Abandoned Railroads: South Carolina

Duncan area spur near substation

McColl to Fayetteville

1913 Clemson-Seneca realignment

Bell station (approximate)
A depot on the Augusta Northern railroad. Plans for a town fell through apparently.Reference to Bell:  Another reference to Bell: http://www.abandonedrails.com/Ward_to_Saluda

Pacolet depot

Pacolet Mill Y

to Great Falls mills.

Glenn Springs depot

Stone Station location
refueling station for the Glenn Springs Railroad

Due West Depot

Due West Railway

Rockton and Rion Railroad

Richland realignment

Green Pond to Stokes
Based on USGS quad maps 1943 Green Pond, 1943 Walterboro.
About this railroad:
- Cottageville to Stokes at Abandoned Railroads (stub)

Timmonsville to Lydia
Based on satellite.
About this railroad:
- Lydia to Timmonsville at Abandoned Rails

Timmonsville depot line

Timmonsville depot

Sumter to Florence
Based on satellite.
A part of the former railroad is now the Florence Rail Trail.
About this railroad:
- Sumter to Mullins at Abandoned Rails

PeeDee to Mullins
Based on satellite. About this railroad:
- Sumter to Mullins at Abandoned Rails

Timmonsville loop

Marion, SC to Lumberton, NC
Based on a 1931 Dillon County soil map, satellite, and the Abandoned Rails route from the link below.
- Marion to Lumberton at Abandoned Rails.

Moncks Corner to Chicora (New England City) (incomplete)

Moncks Corner Depot

McBee to Jefferson
Based on 1914 Chesterfield County soil map, USGS quad maps 1968 Jefferson, 1941 Spartanburg (1x2).

Orangeburg to North
Based on USGS quad maps 1946 Orangeburg, 1946 St. Matthews, a 1913 Orangeburg County (western half) soil map, a 1915 Sanborn Fire Insurance map.
The route from North Air Field into North is only a rough approximation based on the 1913 soil map. North Air Field obliterated the features needed to make an accurate map in this area. About this railroad:
- Orangeburg to North to Abandoned Rails
- Orangeburg Railroad at Joe's SC Railroads Research Page
- Orangeburg Railway at Carolana

North depot

North Air Field
North Air Field makes finding the exact railroad right-of-way in this area impossible even with a 1913 soil map as a guide.

Yemassee to Port Royal
Followed satellite and Google Maps. Rails just recently taken up.
- Port Royal to Yemassee at Abandoned Rails

Port Royal spur

Ravenel to Yonges Island
Based on USGS quad map 1960 Wadmalaw Island and satellite.
About the railroad:
- Ravenel to Yonges Island at Abandoned Rails

Cold Point realignment

Meggett to Goshen
Based on USGS quad map 1960 Wadmalaw Island and satellite.
About the railroad:
- Ravenel to Yonges Island at Abandoned Rails

Meggett to Hollywood
Based on USGS quad map 1960 Wadmalaw Island and satellite.
About the railroad:
- Ravenel to Yonges Island at Abandoned Rails

E. Spartanburg to Clifton
Based on 1921 soil map of Spartanburg County. Gone from the 1947 USGS quad map of Spartanburg. This was the Spartanburg Railway, Gas and Electric Company line.
The line extended on from Clifton to the mills.
- Spartanburg chapter of Palmetto Traction at GlendaleSC.com

Abandoned spur in Hickory Grove

Florence to Pamlico
Based on USGS quad maps 1946 Johnsonville, 1946 Hyman, 1945 Florence West, 1986 Florence East, 1940 Florence East

South Florence to Downtown Florence depot
Based on USGS quad maps 1945 Florence West, 1986 Florence West.

Florence depot

Florence connector
Based on USGS quad maps 1945 Florence West.

Power plant spur

Drayton Mill spur

Whitney Mill spur

Southern Railroad connector

Fort Jackson spur
Spur to service Fort Jackson.
- Sims to Fort Jackson at Abandoned Rails

Spence to Great Falls
Based on a Chester County, 1912 soil map, USGS quad map 1986 Landcaster.
- Spence to Great Falls at Abandoned Rails

Great Falls mill siding

Great Falls depot
- National Register of Historic Places nomination form
- S.A.L. STA. Great Falls, S.C. 1971-02 at SC Digital Library
- Great Falls at scdepots.com

Zion Hill spur

Great Falls mill siding - 2
Based on satellite only

Stone trestle over creek

Gaffney to former Duke Energy nuclear plant
Drawn from Cherokee County's GIS and satellite.

