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+ 1902 - Merged into Southern Railway - Carolina Division. | |||||
* 1895 - Leased by Southern Railway on November 11, 1895. | |||||
+ 1895 - February 15th, sold at foreclosure. | |||||
Was the Spartanburg & Asheville Railroad. Managed by Richmond & Danville Railroad during its existence. | |||||
Upon reorganization of the Spartanburg & Asheville Railroad into this new company, construction proceeded quite steadily from Hendersonville to Asheville. The first track laid was 5-foot broad gauge, but by 1890 all track was replaced with standard guage steel rails. In 1886, this line finally joined with the Western North Carolina Railroad at Asheville Junction in the small community called Best Station, renamed to Best, then renamed to Biltmore. | |||||
From the 1st Annual Report of the North Carolina Railroad Commission, dated December 31, 1891: Road opened to Hendersonville, NC, June 1st, 1879. Sold under
foreclosure April 4th, 1881, and reorganized under present name.
Road completed from Hendersonville to Asheville, twenty-one miles,
and opened for business July 13th, 1886, under management of
the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company. Chairman of the Board---------------- Joseph Walker -----------------------
Spartanburg, SC. |
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Towns on Route (in NC): NC/SC State Line Tryon City > Tryon (1891) Motor (1899) > Rockliff (1906) > Mimosa (1919) Saluda Coleman > Green River #2 (1882) > Zirconia (1890) East Flat Rock (1908) Flat Rock Hendersonville Balfour (1893) Hilgirt (1885) Naples (1901) Brickton (1909) Shufordsville > Fletcher (1886) Arden (1878) Skyland (1889) Busbee Buena Vista (1891) Best > Bilton (1890) > Biltmore (1890) Asheville |
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