The Edgefiled Branch Railroad was a South Carolina railroad that existed immediately after the Reconstruction Era of the United States.

Charter The Edgefield Branch Railroad was chartered in 1878 to build a line from Edgefield Court House, South Carolina, to extend to Trenton, South Carolina, where it would be able to connect with the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad.Abandoned Rails, Croft to Edgefield

Name change A year later, the company's charter was amended in 1879 to change the line's name to the Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad.Abandoned Rails, Croft to Edgefield

See also Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad Belton, Williamston and Easley Railroad Carolina and Cumberland Gap Railway Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad French Broad and Atlantic Railway

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