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| Name of Known Railroads Within South Carolina | AAR Reporting Mark | Year Chartered or Incorporated | Year Construction Complete | Original Length | Year Service Ended | Original Route Starting Point | Original Route Ending Point | Notes |
| Air Line Railroad | 1870 | Chartered as the Air Line Railroad Company of South Carolina. Merged with the Georgia Air Line Railroad in 1870 to form the Atlanta & Richmond Air Line Railway. | ||||||
| Alcolu Railroad | 1902 | 1910 | 32 mi | 1936 | Alcolu, SC | Olanta, SC | ||
| Asheville & Spartanburg Railroad | 1881 | ~1900 | Asheville, NC | Spartanburg, SC | Was the Spartanburg & Asheville Railroad, it was managed by the Richmond & Danville Railroad, which was ultimately purchased by the Southern Railway. Assume before 1900. | |||
| Ashley River Railroad | 1877 | 7 mi | 1900 | Stono, SC | Drayton, SC | Operated by the Charleston & Savannah Railroad. Merged into Atlantic Coast Line before 1900. | ||
| Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railway | 1877 | 1894 | Atlanta, GA | Charlotte, NC | Was the Atlanta & Richmond Air Line Railway. Merged into the Southern Railway in 1894. | |||
| Atlanta & Richmond Air Line Railway | 1870 | 1873 | 53 mi | 1874 | Atlanta, GA | ? | A merger of the Air Line Railroad and the Georgia Air Line Railroad (never laid any tracks) - owned by the Richmond & Danville Railroad. Built 53 miles north from Atlanta. In bankruptcy in 1874, reorganized as the Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railway in 1877. | |
| Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | 1900 | 1967 | Formed in April 1900 with merger of NC, VA, and SC assets using same name already. Merged with Seaboard Air Line Railway in 1967 to form Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. | |||||
| Atlantic Coast Line Railroad of South Carolina | ACL | 1898 | 1900 | Owners of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad purchased the Wilmington & Manchester Railroad after the Civil War and they reorganized it as the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad. In 1871, they began marketing their two lines as the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The State of SC would not allow "foreign" companies to own RRs, so this new company had to be formed in SC. In 1900, it was allowed to merge into the overall Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. | ||||
| Augusta & Knoxville Railroad | 1880 | 1882 | ~68 mi | 1886 | Augusta, GA | Greenwood, SC | Leased to the Port Royal & Augusta Railroad in 1883. A line from McCormick to Anderson was built by A&K in 1885 - operated for a year as the Greenwood, Laurens & Spartanburg Railroad, then leased to A&K. Merged into the Port Royal & Western Carolina Railroad in 1886. | |
| Augusta Northern Railroad | 1912 | 12 mi | 1941 | Ward, SC | Saluda, SC | |||
| Bamberg, Erhardt & Walterboro Railroad | 1901 | 1902 | Bamberg, SC | Walterboro, SC | Was the Green Pond, Walterborough & Branchville Railroad. Acquired by Atlantic Coast Line in 1902. | |||
| Barnwell Railroad | 1882 | 1882 | 9 mi | 1891 | Barnwell, SC | Blacksville, SC | Merged into the Carolina Midland Railway in 1891. | |
| Beaufort Railroad | 2006 | Port Royal, SC | Yemassee, SC | Was the Port Royal Railroad #2. Not operational as yet. | ||||
| Bennettsville & Cheraw Railroad | <1917 | <1917 | Bennettsville, SC | Cheraw, SC | Merged into Atlantic Coast Line (when?). Assume 1910s. | |||
