blue Ridge Railroad of South Carolina SOU 18521880 Greenville and Columbia Railroad
Blue Ridge Railway BLR SOU 1901
Branchville and Bowman Railroad 18901925N/A
Buffalo Union-Carolina Railroad 19221971N/A
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway ACL 18811898 Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
Carolina, Atlantic and Western Railway SAL 19141915 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway of South Carolina ACL/ L&N 19091990 CSX Transportation
Carolina and Cumberland Gap Railway SOU 18961898 SOU
Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway SOU 18821895 Carolina and Cumberland Gap Railway
Carolina, Knoxville and Western Railway ACL 18871899 Charleston and Western Carolina Railway, Greenville and Knoxville Railway
Carolina Midland Railway SOU 18911902 Southern Railway – Carolina Division
Carolina Northern Railroad SAL 18991905 Raleigh and Charleston Railroad
Carolina and Northwestern Railway CRN SOU 19821988 Southern Railway
Carolina and Northwestern Railway CR&N SOU 19001974 Norfolk Southern Railway
Carolina Western Railroad CARW19231971 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Carolina and Western Railroad 19021916
Catawba Valley Railway SAL 19061909 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Central Railroad of South Carolina ACL 1878Still exists as a lessor of CSX Transportation
Central of Georgia Railroad CG SOU 19711972N/A
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad SOU 18881893 Ohio River and Charleston Railway
Charleston and Northern Railroad ACL 18951895 Cheraw and Darlington Railroad, Manchester and Augusta Railroad, Wilson and Summerton Railroad
Charleston Northern Railway SAL 19131914 North and South Carolina Railway
Charleston and Savannah Railroad ACL 18531867 Savannah and Charleston Railroad
Charleston and Savannah Railway ACL 18801901 Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Charleston Southern Railway SAL 19151915 North and South Carolina Railway
Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad ACL 18901895 Charleston and Northern Railroad
Charleston Terminal Company ACL/ SOU 19031921
Charleston Union Station Company ACL/ SOU 19021970N/A
Charleston and Western Carolina Railway C&WC, CWC ACL 18961959 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad SOU 18691894 SOU
Charlotte, Monroe and Columbia Railroad SAL 19011940N/A
Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad SOU 18461869 Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Cheraw and Chester Railroad 18731896 Lancaster and Chester Railway
Cheraw and Coalfields Railroad ACL 18671868 Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad
Cheraw and Darlington Railroad ACL 18491898 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad ACL 18681882 Cheraw and Darlington Railroad
Chester, Greenwood and Abbeville Railroad SAL 18851886 Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway
Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad SOU 18731897 Carolina and Northwestern Railway
Chesterfield and Kershaw Railroad SAL 18891901 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Chesterfield and Lancaster Railroad SAL 18871941N/A
Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad SOU 18351836 Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad
Clinchfield Railroad CRR ACL/ L&N 19241983 Seaboard System Railroad
Colleton County Railroad CCYR19861988 Hampton and Branchville Railroad
Columbia and Augusta Railroad SOU 18631869 Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Columbia and Greenville Railroad SOU 18801894 Blue Ridge Railway, Southern Railway
Columbia and Hamburg Railroad SOU 18581863 Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad CNL ACL 18861984 Seaboard System Railroad
Columbia and Sumter Railroad ACL 18661870 Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Columbia Union Station Company ACL/ SOU 19001971N/A
Conway Coast and Western Railroad ACL 19041912 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Conway Seashore Railroad ACL 18991904 Conway Coast and Western Railroad
Due West Railway 19071940N/A
Duval Transportation of the Carolinas 19871987 Mid Atlantic Railroad
East Shore Terminal Company ACL/ SOU 18871903 Charleston Terminal Company
Eddy Lake and Northern Railroad 1905
Edgefield Branch Railroad SOU 18781879 Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad
Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad SOU 18791882 French Broad and Atlantic Railway
Edgemoor and Manetta Railway EM19021976N/A
Eutawville Railroad ACL 18851890 Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad
Florence Railroad ACL 18821898 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Florence and Fayetteville Railroad ACL 18611881 Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway
Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad SAL 18931900 Seaboard Air Line Railway
French Broad and Atlantic Railway SOU 18821882 Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway
Georgetown and Lane's Railroad SAL 18811887 Georgetown and Western Railroad
Georgetown and North Carolina Railroad SOU 18821885 Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
Georgetown and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad SOU 18781882 Georgetown and North Carolina Railroad
Georgetown and Western Railroad SAL 18871915 Carolina, Atlantic and Western Railway
Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad SOU 18871887 Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway SAL 18861901 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Georgia and Florida Railroad G&F SOU 19261963 Georgia and Florida Railway
Georgia and Florida Railway G&F, GF SOU 19631971 Central of Georgia Railroad
Glenn Springs Railroad 18941911N/A
Green Pond, Walterboro and Branchville Railroad ACL 19001901 Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Green Pond, Walterboro and Branchville Railway ACL 18871900 Green Pond, Walterboro and Branchville Railroad
Greenville and Columbia Railroad SOU 18451880 Columbia and Greenville Railroad
Greenville and Knoxville Railroad 19041914 Greenville and Western Railway
Greenville and Laurens Railroad ACL 18781886 Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway
Greenville and Northern Railway GRN19201997 Carolina Piedmont Railroad
Greenville and Port Royal Railroad ACL 18821885 Atlantic, Greenville and Western Railway
Greenville and Western Railroad 19141920 Greenville and Northern Railroad
Greenville and Western Railway 19111969
Greenwood, Anderson and Western Railway SOU 18951897 Sievern and Knoxville Railroad
Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg Railroad ACL 18801886 Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway
Hampton and Branchville Railroad and Lumber Company HB18911924 Hampton and Branchville Railroad
Hartsville Railroad ACL 18841895 Cheraw and Darlington Railroad
Horry County Railway HCYR19841987 Waccamaw Coast Line Railroad
Kings Mountain Railroad SOU 18481874 Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad
Laurens Railroad ACL 18471881 Laurens Railway
Laurens Railway ACL 18791895 Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad
Lockhart Railroad SOU 1899N/A
Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad SOU 18361843 South Carolina Railroad
Manchester and Augusta Railroad ACL 18701898 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Marion County Railway 19841985N/A
Marion and Southern Railroad SAL 19071937N/A
Mid Atlantic Railroad MRR19871995 Carolina Southern Railroad
Newberry and Laurens Railroad ACL 18851886 Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad
Newberry, Whitmire and Augusta Railroad 19061910 Augusta Northern Railway
Norfolk Southern Railway NS SOU 19741982 Carolina and Northwestern Railway
North Charleston Terminal Company ACL/ SAL/ SOU 1916Still exists as a joint subsidiary of CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway
North and South Carolina Railway SAL 19081914 Carolina, Atlantic and Western Railway
Northeastern Railroad ACL 18511898 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Northwestern Railroad of South Carolina ACL 18991935N/A
Ohio River and Charleston Railway SOU 18941898 South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad
Orangeburg Railway 19111920N/A
Palmetto Railroad SAL 18821895 Palmetto Railway
Palmetto Railway SAL 18951900 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Pee Dee Bridge Company SAL 19111915 Carolina, Atlantic and Western Railway
Pickens Railroad PICK18921996 Pickens Railway
Piedmont and Northern Railway P&N19111969 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Electric until 1954
Plant System ACL 18941902 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Port Royal Railroad ACL 18561878 Port Royal and Augusta Railway
Port Royal and Augusta Railway ACL 18781896 Charleston and Western Carolina Railway
Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway ACL 18861896 Charleston and Western Carolina Railway
Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad SAL 18781901 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Raleigh and Charleston Railroad SAL 19051941N/A
Raleigh and Gaston Railroad SAL 18891900 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Richmond and Danville Railroad SOU 18791894 Southern Railway
Rockingham Railroad RKG ACL 19101968N/A
Rockton and Rion Railway ROR19321981N/A
Savannah and Charleston Railroad ACL 18661880 Charleston and Savannah Railway
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway ACL 19011902 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Savannah Valley Railroad ACL 1886 Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway
Seaboard Air Line Railroad SALSAL19461967 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Seaboard Air Line Railway SAL 19001945 Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Seaboard Air Line System SAL 18931900 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad SCL19671983 Seaboard System Railroad
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad SAL 18891900 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Seaboard System Railroad SBD19831986 CSX Transportation
Sievern and Knoxville Railroad SOU 18981933N/A
South Bound Railroad SAL 18821901 Seaboard Air Line Railway
South Carolina Railroad SOU 18431881 South Carolina Railway
South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company SOU 18271844 South Carolina Railroad
South Carolina Railway SOU 18811894 South Carolina and Georgia Railroad
South Carolina Air–Line Railway SOU 18771877 Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway
South Carolina and Georgia Railroad SOU 18941902 Southern Railway – Carolina Division
South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad SOU 18981902 Southern Railway – Carolina Division
South Carolina Pacific Railway ACL 18821984 Seaboard System Railroad
South Carolina Terminal Company ACL/ SOU 18931903 Charleston Terminal Company
South Carolina Western Railway SAL 19101914 North and South Carolina Railway
South Carolina Western Extension Railway SAL 19131914 North and South Carolina Railway
South and North Carolina Railroad ACL 18921896 Manchester and Augusta Railroad
South and Western Railroad ACL/ L&N 19081909 Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway of South Carolina
Southern Railway SOUSOU18941990 Norfolk Southern Railway
Southern Railway – Carolina Division SOU 19021996 Norfolk Southern Railway
Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad SOU 18731881 Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad
Spartanburg and Union Railroad SOU 18471873 Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Railroad
Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Railroad SOU 18781896 Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad
Sumter and Wateree River Railroad SOU 18981902 Southern Railway – Carolina Division
Union, Gaffney City and Rutherfordton Railroad SOU 18781885 Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad
Union and Glenn Springs Railroad 18991922 Buffalo Union-Carolina Railroad
Walterboro and Western Railway ACL 18941900 Green Pond, Walterboro and Branchville Railroad
Ware Shoals Railroad WS19081985N/A
Williamsburg Railroad ACL 18761878 Central Railroad of South Carolina
Wilmington and Carolina Railroad ACL 18701870 Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Wilmington, Chadbourn and Conway Railroad ACL 18851895 Wilmington and Conway Railroad
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad ACL 18701898 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Wilmington and Conway Railroad ACL 18951896 Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Wilmington and Manchester Railroad ACL 18461870 Wilmington and Carolina Railroad
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad ACL 18991900 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Wilson and Summerton Railroad ACL 18881899 Northwestern Railroad of South Carolina
Electric
Private carriers

Notes

  1. ↑ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

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References

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