The Laurens Railroad was a shortline railroad that served the South Carolina Upstate region before, during and after the American Civil War.
The line was started in 1854.[1]
By 1861, the 32-mile line was carrying 8,500 passengers a day.[2]
Among the line's presidents was Henry William Garlington (1811-1893), a planter who signed the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession in 1860.[3]
The railroad apparently went out of business sometime after the Civil War.[4]
By 1881 it had been reorganized and was operating as the Laurens Railway. It survived under that named until it was bought by the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad in 1894.[5]