Great Falls possible siding - 3
Based on the lay of the land. Not found on any maps.

W Summerton to E Manning
Based on a 1910 Clarendon County soil map and satellite.
- Wilson and Summerton Railroad at Abandoned Rails

Darlington to Sumter
Based on USGS quad maps 1963 Darlington, 1946 Sumter.
- Sumter to Darlington at Abandoned Rails

Sumter to Summerton
Based on USGS quad map 1946 Sumter, 1971 Summerton, a 1910 Clarendon County soil map, and satellite.
- Sumter to Saint Paul at Abandoned Rails

Edgefield connector

Sumter to S. Bishopville
Baesd on USGS quad map 1946 Sumter and satellite.
- Sumter to Bishopville at Abandoned Rails

Sumter to Sumter Junction
Based on 1946 Sumter, 1907 Sumter County soil map.

Cheraw Wye
Abandoned June 2012.

Spartanburg depot (Southern Railway) (historical)
Now home to Amtrak and the Hub City Railroad Museum.

Pickens Railway
In the process of being abandoned (2013)

Duke Energy nuclear plant spur
Drawn from Cherokee County's GIS.

Hamburg spurs
From 1921, 1945, and 1965 USGS quad maps.

Duncan depot (Southern Rwy)

Duncan depot siding

Greer Depot (P&N)

Greer Depot (Southern Rwy)
Freight depot on 1904 Sanborn Fire Insurance map.

Greer Depot (Southern Rwy)
Passenger depot shown on 1904 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map.

Victor Mill siding

Greers Cotton Seed Oil and Fertilizer Co siding

Greer Depot siding (Southern Rwy)

Franklin Mill siding

Saluda Grade - Inactive
The Saluda Grade is currently inactive and not abandoned from Landrum, SC to E. Flat Rock, NC. Norfolk Southern has no plans to abandon or activate the line at the present time.
Rumors and discussion about the line:
- Trains forum discussion

Franlin Mill siding (Southern)

Flat Rock to McCormick

Belton to Anderson

to Pelzer cotton mills

Pelzer siding connector

Marietta depot and sidetrack
based on Plat book 17-T, page 26

Abbeville to Hodges
Abandoned Columbia and Greenville railroad, Abbeville branch. Based on USGS quad maps Abbeville (1892) and Abbeville East (1948).

Honea Path to Greenwood
Abandoned by CSX.

Honea Path to Greenwood
Abandoned by Southern Railroad, now Norfolk Southern.

Shoals Junction to Ware Shoals
Former Ware Shoals Railroad.

Sharon siding

Sharon depot (historical)

Ninety-Six depot

Honea Path depot (Southern) (historical)

Honea Path depot (P&N) (historical)

East Anderson to Anderson

Abney Mill spur (Anderson)

East Anderson to Riverside, Anderson

Bennettsville & Cheraw railroad - Y
Y turnaround according to a Sanborn insurance map.

Lyman interconnect

Lyman mill siding 1

Lyman mill siding 2

Startex Mill siding

Jackson Mill siding

Inman depot (historical)

Inman Mill siding
From 1907 Inman USGS quad map

Woodside Mill siding

Mills Mill siding
from USGS quad map 1957 Greenville and from GCGIS.org

Southern Franklin Process Co
from USGS quad map 1957 Greenville and from property lines on GCGIS.org

Dunean Mill siding (P&N)

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company spur (P&N)
from USGS map 1957 Greenville and property lines from gcgis.org

Dunean Mill siding (Southern)

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company siding (Southern)
from USGS map 1957 Greenville

Brandon Mill siding

Monaghan Mill siding

Greenville Compress Company siding #1

Greenville Compress Company siding #2

Monagha Mill siding (G&N)

Tromont Materials Corp siding #1

Tromont Materials Corp siding #2

Union Bleachery siding (G&N)

Epting's Pond to Peak
Now part of the Palmetto Trail.

Belton siding

Pelzer depot

Pelzer depot (P&N)

Pickens Depot

Bennettsville, SC to Rockingham, NC
The line ran from Bennettsville, SC to Rockingham, NC. Traced from a 1942 USGS map of the Rockingham quad.Abandoned Rails has a stub page about this railroad.

