List_of_South_Carolina_railroads

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

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Name	Mark	System^{[nb 1]}	From	To	Successor	Notes
Air Line Railroad in South Carolina		SOU	1856	1870	Atlanta and Richmond Air–Line Railway
Alcolu Railroad	ALU		1902	1936	N/A
Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad		SOU	1881	1902	Southern Railway – Carolina Division
Ashley River Railroad		ACL	1876	1901	Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway		SOU	1877	1996	Norfolk Southern Railway
Atlanta and Richmond Air–Line Railway		SOU	1870	1876	South Carolina Air–Line Railway
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad	ACL	ACL	1898	1967	Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad		SOU	1879	1882	French Broad and Atlantic Railway
Atlantic, Greenville and Western Railway		ACL	1885	1887	Carolina, Knoxville and Western Railway
Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad		SOU	1885	1887	Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad
Augusta and Edgefield Railroad		SOU	1884	1885	Augusta, Edgefield and Newberry Railroad
Augusta, Edgefield and Newberry Railroad		SOU	1885	1887	Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad
Augusta and Knoxville Railroad		ACL	1880	1886	Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway
Augusta, Knoxville and Greenwood Railroad		ACL		1880	Augusta and Knoxville Railroad
Augusta Northern Railway			1912	1941	N/A
Bamberg, Ehrhardt and Walterboro Railway			1913	1938	N/A
Barnwell Railway		SOU	1882	1891	Carolina Midland Railway
Belton, Williamston and Easley Railroad		SOU	1878	1879	Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad
Bennettsville and Cheraw Railroad	B&CW		1902	1950	N/A
Bennettsville and Osborne Railroad			1899	1902	Bennettsville and Cheraw Railroad
Berkeley Railroad			1892	1906	N/A
Bishopville Railroad		ACL	1882	1892	South and North Carolina Railroad
Blackville and Alston Railroad		SOU	1885	1886	Blackville, Alston and Newberry Railroad
Blackville, Alston and Newberry Railroad		SOU	1886	1891	Carolina Midland Railway
Blue Ridge Railroad of South Carolina		SOU	1852	1880	Greenville and Columbia Railroad
Blue Ridge Railway	BLR	SOU	1901
Branchville and Bowman Railroad			1890	1925	N/A
Buffalo Union-Carolina Railroad			1922	1971	N/A
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway		ACL	1881	1898	Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
Carolina, Atlantic and Western Railway		SAL	1914	1915	Seaboard Air Line Railway
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway of South Carolina		ACL/ L&N	1909	1990	CSX Transportation
Carolina and Cumberland Gap Railway		SOU	1896	1898	SOU
Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway		SOU	1882	1895	Carolina and Cumberland Gap Railway
Carolina, Knoxville and Western Railway		ACL	1887	1899	Charleston and Western Carolina Railway, Greenville and Knoxville Railway
Carolina Midland Railway		SOU	1891	1902	Southern Railway – Carolina Division
Carolina Northern Railroad		SAL	1899	1905	Raleigh and Charleston Railroad
Carolina and Northwestern Railway	CRN	SOU	1982	1988	Southern Railway
Carolina and Northwestern Railway	CR&N	SOU	1900	1974	Norfolk Southern Railway
Carolina Western Railroad	CARW		1923	1971	Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Carolina and Western Railroad			1902	1916
Catawba Valley Railway		SAL	1906	1909	Seaboard Air Line Railway
Central Railroad of South Carolina		ACL	1878			Still exists as a lessor of CSX Transportation
Central of Georgia Railroad	CG	SOU	1971	1972	N/A
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad		SOU	1888	1893	Ohio River and Charleston Railway
Charleston and Northern Railroad		ACL	1895	1895	Cheraw and Darlington Railroad, Manchester and Augusta Railroad, Wilson and Summerton Railroad
Charleston Northern Railway		SAL	1913	1914	North and South Carolina Railway
Charleston and Savannah Railroad		ACL	1853	1867	Savannah and Charleston Railroad
Charleston and Savannah Railway		ACL	1880	1901	Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Charleston Southern Railway		SAL	1915	1915	North and South Carolina Railway
Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad		ACL	1890	1895	Charleston and Northern Railroad
Charleston Terminal Company		ACL/ SOU	1903	1921
Charleston Union Station Company		ACL/ SOU	1902	1970	N/A
Charleston and Western Carolina Railway	C&WC, CWC	ACL	1896	1959	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad		SOU	1869	1894	SOU
Charlotte, Monroe and Columbia Railroad		SAL	1901	1940	N/A
Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad		SOU	1846	1869	Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Cheraw and Chester Railroad			1873	1896	Lancaster and Chester Railway
Cheraw and Coalfields Railroad		ACL	1867	1868	Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad
Cheraw and Darlington Railroad		ACL	1849	1898	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad		ACL	1868	1882	Cheraw and Darlington Railroad
Chester, Greenwood and Abbeville Railroad		SAL	1885	1886	Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway
Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad		SOU	1873	1897	Carolina and Northwestern Railway
Chesterfield and Kershaw Railroad		SAL	1889	1901	Seaboard Air Line Railway
Chesterfield and Lancaster Railroad		SAL	1887	1941	N/A
Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad		SOU	1835	1836	Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad
Clinchfield Railroad	CRR	ACL/ L&N	1924	1983	Seaboard System Railroad
Colleton County Railroad	CCYR		1986	1988	Hampton and Branchville Railroad
Columbia and Augusta Railroad		SOU	1863	1869	Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Columbia and Greenville Railroad		SOU	1880	1894	Blue Ridge Railway, Southern Railway
Columbia and Hamburg Railroad		SOU	1858	1863	Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad	CNL	ACL	1886	1984	Seaboard System Railroad
Columbia and Sumter Railroad		ACL	1866	1870	Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Columbia Union Station Company		ACL/ SOU	1900	1971	N/A
Conway Coast and Western Railroad		ACL	1904	1912	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Conway Seashore Railroad		ACL	1899	1904	Conway Coast and Western Railroad
Due West Railway			1907	1940	N/A
Duval Transportation of the Carolinas			1987	1987	Mid Atlantic Railroad
East Shore Terminal Company		ACL/ SOU	1887	1903	Charleston Terminal Company
Eddy Lake and Northern Railroad			1905
Edgefield Branch Railroad		SOU	1878	1879	Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad
Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad		SOU	1879	1882	French Broad and Atlantic Railway
Edgemoor and Manetta Railway	EM		1902	1976	N/A
Eutawville Railroad		ACL	1885	1890	Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad
Florence Railroad		ACL	1882	1898	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Florence and Fayetteville Railroad		ACL	1861	1881	Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway
Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad		SAL	1893	1900	Seaboard Air Line Railway
French Broad and Atlantic Railway		SOU	1882	1882	Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway
Georgetown and Lane's Railroad		SAL	1881	1887	Georgetown and Western Railroad
Georgetown and North Carolina Railroad		SOU	1882	1885	Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
Georgetown and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad		SOU	1878	1882	Georgetown and North Carolina Railroad
Georgetown and Western Railroad		SAL	1887	1915	Carolina, Atlantic and Western Railway
Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad		SOU	1887	1887	Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway		SAL	1886	1901	Seaboard Air Line Railway
Georgia and Florida Railroad	G&F	SOU	1926	1963	Georgia and Florida Railway
Georgia and Florida Railway	G&F, GF	SOU	1963	1971	Central of Georgia Railroad
Glenn Springs Railroad			1894	1911	N/A
Green Pond, Walterboro and Branchville Railroad		ACL	1900	1901	Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Green Pond, Walterboro and Branchville Railway		ACL	1887	1900	Green Pond, Walterboro and Branchville Railroad
Greenville and Columbia Railroad		SOU	1845	1880	Columbia and Greenville Railroad
Greenville and Knoxville Railroad			1904	1914	Greenville and Western Railway
Greenville and Laurens Railroad		ACL	1878	1886	Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway
Greenville and Northern Railway	GRN		1920	1997	Carolina Piedmont Railroad
Greenville and Port Royal Railroad		ACL	1882	1885	Atlantic, Greenville and Western Railway
Greenville and Western Railroad			1914	1920	Greenville and Northern Railroad
Greenville and Western Railway			1911	1969
Greenwood, Anderson and Western Railway		SOU	1895	1897	Sievern and Knoxville Railroad
Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg Railroad		ACL	1880	1886	Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway
Hampton and Branchville Railroad and Lumber Company	HB		1891	1924	Hampton and Branchville Railroad
Hartsville Railroad		ACL	1884	1895	Cheraw and Darlington Railroad
Horry County Railway	HCYR		1984	1987	Waccamaw Coast Line Railroad
Kings Mountain Railroad		SOU	1848	1874	Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad
Laurens Railroad		ACL	1847	1881	Laurens Railway
Laurens Railway		ACL	1879	1895	Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad
Lockhart Railroad		SOU	1899		N/A
Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad		SOU	1836	1843	South Carolina Railroad
Manchester and Augusta Railroad		ACL	1870	1898	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Marion County Railway			1984	1985	N/A
Marion and Southern Railroad		SAL	1907	1937	N/A
Mid Atlantic Railroad	MRR		1987	1995	Carolina Southern Railroad
Newberry and Laurens Railroad		ACL	1885	1886	Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad
Newberry, Whitmire and Augusta Railroad			1906	1910	Augusta Northern Railway
Norfolk Southern Railway	NS	SOU	1974	1982	Carolina and Northwestern Railway
North Charleston Terminal Company		ACL/ SAL/ SOU	1916			Still exists as a joint subsidiary of CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway
North and South Carolina Railway		SAL	1908	1914	Carolina, Atlantic and Western Railway
Northeastern Railroad		ACL	1851	1898	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Northwestern Railroad of South Carolina		ACL	1899	1935	N/A
Ohio River and Charleston Railway		SOU	1894	1898	South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad
Orangeburg Railway			1911	1920	N/A
Palmetto Railroad		SAL	1882	1895	Palmetto Railway
Palmetto Railway		SAL	1895	1900	Seaboard Air Line Railway
Pee Dee Bridge Company		SAL	1911	1915	Carolina, Atlantic and Western Railway
Pickens Railroad	PICK		1892	1996	Pickens Railway
Piedmont and Northern Railway	P&N		1911	1969	Seaboard Coast Line Railroad	Electric until 1954
Plant System		ACL	1894	1902	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Port Royal Railroad		ACL	1856	1878	Port Royal and Augusta Railway
Port Royal and Augusta Railway		ACL	1878	1896	Charleston and Western Carolina Railway
Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway		ACL	1886	1896	Charleston and Western Carolina Railway
Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad		SAL	1878	1901	Seaboard Air Line Railway
Raleigh and Charleston Railroad		SAL	1905	1941	N/A
Raleigh and Gaston Railroad		SAL	1889	1900	Seaboard Air Line Railway
Richmond and Danville Railroad		SOU	1879	1894	Southern Railway
Rockingham Railroad	RKG	ACL	1910	1968	N/A
Rockton and Rion Railway	ROR		1932	1981	N/A
Savannah and Charleston Railroad		ACL	1866	1880	Charleston and Savannah Railway
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway		ACL	1901	1902	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Savannah Valley Railroad		ACL		1886	Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway
Seaboard Air Line Railroad	SAL	SAL	1946	1967	Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Seaboard Air Line Railway		SAL	1900	1945	Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Seaboard Air Line System		SAL	1893	1900	Seaboard Air Line Railway
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad	SCL		1967	1983	Seaboard System Railroad
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad		SAL	1889	1900	Seaboard Air Line Railway
Seaboard System Railroad	SBD		1983	1986	CSX Transportation
Sievern and Knoxville Railroad		SOU	1898	1933	N/A
South Bound Railroad		SAL	1882	1901	Seaboard Air Line Railway
South Carolina Railroad		SOU	1843	1881	South Carolina Railway
South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company		SOU	1827	1844	South Carolina Railroad
South Carolina Railway		SOU	1881	1894	South Carolina and Georgia Railroad
South Carolina Air–Line Railway		SOU	1877	1877	Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway
South Carolina and Georgia Railroad		SOU	1894	1902	Southern Railway – Carolina Division
South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad		SOU	1898	1902	Southern Railway – Carolina Division
South Carolina Pacific Railway		ACL	1882	1984	Seaboard System Railroad
South Carolina Terminal Company		ACL/ SOU	1893	1903	Charleston Terminal Company
South Carolina Western Railway		SAL	1910	1914	North and South Carolina Railway
South Carolina Western Extension Railway		SAL	1913	1914	North and South Carolina Railway
South and North Carolina Railroad		ACL	1892	1896	Manchester and Augusta Railroad
South and Western Railroad		ACL/ L&N	1908	1909	Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway of South Carolina
Southern Railway	SOU	SOU	1894	1990	Norfolk Southern Railway
Southern Railway – Carolina Division		SOU	1902	1996	Norfolk Southern Railway
Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad		SOU	1873	1881	Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad
Spartanburg and Union Railroad		SOU	1847	1873	Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Railroad
Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Railroad		SOU	1878	1896	Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad
Sumter and Wateree River Railroad		SOU	1898	1902	Southern Railway – Carolina Division
Union, Gaffney City and Rutherfordton Railroad		SOU	1878	1885	Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad
Union and Glenn Springs Railroad			1899	1922	Buffalo Union-Carolina Railroad
Walterboro and Western Railway		ACL	1894	1900	Green Pond, Walterboro and Branchville Railroad
Ware Shoals Railroad	WS		1908	1985	N/A
Williamsburg Railroad		ACL	1876	1878	Central Railroad of South Carolina
Wilmington and Carolina Railroad		ACL	1870	1870	Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Wilmington, Chadbourn and Conway Railroad		ACL	1885	1895	Wilmington and Conway Railroad
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad		ACL	1870	1898	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Wilmington and Conway Railroad		ACL	1895	1896	Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Wilmington and Manchester Railroad		ACL	1846	1870	Wilmington and Carolina Railroad
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad		ACL	1899	1900	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Wilson and Summerton Railroad		ACL	1888	1899	Northwestern Railroad of South Carolina

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List of South Carolina railroads

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