| Berkeley Railroad | ~1891 | 10 mi | 1906 | Moncks Corner, SC | Chicora, SC | |||
| Bishopville Railroad | BISC | <1892 | 19 mi | 1900 | Lucknow, SC | Elliott, SC | Owned by the Manchester & Augusta Railroad. Merged into Atlantic Coast Line by 1900. One map indicates that this line was once called the South & North Carolina Railroad (1908), but no other reference to that name can be found anywhere else. Probably meant the North & South Carolina Railroad. | |
| Blackville, Alston, & Newberry Railroad | 1886 | 1888 | 19 mi | 1895 | Blackville, SC | Seivern, SC | Trackage rights were obtained from the Seivern and Knoxville Railroad to connect with Columbia in 1898. Reorganized into the financially unstable Greenwood, Anderson & Western Railroad, and it went bankrupt in 1895. The Carolina Midland Railroad purchased the Perry to Blackville line in 1898, whereas the Perry-Seivern section was acquired by the newly-formed Seivern & Knoxville Railroad that same year. | |
| Blue Ridge Railway | 1894 | ~1940 | Anderson, SC | Walhalla, SC | Was the Blue Ridge Railroad, bought by Southern Railway in 1894 and reorganized as the Blue Ridge Railway. | |||
| Blue Ridge Railroad | 1852 | 1859 | 34 mi | 1894 | Anderson, SC | Walhalla, SC | Bought by Southern Railways in 1894 and reorganized as the Blue Ridge Railway. Later consolidated into Southern (when). Assume ~1940. | |
| Blue Ridge & Atlantic Railroad | 1887 | Never | Never | Savannah, GA | Knoxville, TN | Probably started as the Blue Ridge Railroad prior to the Civil War, it was never completed. Some track was laid and used, but acquired by others after it went bankrupt in 1892. Later became part of Tallulah Falls Railroad. | ||
| Branchville & Bowman Railroad | 1890 | 1890 | 11 mi | 1925 | Branchville, SC | Bowman, SC | Was the Smoak Tramway. Started as logging line. | |
| Branchville & Columbia Railroad | 1835 | 1842 | 68 mi | 1843 | Branchville, SC | Columbia, SC | Owned by the Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Railroad. Merged into the South Carolina Railroad in 1843. | |
| Buffalo, Union-Carolina Railroad | 1900 | 1971 | Buffalo, SC | Union, SC | ||||
| Camden & Branchville Railroad | 1848 | 37 mi | 1899 | Camden, SC | Gadsden, SC | Owned by the South Carolina Railroad Company. Merged into Southern Railway 1899. | ||
| Carolina, Atlantic & Western Railway | 1914 | 1915 | Acquired the Georgetown & Western Railroad in 1915. Absorbed by Seaboard Air Line later in 1915. Also acquired the North & South Carolina Railway and the Charleston & Southern Railway in 1914. Built line from Andrews to Charleston in 1915. Also took control of the Charlotte, Monroe & Columbia Railroad in 1915 (McBee to Jefferson). In 1918 (as Seaboard Air Line) built a line from Charleston to Savannah to serve as an alternate route between those cities. | |||||
| Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad | 1908 | 1924 | Marion, NC | Spartanburg, SC | Was the South & Western Railroad, changed its name in 1924 to the Clinchfield Railroad Corporation. 1908 added line from Marion, NC to Spartanburg, SC | |||
| Carolina, Cumberland Gap & Chicago Railway | 1883 | 23 mi | <1898 | Aiken, SC | Edgefield, SC | <1898 sold to the Ohio River & Charleston Railroad. | ||
| Carolina, Knoxville & Western Railway | 1888 | 23 mi | 1899 | Greenville, SC | Marietta, SC | Abandoned in 1899, resurrected as Greenville & Knoxville Railroad that same year. | ||