Easley depot
from 1908 Sanborn fire insurance map

Easley mill siding

Central depot
from old photograph of the depot near town's gas station

Central textile mill siding

Clemson depot (now used by Amtrak)

Newberry freight depot (Southern)

Newberry passenger depot (Southern)

Newberry freight depot (Columbia, Newberry, and Laurens)

Laurens to Watts Mills

Woodruff depot (C&WC)
from Sanborn fire insurance map

Clinton passenger depot (C&WC and Southern)

Clinton Cotton Mill siding
from Sanborn fire insurance map

Lydia Cotton Mill siding

Lydia Cotton Mill depot (Southern)

Fountain Inn depot (C&WC)

Laurens passenger depot (C&WC)

Laurens Cotton Mills siding

Laurens Cotton Mill siding #2

Bennettsville & Cheraw railroad
Sources:Rockingham USGS Quad map (1942)Bennettsville South USGS Quad map (1972)1917 soil survey map of Marlboro County

Yorkville depot (C&NW)
from 1910 Sanborn fire insurance map

Augusta Northern: Saluda to Ward
Based on several 1964 USGS quad maps of the area. Stops: Ward 0.0, Spigener 3.4, Bell 6.5, Attaway 9.8, Saluda 11.2

North Augusta to Aiken
Abandoned Railroads entry on this railroad.

Hodges depot (P&N)

Hodges depot (Southern) (relocated)

Hodges depot (Southern)
from 1926 Sanborn fire insurance map and

Pageland depot

Union depot (Union & Glenn Springs)

Union to Union-Buffalo Mills #2 (Southern)

Union to Union-Buffalo Mills #2 (U&GS)

Greenwood to Coronaca (abandoned and realigned) (Seaboard)
part of the Seaboard Coastal Line

Greenwood to NE Greenwood (C&WC)

Waterloo depot

Greenville - Charleston & Western Carolina

Edgefield to Croft
Abandoned Rails entry on this railroad.

Coronaca to Lake Greenwood

Lake Greenwood to Waterloo
C&WC realignment - based on 1892 USGS Abbeville map - no other maps available

Batesburg to Perry
Based on 1922 Lexington County soil map and a 1944 Seivern USGS quad map.
About the line:
- The Former "Swamp Rabbit" Line at Abandoned Railroads.

Myrtle Beach depot

Batesburg to Perry connector

Rock Hill freight depot (Southern)

Rock Hill passenger depot (Southern)

Little Mountain depot (CN&LRR)

Pomeria depot

Prosperity depot
Restoration: http://www.midlandsbiz.com/articles/15367/

Prosperity depot (CN&L)

Prosperity Wye

Blair depot

Blair to Blair quarry

Pinewood depot

Mullins depot

Lone Star depot

Courtenay to Newry

Liberty depot (Southern)

Enoree to Enoree Mill

Lanford depot

Southern end of the other "Swamp Rabbit"

Snelling to Denmark

Miley Depot

Erhardt depot

Lodge depot
from 1934 Lodge Sanborn Fire Insurance Map

Cope depot

Williams depot

Williams spur

Wiggins logging railroad
from 1918 USGS quad maps

Donora depot?

Meggett depot

Perry to Edmund

Perry to Barnwell

Barnwell to Allendale

Denmark to near Cope

Windsor to Denmark
The South Carolina Railroad & Canal Company by AbandonedRails.

Calhoun Falls depot (SAL)

SAL and C&WC interconnect

Abandoned segment of former Charleston & Western Carolina railroad

Greenwood to North Augusta
Drawn using satellite, except for North Augusta where 1964 and 1965 USGS quad maps were used to confirm track path in a few places.
More at North Augusta to Greenwood at Abandoned Rails.

to Monarch Mill

Piedmont to Belton

Walhalla to West Union

Donalds Depot (Southern Railway)

Wateree River logging railroad

Donalds Depot (P&N)

Lamar depot
destroyed by fire in 2011

Alston depot

Darlington mill - 1

Darlington mill - 2

Darlington to Bennettsville
from Mont Clare USGS topo map

Darlington mill interconnect

Darlington mill - 3

Darlington (SCL)

Darlington depot

Belton Connector

Taylors Depot (P&N) (historical)

Taylors depot (Southern railway) (historical)
Now a private residence north of Greer.

Chick Springs depot (historical)

Greenwood connector

Buffalo

Union

Ravenel depot

Union to Pride
Based on 1941 Spartanburg USGS quad map.

Denmark to Branchville
The South Carolina Railroad & Canal Company by AbandonedRails.

Branchville Y

Summerville passenger depot

Summerville freight depot

Spartanburg to SE Spartanburg
Based on 1947 USGS quad map and a 1923 Sanborn Fire Insurance map.

Abandoned Paris line

Southern Railway downtown lead

Greenville and Northern depot

Greenville and Northern turntable

Southern Railroad freight house
Source: 1920 Sanborn fire insurance map

To Southern Textile Machinery Co.

