South Carolina Railroads - Passenger & Freight Lines




South Carolina Railroads - Passenger & Freight Lines

Name of Known Railroads Within South Carolina	AAR Reporting Mark	Year Chartered or Incorporated	Year Construction Complete	Original Length	Year Service Ended	Original Route Starting Point	Original Route Ending Point	Notes
Air Line Railroad		1856	Never	0 mi	1870	Atlanta, GA	Charlotte, NC	1856, chartered as the Air Line Railroad Company of South Carolina. Merged with the Georgia Air Line Railroad in 1870 to form the Atlanta & Richmond Air Line Railway. 1877, re-organized as the Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railroad.
Alcolu Railroad		1902	1903	32 mi	1936	Alcolu, SC	Olanta, SC
Anderson & Easley Railroad		1880	Never	--	1882	Anderson, SC	Easley, SC	1882, merged with two other SC railroads to become the French Broad & Atlantic Railroad.
Asheville & Spartanburg Railroad		1881	1881	23.2 mi	1895	Asheville, NC	Spartanburg, SC	Was the Spartanburg & Asheville Railroad. 1881-1894, managed by the Richmond & Danville Railroad. 1895, leased by Southern Railway. 1902, purchased by Southern Railway - Carolina Division.
Ashley River Railroad		1875	1877	4 mi	1901	Stono, SC	8-Mile T.O.	Operated by the Charleston & Savannah Railroad. 1901, consolidated into the Savannah, Florida & Western Railway. 1902, merged into Atlantic Coast Line Railraod.
Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railway		1877	1877	126.7 mi	1894	Atlanta, GA	Charlotte, NC	Was the Atlanta & Richmond Air Line Railway. 1881-1894, operated and managed by the Richmond & Danville Railroad system. 1894, leased by Southern Railway.
Atlanta & Richmond Air Line Railway		1870	1873	53 mi	1877	Atlanta, GA	Richmond, VA	A merger of the Air Line Railroad and the Georgia Air Line Railroad (never laid any tracks) - owned by the Richmond & Danville Railroad. Built 53 miles north from Atlanta. In bankruptcy in 1874, reorganized as the Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railway in 1877.
Atlantic & French Broad Railroad		1879	Never	--	1882	Belton, NC	Easley, SC	Was the unfinished Belton, Williamston & Easley Railroad. 1882, merged with two other SC railroads to become the French Broad & Atlantic Railroad.
Atlantic & Northwestern Railroad		1885	1887	--	1887	Union, SC	Rutherfordton, NC	Was the Union, Gaffney City & Rutherfordton Railroad. 1887, merged into the Georgia & Carolina Midland Railroad.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad		1900			1967			Formed in April 1900 with merger of NC, VA, and SC assets using same name already. Merged with Seaboard Air Line Railway in 1967 to form Seaboard Coast Line Railroad.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad of South Carolina	ACL	1897			1900			Owners of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad purchased the Wilmington & Manchester Railroad after the Civil War and they reorganized it as the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad. In 1871, they began marketing their two lines as the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The State of SC would not allow "foreign" companies to own RRs, so this new company had to be formed in SC in 1897. In 1900, it was allowed to merge into the overall Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Atlantic, Greenville & Western Railroad		1885	Never	--	1887	Port Royal, SC	Knoxville, TN	Was the Greenville & Port Royal Railroad. 1887, merged into the Carolina, Knoxville & Western Railway.
Augusta & Aiken Railway	AARY	1901	1902	23.6 mi	1929	Augusta, GA	Aiken, SC	Considered an "Inter-urban Railway," operated via electric power. 1907, company authorized to sell assets to the Augusta & Columbia Railway. Unclear if this actually happened.
Augusta & Knoxville Railroad		1880	1882	52 mi	1886	Augusta, GA	Greenwood, SC	Leased to the Port Royal & Augusta Railroad in 1883. A line from McCormick to Anderson was built by A&K in 1885. 1882, operated for a year as the Greenwood, Laurens & Spartanburg Railroad, then leased to A&K. Merged into the Port Royal & Western Carolina Railroad in 1886.
Augusta, Edgefield & Newberry Railroad		1885	1887	--	1887	Augusta, GA	Newberry, SC	Was the Augusta & Edgefield Railroad. 1887, merged into the Georgia & Carolina Midland Railroad.
Augusta, Knoxville & Greenwood Railroad		1877	Never	53 mi	1880	Augusta, GA	Greenwood, SC	Was the Greenwood & Augusta Railroad. 1880, re-organized as the Augusta & Knoxville Railroad.
Augusta Northern Railway		1910	1911	12 mi	1941	Ward, SC	Saluda, SC	Was the Newberry, Whitmire & Augusta Railroad.
Bamberg, Ehrhardt & Walterboro Railroad		1906	1913	40 mi	1915	Bamberg, SC	Ehrhardt, SC	1915, leased by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Barnwell Railway		1882	1882	9 mi	1891	Barnwell, SC	Blacksville, SC	Merged into the Carolina Midland Railway in 1891.
Beaufort Railroad		2006				Port Royal, SC	Yemassee, SC	Was the Port Royal Railroad #2. Not operational as yet.
Belton, Williamston & Easley Railroad		1878	Never	--	1879	Belton, SC	Easley, SC	1879, renamed to the Atlantic & French Broad Railroad.
Bennettsville & Cheraw Railroad		1887	Never	--	1891	Bennettsville, SC	Cheraw, SC	1891, consolidated into the Charleston, Sumter & Northern Railroad. 1895, Merged into Atlantic Coast Line.
Bennettsville & Cheraw Railroad #2		1902	1903	14 mi	c.1920	Kollock, SC	Brownsville, SC	Was the incomplete Bennettsville & Osborne Railroad.