| Carolina Midland Railway | 1891 | 1899 | Merger of the Barnwell Railroad and the Blackville, Alston & Newberry Railroad. Absorbed by Southern Railway in 1899. CMR extended the Barnwell line to Allendale in 1891. | |||||
| Carolina Northern Railroad | 1899 | 1901 | 40 mi | 1902 | Lumberton, NC | Marion, SC | In receivership in 1902. Acquired by the Raleigh & Charleston Railroad in 1905. | |
| Carolina Southern Railroad | CALA | 1995 | 76.5 mi | Whiteville, NC | Mullins, SC | Purchased two lines from CSX in 1995. | ||
| Chadbourn, NC | Conway, SC | |||||||
| Carolina Western Railroad | 1920 | 6 mi | 1937 | St. Stephens, SC | Halls, SC | Freight only. Destroyed when Lake Moultrie built 1939. | ||
| Carolina & North-Western Railway | 1897 | 1938 | Originated as the Chester & Lenoir Narrow Guage Railroad and the Carolina Railroad, which merged in 1874, and when it went bankrupt in 1897 it was reorganized with new name. This new railway gained control of the Caldwell & Northern Railway in 1905 and it was merged into the Carolina & North-Western Railway in 1910. Went bankrupt in 1938. Absorbed by Southern Railway (when?). (Assume ~1940) | |||||
| Carolina & Western Railroad | 1902 | 1912 | 36 mi | 1916 | Cummings, SC | Tillman, SC | Began in 1888 as logging line. | |
| Catawba Valley Railway | 1907 | 1907 | 22 mi | 1907 | Great Falls, SC | Fort Lawn, SC | Merged into Seaboard Air Line Railway in 1906. | |
| Central Railroad of South Carolina | ~1880 | >2000 | Lane, SC | Sumter, SC | Extended to Georgetown by ~1880. Leased by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, but not merged into the company until later (after 2000). | |||
| Charleston & Hamburgh Railroad | 1827 | 1830 | 136 mi | 1899 | Charleston, SC | Hamburgh, SC | Owned by the South Carolina Canal & Railroad Company. Merged into the South Carolina Railroad Company in 1843. Retained line name until merged into Southern Railway 1899. | |
| Charleston & Northern Railroad | 1895 | 1897 | Was the bankrupt Charleston, Sumter & Northern Railroad, owned by Atlantic Coast Line of SC in 1897. | |||||
| Charleston & Savannah Railroad | 1854 | 1860 | 1880 | Savannah, GA | Charleston, SC | Bought in 1880 by Plant Systems, and reorganized as Charleston & Savannah Railway. On 1856 SC Map. | ||
| Charleston & Savannah Railway | 1880 | 1902 | Savannah, GA | Charleston, SC | Was the Charleston & Savannah Railroad. Merged into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1902. | |||
| Charleston & Southern Railway | 1901 | 1911 | 1914 | Poston, SC | Andrews, SC | Bought by Carolina, Atlantic & Western Railway 1914, which was acquired by Seaboard Air Line Railway in 1915. | ||
| Charleston & Western Carolina Railway | 1896 | 1897 | Augusta, GA | Spartanburg, SC | Acquired all assets of the Port Royal & Western Carolina Railroad in 1896, after SC deemed the GA company to be illegal in SC. Bought by Atlantic Coast Line of SC in 1897. | |||
| Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad | 1886 | <1891 | 23 mi | 1893 | Edgefield, SC | Aiken, SC | 1893 bankruptcy, sold at auction to be reorganized as the Ohio River & Charleston Railroad. Sold again in 1902 and renamed to the South & Western Railroad. | |
| Charleston, Sumter & Northern Railroad | 1892 | 1892 | St. Paul, SC | Sumter, SC | Bankrupt in 1892. Renamed as Charleston & Northern Railroad in 1895. | |||
| Charlotte & Columbia Railroad | 1846 | 1852 | 1852 | Charlotte, NC | Columbia, SC | 1852 reorganized as the Charlotte & South Carolina Railroad. | ||