P&N downtown lead

Welborn St. spur

to Pelzer Cotton Mill #4

Pelzer Cotton Mill spur

Waterloo to US 221
from Laurens County GIS.

Maddens area realignment
Based on 1888 Abbeville USGS quad map and Laurens GIS (the railroad still owns a few parcels of abandoned ROW in the county).

Mysterious ROW owned by Seaboard Coastal Line (now CSX)
Deed In Laurens County Deed Book Y, page 171.

Abandoned trestle near Spartanburg depot

Neal Shoals (historical)

Pride (historical)

Ninety Six Hwy to Peake Ct

Greenwood Mills - Ninety Six plant - track 1

Greenwood Mills - Ninety Six plant - track 2

Fort Jackson spur - 2

Fort Jackson spur - 3

Line 310

to White Stone plant

White Stone station?

Delmar spur

Reedy River spur line

Alcolu to Hamville
The right-of-way is mostly invisible from satellite. Traced mostly from maps: 1921 USGS Mayesville quad map,1920 Clarendon County soil survey map, 1914 Florence County soil survey map.
Further reading:
- The Alcolu Railroad at Abandoned Rails

Alcolu siding

Turbeville to near Woods Bay State Park

Roebuck plant siding

to Roebuck Lumber

Olanta to Olanta depot

Plant spur

Pacolet to Pacolet Mill

Glenn Springs Railroad
About the railroad:- The Glenn Springs Railroad at Abandoned Rails- Glenn Springs Railroad at Carolana One map: http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/SC/County/spartanburg.htm

To Gift Street

Oeland Drive spur

to Arcadia Mill

to Saxon Mill

Greenville to Mauldin
Abandoned 2016

Branchville and Bowman
Based on USGS quad maps Orangeburg (1921) and Bowman (1921). Not much, if any, of the railroad's right-of-way is still visible. This track is heavily based on the 1921 maps using roads on the 1921 maps still around in 2012.
- The Branchville and Bowman Railroad by Abandoned Rails.

Bamberg to Lodge
Based on USGS quad maps 1943 Olar, 1943 Bamberg and a 1922 Sanborn Fire Insurance map inside the town of Bamberg.
- Bamberg to H&B Junction (stub) at Abandoned Rails.

Kershaw to Wateree
Based on USGS quad maps 1938 Hagood and satellite with the old right-of-way is easily visible in many places.
- Wateree to Kings Creek by Abandoned Rails.

Camden to Sumter
Based on USGS quad maps 1938 Hagood, 1957 Ashwood and a 1907 Sumter County soil map, and satellite.
- The North Western Railroad of South Carolina at Abandoned Rails.

White Oak Slash Lake siding

Pageland to rock quarry
Based on USGS quad map 1941 Wadesboro. No right-of-way visible so path is only approximate.

Chester to Crowburg
Based on USGS quad maps 1941 Wadesboro, 1942 Rockingham, and a 1914 Chesterfield soil map. Abandoned to Pageland by 1941. The track from Crowburg to Pageland is based heavily on maps without aid of a visible right-of-way. About this railroad:
- The Chesterfield and Lancaster Railroad at Abandoned Rails.

Charleston to Savannah
Drawn from a USGS quad map 1948 Charleston in Charleston, and the rest from satellite. The right-of-way is mostly visible beyond Charleston.
- The Charleston Subdivision at Abandoned Rails.

Greenville Depot (C&WC passenger and freight)
From Abandoned Charleston & Western Carolina railroad in Greenville

Charleston Y
Drawn from a 1948 USGS Charleston quad map.

Hutchinson Island
Drawn from a 1948 USGS Charleston quad map.

Charleston port
Drawn from a 1948 USGS Charleston quad map. Download map from the USGS for more details.

Charleston Y - 2
Drawn from a 1948 USGS Charleston quad map. Download map for more details.

Charleston port (Southern Railway)
Drawn from a 1948 USGS Charleston quad map. Download map for more details.

West Ashley to Johns Island
The right-of-way is clearly visible making maps unneccessary. This abandoned railroad is now the West Ashley Greenway.
- Johns Island to Albermarle Point at Abandoned Railroads

Cheraw, SC to Wadesboro, NC
No maps referenced since the right-of-way is still visible in many places.
- Cheraw, SC to Wadesboro, NC by Abandoned Rails.

Cheraw to Black Creek
Right-of-way plainly visible here, requiring no maps to trace this route.Route from Society Hill to Cheraw abandoned June 2012, as confirmed in this Surface Transportation Board decision on June 20, 2012 .
More about the railroad:
- Cheraw to Floyds at Abandoned Rails

Cheraw to Black Creek spur

Conway to Aynor
Based USGS quad maps 1943 Horry and 1943 Conway, and on satellite.
- Conway to Aynor at Abandoned Rails

Freeman Drive siding

to Taylors depot

Taylors depot (P&N) siding
from 1957 USGS quad map

Greenwood to Old Town
Abandoned by Southern Railroad, now Norfolk Southern.

Conway to Aynor Y

Chester, SC to Clover, NC
Route based on USGS quad map 1982 Tirzah inside the city of York, and the right-of-way visible on satellite for the rest.
- Chester to Bowling Green at Abandoned Rails

Cottageville to Lodge
Part of the Hampton and Branchville Lumber railroad.
A logging railroad at one time. Based on USGS quad maps 1943 Cottageville, 1943 Walterboro, 1944 St. George, 1943 Lodge.
- Cottageville to Stokes at Abandoned Railroads
- Hampto and Branchville Railroad and Lumber Company at Wikipedia

to Keenan Avenue area coal trestle
Source: 1917 Sanborn fire insurance map of Union

Keenan Ave area connector

Allendale to Hardeeville
Based on USGS quad maps 1953 Hardeeville, 1943 Pineville, 1943 Allendale, and satellite.

Swamp Rabbit interconnect

Judson Mill Seaboard connection

to Judson Mill

to Victor-Monaghan mill

to Calvert warehouse

to Calvert - 1

to Calvert - 2

Eutawville to Ferguson Landing
Based on USGS quad maps 1921 Eutawville, 1943 Eutawville.
- Eutawville to Ferguson Landing at Abandoned Rails

Carolina Waste spur

Greer depot siding (Southern)

Meadors Manufacturing spur

Industrial spur

Concrete plant spur

Commercial spur

Mill spur

Mll spur

Edgemoor to Landor
The Edgemoor & Manetta railroad. Based on satellite with a little help from USGS quad map 1949 Rock Hill.

Lockhart Junction to Lockhart
Based on satellite and USGS quad maps 1972 Lockhart, 1969 Kelton, 1969 Jonesville.
- Lockhart Junction to Lockhart at Abandoned Rails

Spur to Greenville Station (G&N)

Kline depot (relocated)

North Augusta wye

Lockhart mill

Clio to Latta
Gone by 1953. Atlantic Coastal Line was the railroad company.
Based on USGS quad maps 1942 Rockingham, NC and a 1931 Dillon County soil map.
- Latta to Clio at Abandoned Railroads (stub)

Lane to Andrews
Based on soil maps: 1928 Williamsburg County, 1911 Georgetown County.

Ware Shoals siding

Abandoned connector

Abandoned spur

River Falls Depot

River Falls Wye

Renfrew mill spur
from plat book 7-G page 11

Lower Station
Lower Station was here (book SSS, page 261).

Upper Station and sidings
Upper Station and sidings. Warehouses and gins surrounded the station.

Hart Cut

Montague Stop (approximate)
From photograph in The Swamp Rabbit Railroad: Legacy and Legend.

G&N - Southern RR interconnect

Greenville and Northern - west bank of Reedy

Greenville Station - Freight and Passenger
from a 1920 Sanborn fire insurance map of Greenville.

Echo Valley balloon loop
Plat book RR, page 191

Beyond NC line to I-85 near Blacksburg
In the process of being abandoned.

Blacksburg to Kings Creek

Kings Creek to York

Gaffney connector

Gaffney connector - 2
found on Cherokee County GIS

Gaffney to Blacksburg (Cherokee Falls, Gaffney & Blacksburg Railroad)
Drawn from a 1909 USGS quad map and satellite (especially the portion east of the Broad River).Major portions of the railroad bed west of the Broad River have been obscured by being abandoned longer and by construction of electric transmission lines and other right-of-ways.More about this railroad at Abandoned Railroads.

Kings Creek Depot

Fishing creek train wreck of 1903

Lyman Depot (P&N)

Keith Drive spur - 1

Keith Drive spur - 2

Connector

Siding

Greenville and Northern Railway ("Swamp Rabbit")
Gradually abandoned from the north beginning the 1920s, completely abandoned in the 2000s.

Taylors Mill

Allied Crawford Steel

Spartanburg Union Station siding

Blue Ridge Railroad Y

Blue Ridge Railroad

Blue Ridge Raiload?
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