Bennettsville & Osborne Railroad		1899	Never	--	1902	Bennettsville, SC	Osborne, SC	1902, renamed to the Bennettsville & Cheraw Railroad #2, with authorized route change in 1904.
Berkeley Railroad		1892	1893	8.4 mi	1906	Moncks Corner, SC	Chicora, SC	Original plan from Moncks Corner to Ferguson's.
Bishopville Railroad	BISC	1882	1887	19 mi	1891	Lucknow, SC	Elliott, SC	Owned by the Manchester & Augusta Railroad. 1891, re-organized as the South & North Carolina Railroad. 1897, part of Atlantic Coast Line of South Carolina.
Blackville & Alston Railroad	-	1885	Never	-	1886	Blackville, SC	Alston, SC	1886, renamed to Blackville, Alston & Newberry Railroad.
Blackville, Alston, & Newberry Railroad		1886	1888	34 mi	1895	Blackville, SC	Sievern, SC	Trackage rights were obtained from the Sievern and Knoxville Railroad to connect with Columbia in 1898. Re-organized into the financially unstable Greenwood, Anderson & Western Railroad, and it went bankrupt in 1895. The Carolina Midland Railroad purchased the Perry to Blackville line in 1898, whereas the Perry-Sievern section was acquired by the newly-formed Sievern & Knoxville Railroad that same year.
Blue Ridge Railway		1894			~1940	Anderson, SC	Walhalla, SC	Was the Blue Ridge Railroad, bought by Southern Railway in 1894 and reorganized as the Blue Ridge Railway.
Blue Ridge Railroad		1852	1859	37 mi	1894	Anderson, SC	Walhalla, SC	1859, leased by the Greenville & Columbia Railroad. 1880, leased by the Columbia & Greenville Railroad. 1894, bought by Southern Railways and re-organized as the Blue Ridge Railway. Later consolidated into Southern (when?). Assume ~1940.
Blue Ridge & Atlantic Railroad		1887	Never		Never	Savannah, GA	Knoxville, TN	Probably started as the Blue Ridge Railroad prior to the Civil War, it was never completed. Some track was laid and used, but acquired by others after it went bankrupt in 1892. Later became part of Tallulah Falls Railroad.
Branchville & Bowman Railroad		1890	1893	11 mi	1925	Branchville, SC	Bowman, SC	Was the Smoak Tramway. Started as logging line.
Branchville & Columbia Railroad		1835	1842	68 mi	1843	Branchville, SC	Columbia, SC	1837, acquired by the Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Railroad. 1843, merged into the South Carolina Railroad, retained its line name. Merged into Southern Railway 1899.
Buffalo Union-Carolina Railroad		1922	1900	19 mi	1971	Buffalo, SC	Union, SC	Was the Union & Glenn Springs Rail Road.
Camden & Branchville Railroad		1827	1848	37 mi	1899	Camden, SC	Gadsden, SC	Owned and operated by the South Carolina Railroad Company. Merged into Southern Railway 1899.
Carolina, Atlantic & Western Railway		1914	1914	43 mi	1915	Georgetown, SC	Lane, SC	1914, the merger of the North & South Carolina Railway, the Charleston Northern Railway, the South Carolina Western Railway, and the South Carolina Western Extension Railway. 1915, acquired the Georgetown & Western Railroad. Absorbed by Seaboard Air Line later in 1915. Built line from Andrews to Charleston in 1915. Also took control of the Charlotte, Monroe & Columbia Railroad in 1915 (McBee to Jefferson). In 1918 (as Seaboard Air Line) built a line from Charleston to Savannah to serve as an alternate route between those cities.
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway		1909	1909	14 mi	1924	NC/SC Line	Spartanburg, SC	Was the South & Western Railroad, changed its name in 1924 to the Clinchfield Railroad Corporation. 1908 added line from Marion, NC to Spartanburg, SC.
Carolina, Cumberland Gap & Chicago Railway		1882	1889	24 mi	1895	Aiken, SC	Edgefield, SC	1882, merger of four railroads. 1891, in receivership. 1895, re-organized as the Carolina & Cumberland Gap Railroad.
Carolina, Knoxville & Western Railway		1887	1888	23 mi	1897	Greenville, SC	Marietta, SC	Abandoned in 1897, resurrected as Greenville & Knoxville Railroad in 1899.
Carolina Midland Railway		1891	1891 1898	55 mi 39 mi	1895 1899	Barnwell, SC	Seivern, SC	Merger of the Barnwell Railroad and the Blackville, Alston & Newberry Railroad. 1891, CMR extended the Barnwell line to Allendale. 1895, re-organized as the Greenwood, Anderson & Western Railway. 1898, the bankrupt Greenwood, Anderson & Western Railway re-organized again, with one line reverting back to the Carolina Midland Railroad. 1899, pulled into Southern Railway.
Carolina Northern Railroad		1899	1901	40 mi	1902	NC/SC Line	Marion, SC	1902, in receivership. 1905, acquired by the Raleigh & Charleston Railroad.
Carolina Southern Railroad	CALA	1995		76.5 mi		Whiteville, NC	Mullins, SC	Purchased two lines from CSX in 1995.
Carolina Southern Railroad	CALA	1995		76.5 mi		Chadbourn, NC	Conway, SC	Purchased two lines from CSX in 1995.
Carolina & Cumberland Gap Railway		1895	1895	24 mi	1898	Aiken, SC	Edgefield, SC	Was the Carolina, Cumberland Gap & Chicago Railway. 1898, acquired by Southern Railway.
Carolina & Northwestern Railway		1895	1895	37 mi	1938	Chester, SC	NC/SC Line	1895, chartered in North Carolina. Originated as the Chester & Lenoir Narrow Guage Railroad and the Carolina Railroad, which merged in 1874, and when it went bankrupt in 1897 it was reorganized with this new name. This new railway gained control of the Caldwell & Northern Railway in 1905 and it was merged into the Carolina & Northwestern Railway in 1910. Went bankrupt in 1938. Absorbed by Southern Railway circa 1940
Carolina & Western Railroad		1902	1905	7 mi	1916	Fechtig, SC	Tillman, SC	Built to serve the W.F. Cummings Company.
