North Carolina Railroads - Palmetto Railroad




North Carolina Railroads - Palmetto Railroad / Railway

Acronym	Year Chartered or Incorporated	Year Line Operational	Year Service Ended	Original Starting Point	Original Ending Point
PRR	1885	1887	1900*	Cheraw, SC	Hamlet, NC

*1900 acquired by Seaboard Air Line Railway. 1895 - Reorganized as the Palmetto Railway. Connected the Raleigh & Augusta Air Line Railroad (also acquired by Seaboard Air Line Railway) at Hamlet, NC with the Cheraw & Darlington Railroad (acquired by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1900) at Cheraw, SC. The Palmetto Railroad was originally chartered to construct a line from Hamlet, NC to Columbia, SC, however it only built eighteen (18) miles of track from Hamlet, NC to Cheraw, SC to make a connection with the Cheraw & Darlington Railroad. These eighteen miles were constructed from 1885 to 1887, when the short line was operational. In 1895, the company was reorganized, due to financial difficulties, and renamed to the Palmetto Railway. Although no more contruction was made in this company's name, this branch was later extended to Columbia by Seaboard Air Line to become part of that main line and a principal passenger route between Richmond and Florida.

Towns on Route (in NC): Hamlet Osborne (1888) > Carolina Springs (1909) > Osborne #2 (1910) NC/SC State Line