| Charlotte & South Carolina Railroad | 1852 | 1852 | 1869 | Became Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad in 1869. | ||||
| Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad | 1869 | ~96 mi | 1878 | Charlotte, NC | Augusta, GA | A merger of the Charlotte & South Carolina Railroad and the Columbia & Augusta Railroad in 1869. Part of the Richmond & Danville Railroad from 1878 to 1894, when it became part of the Southern Railway. | ||
| Charlotte, Monroe & Columbia Railroad | 1901 | 1903 | 18 mi | 1915 | McBee, SC | Jefferson, SC | Merged into Seaboard Air Line Railway in 1915. | |
| Cheraw & Chester Railway | 1873 | 55 mi | 1896 | Cheraw, SC | Lancaster, SC | Reorganized in 1896 as the Lancaster & Chester Railroad. | ||
| Cheraw & Darlington Railroad | 1849 | 1853 | 1898 | Cheraw, SC | Florence, SC | Acquired the Cheraw & Salisbury Railroad 1892. Merged into the Atlantic Coast Line of SC in 1898. | ||
| Cheraw & Salisbury Railroad | <1870 | 1892 | Cheraw, SC | Wadesboro, NC | Acquired by the Cheraw & Darlington Railroad in 1892. Abandoned in the 1970s. | |||
| Chester & Lenoir Narrow Guage Railroad | 1873 | 1884 | 1897 | Chester, SC | Lenoir, NC | Merged with the Carolina Railroad in 1874. Reorganized in 1897 as the Carolina & North-Western Railway | ||
| Chester, Greenwood & Abbeville Railroad | 1885 | Never in Ops | 1887 | Monroe, NC | Atlanta, GA | Reorganized as the Georgia, Carolina & Northern Railroad in 1887, which merged into Seaboard Air Line Railway in 1901. | ||
| Chesterfield & Kershaw Railroad | <1900 | <1900 | 1900 | Cheraw, SC | Camden, SC | Acquired by Seaboard Air Line Railway by 1900. | ||
| Chesterfield & Lancaster Railroad | 1907 | 32.4 mi | 1941 | Cheraw, SC | Pageland, SC | Never made it to Lancaster County - ran out of money. Owned and operated by Seaboard Air Line Railway. | ||
| Cincinnati & Charleston Railroad | 1835 | Never | 1836 | After Kentucky got involved, the name was changed to the Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Railroad in 1836. | ||||
| Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap & Charleston Railroad | 1867 | ~1883 | Cincinnati, OH | Charleston, SC | Acquired by the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Company (when?) (~1883) | |||
| Clinchfield Railroad | CRR | 1924 | 1980s | Marion, NC | Spartanburg, SC | Originally chartered as the Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad in 1886. 1893 sold by bond-holders to the Ohio River & Charleston Railroad, which reorganized in 1902 as the South & Western Railroad, and in 1908 changed its name to the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad. In 1924 it again reorganized with the final name of the Clinchfield Railroad Corporation. Ultimately bought by CSX Transporation, Inc. | ||
| Colleton County Railroad | CCYR | 1986 | 1988 | H&B Junction | Walterboro, SC | Acquired several short lines from CSX in 1986. Merged into Hampton & Branchville Railroad in 1988 | ||
| Canadys, SC | ||||||||
| Columbia & Augusta Railroad | <1869 | 1869 | 1869 | Columbia, SC | Augusta, GA | In 1869 merged into the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad. | ||
| Columbia & Greenville Railroad | 1880 | 1903 | Columbia, SC | Greenville, SC | Was the Greenville & Columbia Railroad. Acquired by Southern Railway in 1903. | |||
| Columbia, Newberry & Laurens Railroad | 1885 | 1891 | 75 mi | 1924 | Became part of Atlantic Coast Line in 1924. | |||