Catawba Valley Railway		1906	1907	22 mi	1908	Great Falls, SC	Fort Lawn, SC	1908, merged into Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Central Railroad of South Carolina		1861	1882	40 mi	1897	Lane, SC	Sumter, SC	1878, acquired the incomplete Williamsburg Rail Road. Extended to Georgetown by 1882. When opened in 1882, considered part of the Atlantic Coast Line. 1897, consolidated into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad but not owned.
Central Railway of South Carolina		1906	1907	7 mi	1914 (?)	Heath Springs, SC	Stonesboro, SC	Relook at when reviewing 1915 annual report.
Charleston-Isle of Palms Traction Company	-	1913	1913	7.69 mi	1924	Charleston, SC	Isle of Palms, SC	Considered an "Interurban Railway" powered by electricity.
Charleston Southern Railway		1915	1915	33 mi	1915	Poston, SC	Andrews, SC	1915, acquired by Carolina, Atlantic & Western Railway, which merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railway in November of 1915.
Charleston & Hamburgh Railroad		1827	1830	136 mi	1899	Charleston, SC	Hamburgh, SC	Owned by the South Carolina Canal & Railroad Company. Merged into the South Carolina Railroad Company in 1843. Several sources claim this railroad retained it line name until merged into Southern Railway in 1894.
Charleston & Northern Railroad		1895	1895	75.6 mi	1895	St. Paul, SC	Sumter, SC	Was the bankrupt Charleston, Sumter & Northern Railroad. 1895, merged into the Wilson & Summerton Railroad. No longer retained its name.
Charleston & Savannah Railroad		1853	1856	94 mi	1866	Savannah, GA	Charleston, SC	1866, re-organized as the Savannah & Charleston Railroad. 1879, in receivership.1880, acquired by Plant Systems, and reorganized as Charleston & Savannah Railway. 1901, pulled into Plant's Savannah, Florida & Western Railway. 1902, acquired by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Charleston & Savannah Railway		1880	1880	94 mi	1901	Savannah, GA	Charleston, SC	Was the Savannah & Charleston Railroad, now owned by Plant Systems. 1901, acquired by Plant Systems' Savannah, Florida & Western Railway. 1902, merged into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Charleston & Western Carolina Railway		1896	1896	341 mi	1897	Augusta, GA	Spartanburg, SC	Acquired all assets of the Port Royal & Augusta Railroad and the Port Royal & Western Carolina Railroad in 1896, after SC deemed the GA company to be illegal in SC. Acquired by Atlantic Coast Line of SC in 1897.
Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad		1885	1887	107 mi	1896	NC/SC Line	Camden, SC	Was the Georgetown & North Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad. 1890, in receivership. 1893 bankruptcy, sold at auction to be reorganized as the Ohio River & Charleston Railway in 1896. Sold again in 1902 and renamed to the South & Western Railroad.
Charleston, Sumter & Northern Railroad		1888	1890	75.6 mi	1895	St. Paul, SC	Sumter, SC	Was the Eutawville Railroad. 1891, acquired the Bennettsville & Cheraw Railroad. Bankrupt in 1892. Re-organized and renamed to the Charleston & Northern Railroad in 1895.
Charlotte & South Carolina Railroad		1846	1852	84 mi	1869	Charlotte, NC	Columbia, SC	1869, re-organized as the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad.
Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad		1869	1869	177 mi	1878	Charlotte, NC	Augusta, GA	1869, the merger of the Charlotte & South Carolina Railroad and the Columbia & Augusta Railroad. Part of the Richmond & Danville Railroad system from 1878 to 1894, when it became part of Southern Railway.
Charlotte, Monroe & Columbia Railroad		1900	1903	18 mi	1915	McBee, SC	Jefferson, SC	1915, the Carolina, Atlantic & Western Railroad took control of this line. In November of 1915, merged into Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Cheraw & Chester Railroad		1873	1879	29 mi	1896	Cheraw, SC	Lancaster, SC	1896, re-organized as the Lancaster & Chester Railway.
Cheraw & Darlington Railroad		1849	1853	40 mi	1897	Cheraw, SC	Florence, SC	1882, considered part of the Atlantic Coast Line. Acquired the Cheraw & Salisbury Railroad 1892. Merged into the Atlantic Coast Line of SC in 1897.
Cheraw & Salisbury Railroad		1868	1868	9.5 mi	1892	Cheraw, SC	Wadesboro, NC	1882, considered part of the Atlantic Coast Line. 1892, acquired by the Cheraw & Darlington Railroad. Abandoned in the 1970s.
Chester & Lenoir Narrow Guage Railroad		1873	1876	35.75	1897	Chester, SC	Lenoir, NC	Merged with the Carolina Railroad in 1874, kept its name. 1897, re-organized as the Carolina & North-Western Railway in NC.
Chester, Greenwood & Abbeville Railroad		1885	Never	--	1886	Monroe, NC	Atlanta, GA	1886, re-organized as the Georgia, Carolina & Northern Railroad, which merged into Seaboard Air Line Railway in 1900.
Chesterfield & Kershaw Railroad		1889	1900	48 mi	1899	Cheraw, SC	Camden, SC	1899, acquired by Raleigh & Gaston Railroad, a North Carolina company. 1900, acquired by Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Chesterfield & Lancaster Railroad		1887	1901	32.4 mi	1941	Cheraw, SC	Pageland, SC	Never made it to Lancaster County - ran out of money. Owned and operated by Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Cincinnati & Charleston Railroad		1835	Never		1836			After Kentucky got involved, the name was changed to the Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Railroad in 1836.
Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap & Charleston Railroad			1867		~1883	Cincinnati, OH	Charleston, SC	Acquired by the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Company (when?) (~1883)
Clinchfield Railroad	CRR	1924	1924	14 mi	1980s	NC/SC Line	Spartanburg, SC	Originally chartered as the Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad in 1886. 1893 sold by bond-holders to the Ohio River & Charleston Railroad, which reorganized in 1902 as the South & Western Railroad, and in 1908 changed its name to the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad. In 1924 it again reorganized with the final name of the Clinchfield Railroad Corporation. Ultimately bought by CSX Transporation, Inc.
Colleton County Railroad	CCYR	1986			1988	H&B Junction	Walterboro, SC	Acquired several short lines from CSX in 1986. Merged into Hampton & Branchville Railroad in 1988
Colleton County Railroad	CCYR	1986			1988	H&B Junction	Canadys, SC
Columbia & Augusta Railroad		1863	1869	75 mi	1869	Columbia, SC	Augusta, GA	1869, merged with the Charlotte & South Carolina Railroad into the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad.
Columbia & Greenville Railroad		1880	1880	163 mi	1894	Columbia, SC	Greenville, SC	Was the Greenville & Columbia Railroad. <1890, leased by Richmond & Danville Railroad. 1894, acquired by Southern Railway.
Columbia & Sumter Railroad		1866	1870	45 mi	1870	Columbia, SC	Sumter C.H., SC	1870, acquired by the Wilmington & Carolina Railroad. 1887, became the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad. 1897, merged into the Atlantic Coast Line.
Columbia, Newberry & Laurens Railroad	CN&L RR	1886	1891	75 mi	1924	Columbia, SC	Laurens, SC	1885, originated as the Newberry & Laurens Rail Road. Dec. 24, 1886, name changed to the Columbia, Newberry & Laurens Rail Road. 1896, merged in the Laurens Railroad/Railway. 1924, merged into the Atlantic Coast Line.
Conway Seashore Railroad		1899	1900	15 mi	1904	Conway, SC	Myrtle Beach, SC	aka Conway & Seashore Railroad. aka Conway & Seacoast Railroad. 1904, changed name to Conway, Coast & Western Railroad. 1912, acquired by Atlantic Coast Line.
Conway, Coast & Western Railroad		1904	1904	15 mi	1910	Myrtle Beach, SC	Aynor, SC	Was the Conway & Seacoast Railroad. 1910, acquired by Atlantic Coast Line. 1984, acquired from CSX by the Horry County Railroad. Renamed to the Waccamaw Coast Line in 1987. Tracks continue to exist, but not in operations.
CSX Transportation, Inc.	CSXT	1986	1986	--	Still Ops.	--	--	Renaming of Seaboard Coast Line Railroad when it merged with Chessie System Railroad.
Due West Railway		1907	1907	5 mi	1939	Due West, SC	Donalds, SC
East Cooper & Berkeley Railroad	ECBR	1977	1978	17 mi		Cordesville, SC	Charity Ch, SC	Owned by the SC Public Railways Commission.
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad/Railway		1869	1883 in SC		1894			~1883, acquired the Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap & Charleston Railroad. 1894 became part of Southern Railway.
Edgefield Branch Railroad		1874	Never	--	1879	Edgefield, SC	Trenton, SC	1879, assets assigned to the Edgefield, Trenton & Aiken Railroad. 1882, ET&A merged into the French Broad & Atlantic Railroad.
Edgefield, Trenton & Aiken Railroad		1879	Never	--	1882	Edgefield, SC	Aiken, SC	Was the Edgefield Branch Railroad. 1882, merged with two other SC railroads to become the French Broad & Atlantic Railroad.
Edgmoor & Manetta Railway	EM	1902	1903	2.5 mi	1975	Edgemoor, SC	Manetta Mill, SC	Owned/operated by Manetta Mills.
Eutawville Railroad		1884	1887	36.5 mi	1889	Creston, SC	Eutawville, SC	Owned by the Manchester & Augusta Railroad. 1889, re-organized and renamed as the Charleston, Sumter & Northern Railroad. 1895, re-organized and renamed as the Charleston & Northern Railroad. Merged into Atlantic Coast Line in 1897.
Fayetteville & Florence Railroad		1875	Never	0	1881	Fayetteville, NC	Florence, SC	First owned by Wilmington & Weldon Railroad. Acquired by the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad in 1881. aka the Florence Railroad. Survey and layout completed, but no track laid under this name.
Fayetteville Cutoff		1885	1892	50 mi	<1900	Fayetteville, NC	Pee Dee, SC	Built by Atlantic Coast Line, which owned the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad in 1894, owner of the South Carolina & Pacific Railroad (complete 1884). Wilson-Fayetteville completed in 1886. Fayetteville-Florence completed in 1892. Partially abandoned in 1899 - Fayetteville to Parkton - rest intact for 60 years. Merged into Atlantic Coast Line before 1900.
Florence Railroad		1882	1888	24.5 mi	1898	NC/SC Line	Florence, SC	1888, considered to be a part of the Atlantic Coast Line when line was opened. 1898, merged into the Atlantic Coast Line of South Carolina.
Florida Central & Peninsular Railway		1889	1894	136 mi	1900	Camden, SC	Augusta, GA	1894, leased the South Bound Railroad in 1894. 1900, merged into Seaboard Air Line Railway.
French Broad & Atlantic Railroad		1882	Never	-	1882	Aiken, SC	Edgefield, SC	Chartered in February 1882 as the merger of three SC railroads. October 1882, renamed to the Carolina, Cumberland Gap & Chicago Railroad.
Georgetown-Pawleys Island Railroad		1902	1902	4 mi	1950s	Hagley Landing	Pawleys Island	Owned by the Atlantic Coast Lumber Company. Not sure when closed down. Assume the 1950s.
