Lockhart Railroad

The Lockhart Railroad was a shortline railroad that operated in South Carolina in the early 20th century.

The Lockhart Railroad was chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly in October 1899[1] to operate a line from Lockhart Mills at Lockhart, South Carolina, to a connection with the Southern Railway (U.S.) at Lockhart Junction, South Carolina, approximately 14 miles away.[2]

The line opened for operation in May 1900.[3]

Lockhart Mills was shuttered in the 1980s, but the rail line had been abandoned before that. Officially, the Lockhart branch was abandoned by the Southern Railway in the early 1970s.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Wikipedia, WikiProject Trains, ICC valuations, Lockhart Railroad
  2. ↑ Annual report of the Railroad Commissioner of the state of South Carolina, 1900, page 10
  3. ↑ >Wikipedia, WikiProject Trains, ICC valuations, Lockhart Railroad
  4. ↑ Abandoned Rails, Lockhart Junction to Lockhart