| Conway & Seacoast Railroad | 1899 | 1900 | 1904 | Conway, SC | Myrtle Beach, SC | Changed name to Conway, Coast & Western Railroad in 1904. | ||
| Conway, Coast & Western Railroad | 1904 | 1984 | Myrtle Beach, SC | Aynor, SC | Was the Conway & Seacoast Railroad. Acquired from CSX by the Horry County Railroad in 1984. Renamed to the Waccamaw Coast Line in 1987. Tracks continue to exist, but not in operations. | |||
| CSX Transportation, Inc. | CSXT | 1986 | Renaming of Seaboard Coast Line Railroad when it merged with Chessie System Railroad. | |||||
| Due West Railway | <1917 | 5 mi | 1980s | Due West, SC | Donalds, SC | |||
| East Cooper & Berkeley Railroad | ECBR | 1977 | 1978 | 17 mi | Cordesville, SC | Charity Ch, SC | Owned by the SC Public Railways Commission. | |
| East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad/Railway | 1869 | 1883 in SC | 1894 | ~1883, acquired the Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap & Charleston Railroad. 1894 became part of Southern Railway. | ||||
| Edgmoor & Manetta Railroad | EM | <1907 | 5 mi | 1975 | Edgemoor, SC | Wylies Mill, SC | Owned/operated by Manetta Mills | |
| Eutawville Railroad | ~1885 | ~1888 | 18 mi | 1900 | Creston, SC | Eutawville, SC | Owned by the Manchester & Augusta Railroad. Merged into Atlantic Coast Line by 1900. | |
| Fayetteville & Florence Railroad | 1875 | Never | 0 | 1881 | Fayetteville, NC | Florence, SC | First owned by Wilmington & Weldon Railroad. Acquired by the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad in 1881. aka the Florence Railroad. Survey and layout completed, but no track laid under this name. | |
| Fayetteville Cutoff | 1885 | 1892 | 50 mi | <1900 | Fayetteville, NC | Pee Dee, SC | Built by Atlantic Coast Line, which owned the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad in 1894, owner of the South Carolina & Pacific Railroad (complete 1884). Wilson-Fayetteville completed in 1886. Fayetteville-Florence completed in 1892. Partially abandoned in 1899 - Fayetteville to Parkton - rest intact for 60 years. Merged into Atlantic Coast Line before 1900. | |
| Florida Central & Peninsular Railway | 1889 | 1900 | Acquired the South Bound Railroad in 1894. Merged into Seaboard Air Line Railway in 1900. | |||||
| Georgia, Carolina & Northern Railroad | 1887 | 1892 | 1900 | Monroe, NC | Atlanta, GA | Acquired the Chester, Greenwood & Abbeville Railroad 1887. 1900 merged into Seaboard Air Line Railway. | ||
| Georgia & Florida Railway/Railroad | GF | 1906 | 1929 | 58 mi | 1963 | N. Augusta, SC | Greenwood, SC | 1906 - Railway. 1926 - Railroad. Acquired by Southern Railway in 1963. 1929 made it to Greenwood, SC. |
| Georgetown-Pawleys Island Railroad | 1902 | 1902 | 4 mi | 1950s | Hagley Landing | Pawleys Island | Owned by the Atlantic Coast Lumber Company. Not sure when closed down. Assume the 1950s. | |
| Georgetown & Western Railroad | GRR | 1887 | 1914 | Georgetown, SC | Lanes, SC | Started out as Georgetown & Lanes Railroad. Bought by Carolina, Atlantic & Western Railroad 1914. | ||
| Georgetown & Lanes Railroad | 1882 | 1883 | 1887 | Georgetown, SC | Lanes, SC | Renamed to Georgetown & Western Railroad in 1887. | ||
| Glenn Springs Railroad | 1894 | <1914 | Glenn Springs, SC | Roebuck, SC | ||||
| Green Pond, Walterboro & Branchville Railroad | 1887 | 1900 | Green Pond, SC | Walterboro, SC | Merged with Walterborough & Western Railroad in 1900 to form the Green Pond, Walterborough & Branchville Railroad. | |||
