South Carolina Railroads - Atlantic Coast Line of South Carolina




South Carolina Railroads - Atlantic Coast Line Railroad of South Carolina

Acronym	Year Chartered or Incorporated	Year Line Operational	Year Service Ended	Original Starting Point	Original Ending Point
ACL-SC RR	1897	1897	1900*	Wilmington, NC	Augusta, GA

*1900 merged into Atlantic & Coast Line Railroad. Chartered on March 5, 1897 because the State of South Carolina did not permit "foreign" railroads at the time. By 1900, the laws were changed. The following railroads are known to have been acquired by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad of South Carolina in 1897 and early 1898: + Charleston & Northern Railroad. + Summerville & St. Johns Railroad. + Charleston & Western Carolina Railway. + Cheraw & Darlington Railroad. + Manchester & Augusta Railroad. + Northeastern Railroad. + Wilmington, Chadbourn & Conway Railroad. + Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad. Other lines may have been merged into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad of South Carolina prior to 1900 when it was merged into the overall Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, but it is difficult to ascertain which ones they may have been since the only reference was to ACL. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad of South Carolina organized on July 16, 1898, nine months after it was chartered. The charter provided that the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad, the Northeastern Railroad, the Cheraw & Darlington Railroad, the Manchester & Augusta Railroad, and the Florence Railroad were to be consolidated, upon each company's stockholder approval. The stockholders voted favorably in July of 1898. The life of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad of South Carolina during its two years of its independent existence was uneventful. The only important fact was the securing of a lease, jointly with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, of the property of the Georgia Railroad. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad of South Carolina was absorbed into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad of Virginia on April 21, 1900.