Georgetown & Lanes Railroad		1881	1883	43 mi	1887	Georgetown, SC	Lane, SC	1887, renamed to Georgetown & Western Railroad.
Georgetown & North Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad		1878	Never	--	1885	Georgetown, SC	NC/SC State Line	1882, "narrow gauge" in named dropped by SC Legislature. 1885, re-organized as the Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad.
Georgetown & Western Railroad	GWRR	1887	1887	43 mi	1915	Georgetown, SC	Lane, SC	Started out as Georgetown & Lanes Railroad. 1915, acquired by Carolina, Atlantic & Western Railway.
Georgia, Carolina & Northern Railroad		1886	1888	137 mi	1899	Monroe, NC	Atlanta, GA	Was the Chester, Greenwood & Abbeville Railroad. 1888, considered to be a part of the new Seaboard Air Line Railway system that was not fully mature as yet. 1899 merged into the Raleigh & Gaston Rail Road, a North Carolina Company. 1900, merged into the Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Georgia & Carolina Midland Railroad		1887	1887	--	1887	--	--	1887, merged into the Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad.
Georgia & Florida Railway/Railroad	GF	1906	1929	58 mi	1963	N. Augusta, SC	Greenwood, SC	1906 - Railway. 1926 - Railroad. Acquired by Southern Railway in 1963. 1929 made it to Greenwood, SC.
Glenn Springs Railroad		1884	1894	10 mi	1911	Glenn Springs, SC	Roebuck, SC	Charter amended four times to provide more time for construction. 1911, line abandoned.
Green Pond, Walterboro & Branchville Railroad		1882	1887	14 mi	1900	Green Pond, SC	Walterboro, SC	Merged with Walterborough & Western Railroad in 1900 to form the Green Pond, Walterborough & Branchville Railroad.
Green Pond, Walterborough & Branchville Railroad		1900	1900	40 mi	1901	Green Pond, SC	Ehrhardt, SC	1900, the merger of the Green Pond, Walterboro & Branchville Railroad and the Walterborough & Western Railroad. Owned and operated by Plant Systems. 1901, acquired by the Savannah, Florida & Western Railroad. 1902, merged into the Atlantic Coast Line.
Greenville & Columbia Railroad		1845	1854	142 mi	1880	Greenville, SC	Columbia, SC	1870, acquired the Union & Spartanburg Railroad. 1880, re-organized as the Columbia & Greenville Railroad.
Greenville & French Broad Railroad		1855	Never	0	Never	Greenville, SC	Asheville, NC	Due to increasing costs and the Civil War, this railroad was never completed in this name. 1874, this RR was merged into the Spartanburg & Asheville Rail Road.
Greenville & Knoxville Railroad		1899	1899	26.6 mi	1914	Greenville, SC	River Falls, SC	Acquired the Carolina, Knoxville & Western Railroad in 1899 after it was abandoned in 1897. In 1914, again reorganized as the Greenville & Western Railroad.
Greenville & Laurens Railroad		1878	1882	36 mi	1886	Greenville, SC	Laurens, SC	1886, merged into the Port Royal & Western Carolina Railroad. 1896, PR&WC re-organized as the Charleston & Western Carolina Railroad. 1897, merged into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad of SC.
Greenville & Northern Railroad	GRN	1920		23 mi	1997	Greenville, SC	River Falls, SC	Was the Greenville & Western Railroad. Bought by South Carolina Central Railroad in 1997.
Greenville & Port Royal Railroad		1882	Never	--	1885	Port Royal, SC	Greenville, SC	1885, name changed to the Atlantic, Greenville & Western Railroad.
Greenville & Western Railway	GRLW	2006				Pelzer, SC	Belton, SC	Spun off by CSX in 2006.
Greenville & Western Railroad		1914	1914	26.6 mi	1920	Greenville, SC	River Falls, SC	Was the Greenville & Knoxville Railroad. Renamed to Greenville & Northern Railroad in 1920.
Greenville, Laurens & Spartanburg Railroad		1885			1886	McCormick, SC	Anderson, SC	Savannah Valley Railroad bought by the Central Railroad & Banking Company of Georgia in 1885, who operated it for a year under this name, then leased it to the Augusta & Knoxville Railroad. Subsequently, merged into a newer Port Royal & Western Carolina Railroad, also owned by CRR&B.
Greenville, Spartanburg & Anderson Railroad		1910	1910		1914	Greenville, SC	Greenwood, SC	1914 merged into the Piedmont & Northern Railway.
Greenwood & Augusta Railroad		1872	Never	-	1877	Augusta, GA	Greenwood, SC	1877, re-organized as the Augusta, Knoxville & Greenwood Railroad.
Greenwood, Anderson & Western Railway		1895	1895	55 mi	1898	Seivern, SC	Allendale, SC	Was the Carolina Midland Railroad. 1897, in receivership. 1898, one line re-organized as the Seivern & Knoxville Railroad. 1898, one line reverted back to being the Carolina Midland Railroad.
Greenwood, Laurens & Spartanburg Railroad		1880	1885	65 mi	1886	Greenwood, SC	Spartanburg, SC	1886, the 225-mile PR&WC was created by the merger of the Augusta & Knoxville Railroad, the Savannah Valley Railroad, the Greenville & Laurens Railroad, and the Greenwood, Laurens & Spartanburg Railroad. It was controlled by the Central of Georgia, which had financed the constituent lines.
Hampton & Branchville Railroad	HB	1889	1895	45 mi	Still Ops	Hampton, SC	Canadys, SC	1899, renamed to the North & South Short Line Railway. Apparently negated and never took this name.
Hartsville Railroad	HRR	1884	1889	11 mi	1895	Hartsville, SC	Floyd, SC	1895, acquired by the Cheraw & Darlington Railroad. 1897, merged into Atlantic Coast Line of SC.