| Green Pond, Walterborough & Branchville Railroad | 1900 | 1901 | A merger of the Green Pond, Walterboro & Branchville Railroad and the Walterborough & Western Railroad. Owned and operated by Plant Systems. Became the Bamberg, Ehrardt &Walterboro Railroad in 1901. Merged into Atlantic Coast Line in 1902. | |||||
| Greenville & Columbia Railroad | 1845 | 1854 | 47 mi | 1880 | Greenville, SC | Columbia, SC | Acquired the Union & Spartanburg Railroad 1870. Reorganized in 1880 as the Columbia & Greenville Railroad. | |
| Greenville & French Broad Railroad | 1855 | Never | 0 | Never | Due to anticipated costs and the Civil War it was never started. Later, re-envisioned as the Spartanburg & Asheville Railroad. | |||
| Greenville & Knoxville Railroad | 1899 | 1914 | Acquired the Carolina, Knoxville & Western Railroad in 1899 as it was foundering. In 1914, again reorganized as the Greenville & Western Railroad. | |||||
| Greenville & Northern Railroad | GRN | 1920 | 23 mi | 1997 | Greenville, SC | River Falls, SC | Was the Greenville & Western Railroad. Bought by South Carolina Central Railroad in 1997. | |
| Greenville & Western Railway | GRLW | 2006 | Pelzer, SC | Belton, SC | Spun off by CSX in 2006. | |||
| Greenville & Western Railroad | 1914 | 1920 | Was the Greenville & Knoxville Railroad. Renamed to Greenville & Northern Railroad in 1920. | |||||
| Greenville, Laurens & Spartanburg Railroad | 1885 | 1886 | McCormick, SC | Anderson, SC | Savannah Valley Railroad bought by the Central Railroad & Banking Company of Georgia in 1885, who operated it for a year under this name, then leased it to the Augusta & Knoxville Railroad. Subsequently, merged into a newer Port Royal & Western Carolina Railroad, also owned by CRR&B. | |||
| Greenville, Spartanburg & Anderson Railroad | 1910 | 1910 | 1914 | Greenville, SC | Greenwood, SC | 1914 merged into the Piedmont & Northern Railway. | ||
| Greenwood, Laurens & Spartanburg Railroad | 1885 | ~65 mi | 1886 | Greenwood, SC | Spartanburg, SC | The 225-mile PR&WC was created in 1886 by the merger of the Augusta & Knoxville Railroad, the Savannah Valley Railroad, the Greenville & Laurens Railroad, and the Greenwood, Laurens & Spartanburg Railroad. It was controlled by the Central of Georgia, which had financed the constituent lines. | ||
| Hampton & Branchville Railroad | HB | 1891 | 45 mi | Hampton, SC | Canadys, SC | |||
| Hartsville Railroad | 1884 | 11 mi | 1895 | Hartsville, SC | Floyd, SC | Acquired by the Cheraw & Darlington Railroad in 1895. Merged into Atlantic Coast Line of SC in 1898. | ||
| Horry County Railroad | HCYR | 1984 | 1987 | Conway, SC | Myrtle Beach, SC | Bought from CSX by the county. Sold to Waccamaw Coast Line in 1987. | ||
| International Paper Company Railroad | IPCX | 5 mi | Sampit, SC | Moyd, SC | ||||
| Kings Mountain Railroad | <1855 | 1874 | Chester, SC | Yorkville, SC | 1874 purchased by Chester & Lenoir Narrow Guage Railroad | |||
| Lancaster & Chester Railway | LC | 1896 | 1901 | 29 mi | Lancaster, SC | Chester, SC | Was the Cheraw & Chester Railway. Additional track purchased in 2001, for a total of 60 miles of track. | |
| Laurens Railroad | <1855 | 1896 | Laurens, SC | Newberry, SC | On 1855 map of SC. Merged into the Columbia, Newberry & Laurens Railroad in 1896. | |||
| Lockhart Railroad | 1899 | 1900 | 14 mi | 1970s | Olney, SC | Lockhart, SC | ||
| Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Railroad | 1836 | 1842 | 68 mi | 1843 | Branchville, SC | Columbia, SC | Merged into the South Carolina Railroad Company in 1843. The other states failed to act, so only in SC. Line from Columbia to Camden (37 mi) opened in 1848 - was called the Branchville & Columbia Railroad. | |
| Manchester & Augusta Railroad | 1875 | 1894 | 1897 | Sumter, SC | Denmark, SC | Merged into the Atlantic Coast Line of SC in 1897. | ||
| Marion County Railroad | MNCY | No info available. | ||||||
| Norfolk Southern Railway | NS | 1982 | 1982 merger of Southern Railway with Norfolk & Western Railroad. | |||||
| North & South Carolina Railway | 1908 | 1914 | Gibson, NC to Dillon, SC by 1909, Mullins later in 1909, to Poston by 1911. Took over line from Hamlet to Gibson by 1910. Bought by Carolina, Atlantic & Western Railroad in 1914. | |||||
| Northeastern Railroad | 1851 | 1856 | 1898 | Charleston, SC | Florence, SC | Acquired by Atlantic Coast Line of South Carolina in 1898. | ||
| Northwestern Railroad | 1899 | 1901 | 30 mi | 1935 | Wilson, SC | Summerton, SC | Was the Wilson & Summerton Railroad. With help from the Atlantic Coast Line of SC, it extended operations from Sumter to Camden in 1901. | |
| St. Paul, SC | Sumter, SC | |||||||
| Sumter, SC | Camden, SC | |||||||
| Ohio River & Charleston Railroad | 1893 | 23 mi | 1902 | Edgefield, SC | Aiken, SC | Was the Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad. Reorganized in 1902 as the South & Western Railroad. | ||
| 110 mi | Blacksburg, SC | Camden, SC | ||||||
| Orangeburg Railway | 1911 | 1913 | 17 mi | 1920 | Orangeburg, SC | North, SC | ||
| Palmetto Railroad | 1885 | 1887 | 18 mi | 1900 | Hamlet, NC | Cheraw, SC | Reorganized as Palmetto Railway in 1895. Part of Seaboard Air Line Railway by 1900. | |
| Paroda Railroad | 1906 | 1910 | 1930 | Durwood, SC | Lanes, SC | Primarily a logging line, but listed as a passenger line. | ||
| Pee Dee River Railroad | PDRR | 1982 | 20 mi | McColl, SC | Bennettsville, SC | Subsidiary of the Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad, which acquired this line from Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in 1982. | ||
| Marlboro Mills | ||||||||
| Piedmont & Northern Railway | 1914 | 1914 | 89 mi | 1969 | Spartanburg, SC | Greenwood, SC | Merged into SCL in 1969. | |
| 12 mi | Belton, SC | Anderson, SC | ||||||
| Pickens Railway | PICK | 1892 | 1898 | 8.5 mi | Easley, SC | Olenoy Gap, SC | Only 8.5 miles built, ended at Pickens. Second line from Anderson to Honea Path (28.5 mi) acquired from Norfolk Southern in 1990. | |
| Anderson, SC | Honea Path, SC | |||||||
| Plant System | - | 1879 | 1880 in SC | 1902 | - | - | Acquired by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1902. | |
| Port Royal Railroad | PRYL | 1856 | 1870 | 132 mi | 1878 | Port Royal, SC | Yemassee, SC | Control went to the Georgia Railroad in May 1873, failed in November 1873, and sold in 1878 to the new Port Royal & Augusta Railroad. |
| Port Royal Railroad #2 | PRYL | 1985 | 2006 | Port Royal, SC | Yemassee, SC | Saved by SC State Ports Authority for local interests, opened and managed by SC Public Railways Commission until 2006, when it was purchased by a private owner and renamed the Beaufort Railroad Company. | ||
| Port Royal & Augusta Railroad | 1878 | 1886 | Was the Port Royal Railroad. Purchased in 1886 by the Port Royal & Western Carolina Railroad. | |||||
