*1915 merged into the Seaboard Air Line Railway.

+ 1914 - Acquired the North & South Carolina Railway.

+ 1914 - Acquired the South Carolina Western Railway.

+ 1915 - Acquired the Charleston & Southern Railway.

+ 1915 - Acquired the Georgetown & Western Railroad.

+ 1915 - Took control of the Charlotte, Monroe & Columbia Railroad.

+ 1915 - Built new line from Andrews to Charleston.

The Carolina, Atlantic & Western Railroad was chartered in 1914 as a consolidation of the North & South Carolina Railway and the South Carolina Western Railway. In 1915, the Carolina, Atlantic & Western Railroad acquired the Charleston & Southern Railway and the Georgetown & Western Railroad, took control of the Charlotte, Monroe & Columbia Railroad, and completed an extension from Andrews to Charleston, South Carolina. Thus, at the end of 1915, the railroad owned 328 miles of track from Hamlet, NC to Charleston, SC.

Later in 1915, this road was absorbed into the Seaboard Air Line Railway.

Towns on Route (in SC):

Line #1 - McBee to Jefferson:

McBee

Catarrh

Angelus

Jefferson

Line #2 - Georgetown to Lane:

Georgetown

Sampit Station

Andrews

Bethel

Harper

Earl

Trio

Bryan (1914)

Carris

Lane

Line #3 - Gibson, NC to Poston, SC:

SC/NC State Line

McColl

Clio

Minturn (1915)

Little Rock

Dillon

Floyd Dale

Mullins

Burleson (1916) > Rains (1916)

Centenary

Eulonia

Oakton > Gresham (1916)

Poston

Line #4 - Poston to Andrews:

Poston

Johnsonville

Venters > Excelton (1916)

Hemingway

Nesmith

Morrisville Station (1910s)

Andrews

Line #5 - Andrews to Charleston:

Andrews

Jamestown

Bethera

Melgrove

Charleston Navy Yard