Horry County Railroad	HCYR	1984	1984	15 mi	1987	Conway, SC	Myrtle Beach, SC	Bought from CSX by the county. Originally, the Conway Seashore Railroad then the Conway, Coast & Western Railroad. Sold to Waccamaw Coast Line in 1987.
International Paper Company Railroad	IPCX			5 mi		Sampit, SC	Moyd, SC
Kings Mountain Railroad		1848	1852	23 mi	1873	Chester, SC	Yorkville, SC	1873, merged into the Chester & Lenoir Narrow Guage Railroad
Lancaster & Chester Railway	LC	1896	1896	29 mi	Still Ops	Lancaster, SC	Chester, SC	Was the Cheraw & Chester Railroad. Additional track purchased in 2001, for a total of 60 miles of track.
Laurens Railroad / Railway		1847	1855	31.4 mi	1896	Laurens, SC	Newberry, SC	On 1855 map of SC. 1896, merged into the Columbia, Newberry & Laurens Railroad. 1924, merged into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Lockhart Railroad		1899	1900	14 mi	1900	Olney, SC	Lockhart, SC	1900, part of Southern Railway.
Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Railroad		1836	1842	68 mi	1843	Branchville, SC	Columbia, SC	Merged into the South Carolina Railroad Company in 1843. The other states failed to act, so only in SC. Line from Columbia to Camden (37 mi) opened in 1848 - was called the Branchville & Columbia Railroad.
Manchester & Augusta Railroad		1870	1889	19 mi	1897	Sumter, SC	Denmark, SC	1889, considered part of the Atlantic Coast Line. 1898, merged into the Atlantic Coast Line of SC.
Marion County Railroad	MNCY							No info available.
Marion & Southern Railroad	-	1907	1908	20 mi	1937	Marion, SC	Bennettsville, NC	1912, Raleigh & Charleston Railroad acquired control of this line. 1937, line abandoned.
Newberry & Laurens Railroad	-	1885	Never	-	1886	Newberry, SC	Laurens, SC	December 24, 1886, name changed to Columbia, Newberry & Laurens Railroad.
Newberry, Whitmire & Augusta Railroad		1906	Never	-	1910	Whitmire, SC	Augusta, GA	1910, name changed to the Augusta Northern Railroad.
Norfolk Southern Railway	NS	1982						1982 merger of Southern Railway with Norfolk & Western Railroad.
North & South Carolina Railroad / Railway		1899	1909	75 mi	1914	Gibson, NC	Poston, SC	1908, re-organized as the North & South Carolina Railway. 1909, Gibson, NC to Dillon, SC, Mullins later in 1909, to Poston by 1911. 1910, took over line from Hamlet to Gibson. 1914, merged into the Carolina, Atlantic & Western Railroad. 1915, merged into Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Northeastern Railroad		1851	1856	31.4 mi	1897	Charleston, SC	Florence, SC	1882, considered part of the Atlantic Coast Line. Acquired by Atlantic Coast Line of South Carolina in 1898.
Northwestern Railroad of South Carolina		1899	1899	30 mi	1935	Wilson, SC	Summerton, SC	Was the Wilson & Summerton Railroad. 1901, with help from the Atlantic Coast Line, it extended operations from Sumter to Camden.
						St. Paul, SC	Sumter, SC
						Sumter, SC	Camden, SC
Ohio River & Charleston Railway		1896	1896	110 mi	1902	Blacksburg, SC	Camden, SC	Was the Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad. 1899, re-organized as the South Carolina & Georgia Extension Railroad.
Orangeburg Railway		1911	1912	17 mi	1920	Orangeburg, SC	North, SC	-
Palmetto Railroad / Railway		1882	1887	18 mi	1900	Hamlet, NC	Cheraw, SC	1887, leased by the Raleigh & Augusta Air Line Railway, and considered to be part of the new Seaboard Air Line Railway system, which was not yet fully mature. 1895, re-organized as Palmetto Railway. 1900, acquired by Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Paroda Railroad		1906	1908	5 mi	1930	Durwood, SC	Lanes, SC	Primarily a logging line, but also a passenger line.
Pee Dee River Railroad	PDRR	1982		20 mi		McColl, SC	Bennettsville, SC	Subsidiary of the Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad, which acquired this line from Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in 1982.
Pee Dee River Railroad	PDRR	1982		20 mi		McColl, SC	Marlboro Mills
Piedmont & Northern Railway		1910	1911	89 mi	1969	Spartanburg, SC	Greenwood, SC	1969, merged into the Seaboard Coast Line.
Piedmont & Northern Railway		1910	1911	12 mi	1969	Belton, SC	Anderson, SC	1969, merged into the Seaboard Coast Line.
Pickens Railroad / Railway	PRR	1890	1898	8.5 mi	Still Ops	Easley, SC	Olenoy Gap, SC	Only 8.5 miles built, ended at Pickens. Second line from Anderson to Honea Path (28.5 mi) acquired from Norfolk Southern in 1990.
Pickens Railroad / Railway	PRR	1890	1898	8.5 mi	Still Ops	Anderson, SC	Honea Path, SC
Plant System	-	1879	1880 in SC		1902	-	-	Purchased several SC railroads in the 1880s. Acquired by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1902.
Port Royal Railroad	PRYL	1857	1870	111.5 mi	1878	Port Royal, SC	Augusta, GA	Control went to the Georgia Railroad in May 1873, failed in November 1873, and sold in 1878 to the new Port Royal & Augusta Railroad.
Port Royal Railroad #2	PRYL	1985			2006	Port Royal, SC	Yemassee, SC	Saved by SC State Ports Authority for local interests, opened and managed by SC Public Railways Commission until 2006, when it was purchased by a private owner and renamed the Beaufort Railroad Company.