| Port Royal & Western Carolina Railroad | 1886 | 1896 | The merger of four RRs owned in SC by the Georgia Railroad and Bank Company - the Augusta & Knoxville Railroad, the Greenville, Laurens & Spartanburg Railroad, the Greenwood, Laurens & Spartanburg Railroad,and the Port Royal & Augusta Railroad, and the Savannah Valley Railroad owned in SC. All SC assets reorganized as the Charleston & Western Carolina Railway in 1896. Atlantic Coast Line of SC gained control in 1897. | |||||
| Port Terminal Railroad | PRT | 1976 | 1 mi | Charleston, SC | Charleston, SC | |||
| Port Utilities Commission Railroad | PUCC | 1976 | 4 mi | Charleston, SC | Charleston, SC | |||
| Raleigh & Charleston Railroad | 1905 | 1901 | 40 mi | 1911 | Lumberton, NC | Marion, SC | Was the Carolina Northern Railroad. In 1911, purchased by the Seaboard Air Line Railway. Line abandoned in 1941 (?). | |
| Richmond & Danville Railroad | 1847 | 1870 | 1894 | Owned the Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railroad, Atlanta & Richmond Air Line Railroad, Charlotte, and Columbia & Augusta Railroad. In South Carolina from 1870 to 1894, when it was merged into Southern Railway. | ||||
| Rockingham Railroad | <1896 | 1922 | Rockingham, NC | Breeden, SC | Acquired by Atlantic Coast Line 1922. | |||
| Rockton & Rion Railroad | 1897 | 11.5 mi | ~1940 | Rockton, SC | Rion, SC | Apparently merged into Southern Railway (when?) Assume ~1940. | ||
| Savannah River Site Railroad | 1950s | ~20 mi | SRS | Dunbarton, SC | ||||
| Savannah Valley Railroad | 1885 | ~55 mi | 1886 | Anderson, SC | McCormick, SC | Built by the Augusta & Knoxville Railroad in 1885. Operated for one year as the Greenville, Laurens & Spartanburg Railroad. In 1886, merged into the Port Royal & Western Carolina Railroad. | ||
| Seaboard Air Line Railway | SAL | 1892 | 1892 | 1967 | In 1946, renamed to Seaboard Air Line Railroad. In 1967, merged with Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to form Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, which was acquired by CSX Transportation, Inc. | |||
| Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | SCL | 1967 | 1982 | Merger of Seaboard Air Line Railroad and Atlantic Coast Line. Renamed Seaboard Systems Railroad in 1982 when it acquired the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. In 1986, renamed to CSX Transporation, Inc. | ||||
| Seivern & Knoxville Railroad | 1898 | 1899 | Acquired the Perry-Seivern segment from the bankrupt Blackville, Alston & Newberry Railroad in 1898. Taken over by Southern Railway in 1899. | |||||
| Smoak Tramway | 1884 | 1890 | Smoak Mill | Branchville, SC | Owned by E.T.R. Smoak. He upgraded his logging line in 1890 and chartered the Branchville & Bowman Railroad. | |||
| South & Western Railroad | 1902 | 1908 | Was the Ohio River & Charleston Railroad, in 1908 changed its name to the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad. | |||||
| South Bound Railroad | 1887 | 1891 | 1894 | Columbia, SC | Denmark, SC | Acquired by Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad in 1894. Acquired by Seaboard Air Line Railway in 1903. In 1900, extended line from Columbia to Camden to join up with Seaboard Air Line's Chesterfield & Kershaw Railroad. | ||
| Columbia, SC | Camden, SC | |||||||
| South Carolina & Georgia Railroad | 1894 | 1899 | Was the South Carolina Railway Company. It was acquired by the Southern Railway in 1899. | |||||
| South Carolina Central Railway | SCRF | 1987 | 90 mi | Cheraw, SC | Society Hill, SC | Acquired two lines from CSX in 1987 and a third line in 1990. | ||
| Florence, SC | Bishopville, SC | |||||||
| Laurens, SC |