This 22-mile road was begun by the Southern Power Company (later Duke Power), which constructed ten miles of track from Great Falls on the west bank of the Catawba River northward to Fort Lawn in 1906.

The road was taken over by the newly-formed Catawba Valley Railway Company in 1907 and extended another twelve miles northward to meet the Seaboard Air Line Railway near the town of Catawba, SC.

As soon as the line was completed, its operation was taken over by the Seaboard Air Line Railway.

Towns on Route:

Great Falls

Fort Lawn

Catawba