Port Royal & Augusta Railroad		1878	1878	111.5 mi	1896	Port Royal, SC	Augusta, GA	Was the Port Royal Railroad. 1896, acquired by the Charleston & Western Carolina Railway. 1897, merged into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad of South Carolina.
Port Royal & Western Carolina Railway		1886	1886	217 mi	1896	Augusta, GA Greenwood, SC McCormick, SC Greenville, SC	Greenwood, SC Spartanburg, SC Anderson, SC Laurens, SC	1886, the merger of three RRs owned in SC by the Georgia Railroad and Bank Company - the Augusta & Knoxville Railroad, the Greenwood, Laurens & Spartanburg Railroad, the Greenville & Laurens Railroad - plus the Savannah Valley Railroad owned in SC. 1896, all SC assets re-organized as the Charleston & Western Carolina Railway. 1897, the Atlantic Coast Line of SC gained control.
Port Terminal Railroad	PRT	1976		1 mi		Charleston, SC	Charleston, SC
Port Utilities Commission Railroad	PUCC	1976		4 mi		Charleston, SC	Charleston, SC
Raleigh & Augusta Air Line Railroad		1871	1877	18 mi	1900	NC/SC Line	Cheraw, SC	This North Carolina railroad never built any tracks in South Carolina. 1887, leased the Palmetto Railroad, which provided the first entry of the Seaboard Air Line Railway sytem into South Carolina..
Raleigh & Charleston Railroad		1905	1905	40 mi	1911	NC/SC Line	Marion, SC	Was the Carolina Northern Railroad. 1911, purchased by the Seaboard Air Line Railway. Line abandoned in 1941 (?).
Raleigh & Gaston Railroad		1835	1840	--	1900	Raleigh, NC	Gaston, NC	1899, acquired the Chesterfield & Kershaw Railroad and the Georgia, Carolina & Northern Railway in South Carolina. Never built any tracks in South Carolina. 1900, merged into the Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Richmond & Danville Railroad		1847	1870		1894			Owned the Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railroad, Atlanta & Richmond Air Line Railroad, Charlotte, and Columbia & Augusta Railroad. In South Carolina from 1870 to 1894, when it was merged into Southern Railway.
Rockingham Railroad		1910	1911	15 mi	1922	NC/SC Line	Breeden, SC	1922, acquired by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Rockton & Rion Railroad			1897	11.5 mi	1978	Rockton, SC	Rion, SC	1967, the Heyward family sold the line to Martin Marrietta Aggregate, which ceased its operations in 1978. In 1984, they donated it to the South Carolina Railroad Museum, Inc., who renamed it the Rockton, Rion & Western Rail Road (RRWX).
Savannah & Charleston Railroad		1866	1869	94 mi	1880	Charleston, SC	Savannah, GA	Was the Charleston & Savannah Railroad. 1879, in receivership. 1880, acquired by Plant Systems and re-organized as the Charleston & Savannah Railway.
Savannah, Florida & Western Railway		1879	1880	138 mi	1902	Charleston, SC Ehrhardt, SC 8-Mile T.O	Savannah, GA Green Pond, SC Stono, SC	Owned and operated by Plant Systems. 1901, acquired the Ashley River Railroad, the Charleston & Savannah Railway, and the Green Pond, Walterborough & Branchville Railroad. 1902, acquired by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Savannah River Site Railroad			1950s	~20 mi		SRS	Dunbarton, SC
Savannah Valley Railroad		1854 / 1878	1885	53 mi	1886	Anderson, SC	McCormick, SC	Built by the Augusta & Knoxville Railroad in 1885. Operated for one year as the Greenville, Laurens & Spartanburg Railroad. In 1886, merged into the Port Royal & Western Carolina Railroad. 1896, PR&WC merged into the Charleston & Western Carolina Railway. 1897, merged into Atlantic Coast Line.
Seaboard Air Line Railway	SAL	1887	1887	60 mi	1967	--	--	In 1946, renamed to Seaboard Air Line Railroad. In 1967, merged with Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to form Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, which was acquired by CSX Transportation, Inc.
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad	SCL	1967			1982			Merger of Seaboard Air Line Railroad and Atlantic Coast Line. Renamed Seaboard Systems Railroad in 1982 when it acquired the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. In 1986, renamed to CSX Transporation, Inc.
Seivern & Knoxville Railroad		1898	1898	9 mi	1899	Perry, SC	Seivern, SC	1898, acquired the Perry-Seivern segment from the bankrupt Greenwood, Anderson & Western Railway. 1899, taken over by Southern Railway.
Smoak Tramway		1884	1884		1890	Smoak Mill	Branchville, SC	Owned by E.T.R. Smoak. He upgraded his logging line in 1890 and chartered the Branchville & Bowman Railroad.
South & North Carolina Railroad		1891	1891	19 mi	1896	Lucknow, SC	Elliott, SC	Was the Bishopville Railroad. 1896, acquired by the Manchester & Augusta Railroad and considered to be a part of the Atlantic Coast Line.
South & Western Railroad		1908	Never	--	1909	Spartanburg, SC	NC/SC Line	1909, name changed to the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway of South Carolina.
South Bound Railroad	SBRR	1882	1891	106 mi	1894	Columbia, SC	Denmark, SC	1894, leased by Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad. 1900, extended line from Columbia to Camden to join up with Seaboard Air Line's Chesterfield & Kershaw Railroad. 1900, acquired by Seaboard Air Line Railway.
South Bound Railroad	SBRR	1882	1891	106 mi	1894	Columbia, SC	Camden, SC
South Carolina & Georgia Railroad		1894	1894	284 mi	1898	Charleston, SC	Hamburgh, SC	Was the South Carolina Railway Company. 1898, acquired by the Southern Railway. 1902, pulled into its Carolina Division.
South Carolina & Georgia Extension Railroad		1899	1899	117 mi	1902	NC/SC Line	Camden, SC	Was the Ohio River & Charleston Railroad. 1902, acquired by Southern Railway - Carolina Division.
