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The South Carolina Rail Road Company was a railroad company that operated in South Carolina from 1843 to 1894, when it was succeeded by the Southern Railway.It was formed in 1844 by the merger of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company (SCC&RR) into the Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad Company.
Seaboard System Railroad: South Carolina Terminal Company: ACL/ SOU: 1893 1903 Charleston Terminal Company: South Carolina Western Railway: SAL: 1910 1914 North and South Carolina Railway: South Carolina Western Extension Railway: SAL: 1913 1914 North and South Carolina Railway: South and North Carolina Railroad: ACL: 1892 1896 Manchester and ...
The South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company was a railroad in South Carolina that operated independently from 1830 to 1844. One of the first railroads in North America to be chartered and constructed, it provided the first steam-powered, scheduled passenger train service in the United States.
The system was originally chartered in 1854 as the Charleston and Savannah Railroad.The C&S RR established and operated a 120-mile (190 km) 5 ft (1,524 mm) [1] gauge rail line from Charleston, South Carolina, to Savannah, Georgia, connecting two of the most important port cities in the antebellum southeastern United States.
The Blue Ridge Railway was a 19th-century railroad in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was originally chartered in 1852 as the Blue Ridge Railroad of South Carolina . Original plans were for a 195-mile line from Anderson, South Carolina , to Knoxville, Tennessee going through the mountains with as many as 13 tunnels including the incomplete ...
The Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad began in 1852 and operated until 1869, when it was absorbed by Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. The line ran between Charlotte, North Carolina and Columbia, South Carolina. It was the first carrier to serve Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
This category includes railroads that operate or have operated in South Carolina. For a more complete list, see List of South Carolina railroads . Subcategories
Pages in category "Defunct South Carolina railroads" The following 185 pages are in this category, out of 185 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .