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South Carolina and Georgia Railroad: South Carolina Air–Line Railway: SOU: 1877 1877 Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway: South Carolina and Georgia Railroad: SOU: 1894 1902 Southern Railway – Carolina Division: South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad: SOU: 1898 1902 Southern Railway – Carolina Division: South Carolina Pacific ...
Arizona Mineral Belt Railroad - 1883 laid 35 miles of track south of Flagstaff with the intention of getting to Globe. Began boring a tunnel through the Mogollon Rim . Arizona Narrow Gauge Railroad - began construction of a line from Tucson to Globe in 1882, built 10 miles to Magee Road, graded another 20 miles, never operated despite re ...
Arizona Eastern Railroad: AE 1904 1955 Southern Pacific Company: Arizona Extension Railroad: 1917 N/A Arizona Mineral Belt Railroad: 1883 1888 Central Arizona Railway: Arizona Narrow Gauge Railroad: 1882 1887 Tucson, Globe and Northern Railroad: Arizona and New Mexico Railway: SP: 1883 1935 El Paso and Southwestern Railroad: Arizona and South ...
Railroads have been abandoned in the United States due to historical and economic factors. In the 19th century, the growing industrial regions in the Northeast, the agrarian regions in the South and Midwest, and the expansion of the country westward to the Pacific Ocean all contributed to the explosive growth of railroad companies and their rights-of-way across the entire country.
The SB Line is a railroad line owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway in the U.S. state of South Carolina.It runs from Kingville northerly via Camden and Lancaster to Rock Hill, [1] though large parts are abandoned.
[1] [2] John Freeman Walls, left his enslavers in North Carolina and settled in Canada. The Refugee Home Society supplied the money to buy land and he built a cabin. Church services were held there before the Puce Baptist Church was built. It was also a terminal stop on the Underground Railroad.
1921 map of the railroad. 1873: The Texas and Pacific Railroad fails in an attempt to establish a direct rail link between San Diego and the East during the "Panic of 1873." 1905: The San Diego and Eastern Railroad (SD&E) conducts a survey for a planned rail line to Arizona but folds prior to commencing track laying.
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.