South Carolina Central Railway	SCRF	1987		90 mi		Cheraw, SC	Society Hill, SC	Acquired two lines from CSX in 1987 and a third line in 1990.
						Florence, SC	Bishopville, SC
						Laurens, SC	E. Greenville, SC
South Carolina Pacific Railway	SCP RR	1882	1884	5 mi	1892	Bennettsville, SC	NC/SC Line	1884, leased to the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railway of North Carolina. 1892, leased by the Atlantic Coast Line. 1983, merged into the Seaboard Coast Line, this railroad was dissolved.
South Carolina Railroad		1843	1843	243 mi	1881	Charleston, SC	Hamburgh, SC	The merger of the South Carolina Canal & Railroad Company and the Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Railroad. 1879, in receivership. 1881, re-organized in as the South Carolina Railway.
South Carolina Railway		1881	1881	243 mi	1894	Charleston, SC	Hamburgh, SC	Was the South Carolina Railroad. 1889, in receivership, it was re-organized (again) in 1894 as the South Carolina & Georgia Railroad. 1898, acquired by the Southern Railway.
South Carolina Western Railway		1910	1910	26.5 mi	1914	Darlington, SC	McBee, SC	1910, line opened with 16 miles of track. McBee to Florence 1911, to Sumter, to Timmonsville by 1912. 1914, completed line from Florence to Poston (Pee Dee) to connect to Georgetown & Western RR. 1914, merged into the Carolina, Atlantic & Western Railroad.
Southern Railway		1894			1982			1894 merger of the Richmond & Danville Railroad and the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad. 1982, merged with Norfolk & Western Railway to form the Norfolk Southern Railway, as response to CSX Transportation's many mergers and growth.
Spartanburg & Asheville Railroad		1872	1879	23.2 mi	1881	Spartanburg, SC	Hendersonville, NC	1855, originally chartered in as the Greenville & French Broad Railroad, due to anticipated costs it was never started due to Civil War. 1881, re-organized as the Asheville & Spartanburg Railroad, managed by the Richmond & Danville Railroad from 1881 to 1895. 1895, leased by Southern Railway. 1902, acquired by Southern Railway.
Spartanburg & Union Railroad		1847	1855	68 mi	1878	Spartanburg, SC	Alston, SC	1878, re-organized as the Spartanburg, Union & Columbia Railroad.
Spartanburg, Union & Columbia Railroad		1878	1878	68 mi	1894	Spartanburg, SC	Alston, SC	Was the Spartanburg & Union Railroad. 1881-1894, part of the Richmond & Danville Railroad System. 1894, acquired by Southern Railway.
Summerville & St. John's Railroad					1897	Summerville, SC	St. Johns, SC	Acquired by Atlantic Coast Line of South Carolina in 1897. Cannot find on any maps.
Summerville & St. John's Railroad					1897	Summerville, SC	(?)
Sumter & Wateree River Railroad	S&WR RR	1898	1899	16 mi	1899	Middleton, SC	Sumter, SC	Built and owned by the South Carolina & Georgia Railroad. This RR started out as the Sumter & Wateree RR in 1882, and it struggled with several amended charters to grant more time for construction.
Union & Glenn Springs Railroad		1899	1900	22 mi	1922	Union, SC	Glenn Springs, SC	1905, in receivership. 1922, re-organized as the Buffalo Union-Carolina Railroad.
Waccamaw Coast Line Railroad	WCLR	1987	1987	15 mi	1990s	Conway, SC	Myrtle Beach, SC	Was the Horry County Railroad.
Walterborough & Western Railroad		1894	1896	26 mi	1900	Walterboro, SC	Ehrhardt, SC	1900, along with the Green Pond, Walterboro & Branchville Railroad, merged into the Green Pond, Walterborough & Branchville Railroad.
Ware Shoals Railroad		1908	1908	5.2 mi	1985	Ware Shoals, SC	Shoals Junction, SC	Built by Southern Railway in 1908. 1985, operations ceased. Track removed 1987.
Williamsburg Railroad		1876	Never	-	1878	Lanes, SC	Sumter, SC	1878, acquired by Central Railroad of South Carolina.
Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad		1887	1870	124 mi	1897	Wilmington, NC	Columbia, SC	Was the Wilmington & Carolina Railroad. Never reached Augusta. 1871, with the North Carolina Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, created the Atlantic Coast Line. 1897, merged into the Atlantic Coast Line of SC.
Wilmington & Carolina Railroad		1870	1870	124 mi	1870	Wilmington, NC	Manchester, SC	Was the Wilmington & Manchester Railroad. 1870, renamed to the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad. Legislative Act did not confirm until 1887.
Wilmington & Conway Railroad		1895	1895	25.1 mi.	1896	NC/SC Line	Conway, SC	Simply a renaming of the Wilmington, Chadbourn & Conway Railroad. 1896, acquired by the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad. 1897, merged into Atlantic Coast Line of SC.
Wilmington & Manchester Railroad		1846	1854	124 mi	1870	Wilmington, NC	Manchester, SC	1870, re-organized as the Wilmington & Carolina Railroad. 1887, re-organized as the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad.
Wilmington, Chadbourn & Conway Railroad		1885	1887	25.1 mi	1895	NC/SC Line	Conway, SC	Was the unfinished Wilmington, Chadbourn & Conwayborough Railroad. 1895, re-organized as the Wilmington & Conway Railroad. 1897, merged into Atlantic Coast Line of SC.
Wilson & Summerton Railroad		1888	1889	21.5 mi	1899	Wilson, SC	Summerton, SC	W&S also used tracks of CS&N RR. 1895, merged in the Charleston & Northern Railroad. 1896, considered to be part of the Atlantic Coast Line. 1899, renamed to the Northwestern Railroad of South Carolina. 1901, officially merged into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.