South Carolina Railroads - Port Royal & Western Carolina Railway

Acronym

Year Chartered or Incorporated

Year Line Operational

Year Service Ended

Original Starting Point

Original Ending Point

PR&WC RR

1886*

1886

1896**

Augusta, GA Greenwood, SC McCormick, SC Greenville, SC

Greenwood, SC Spartanburg, SC Anderson, SC Laurens, GA
** 1896 - Acquired by the Charleston & Western Carolina Railroad.
* 1886 - Merger of the Augusta & Knoxville Railroad, the Greenville & Laurens Railroad, the Greenwood, Laurens & Spartanburg Railroad, and the Savannah Valley Railroad.

Owned by the Georgia Railroad & Bank Company.

In 1896, the State of South Carolina deemed this was an illegal corporation, so it took over all assets and created the Charleston & Western Railroad.

Click Here for a comprehensive writeup on this railroad's evolution.

Thanks to Tom Fetters of Charleston for preparing it and providing it online to the folks interested in South Carolina's railroads.

Towns on Route (in SC):

Line #1 - Augusta, GA to Greenwood, SC (from the Augusta & Knoxville Railroad):

SC/NC State Line

Wood Lawn

Meriwether

Clarks Hill

Modoc

Parksville

Plum Branch

Cairo

McCormick

Trickum

Troy

Mill Way

Bradley

Verdrey > Verdery (1892)

Inka (1895)

Greenwood

Line #2 - Greenwood to Spartanburg (from the Greenwood, Laurens & Spartanburg RR):

Greenwood

Quarry (1888)

Coronaca

Waterloo

High Point > Highpoint (1889) > Coldpoint (1903)

Madden

Laurensville > Laurens (1893)

Scuffletown > Bryson (1896)

Ora

Lanford Station > Lanford (1951)

Enoree

Hillsville (1891)

Sancho (1900)

Woodruffs > Woodruff (1892)

Switzer

Moore

Becca > Roebuck (1896)

Arkwright (1898)

Spartanburg C.H. > Spartanburg (1887)

Line #3 - Greenville to Laurens (from the Greenville & Laurens Railroad):

Greenville C.H. > Greenville (1888)

Mauldin (1887)

Simpsonville

Fountain Inn

Powers Shop > Power (1883)

Dorroh (1883 > Gray Court (1894)

Highland Home > Barksdale (1892)

Nannie (1892) > Narnhill (1892)

Laurens C.H.

Line #4 - McCormick to Anderson (from the Savannah Valley Railroad):

McCormick

Petigru (1886) > Badwell (1892)

Bordeaux

Link (1888)

Willington

Mount Carmel

Hester (1887)

Calhoun Falls (1892)

Dry Grove > Latimer (1892)

Lowndesville

Moseley (1888) > Barnes (1912)

Iva (1886) (aka Cooks Station)

Butlersville

Twiggs (1887) > Starr (1892)

Dean

Orr Station (1900s)

Anderson C.H. > Anderson (1895)



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