South Bound Railroad

The South Bound Railroad was a Southeastern railroad that operated in South Carolina and Georgia in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

History The South Bound Railroad was chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1882 and by the Georgia Legislature in 1888.Wikipedia, WikiProject Trains, ICC valuations, Seaboard Air Line Railroad

The 136-mile line from Savannah, Georgia, to Columbia, South Carolina, opened in 1891. The following year it was leased to the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad.Railroad History, Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad By the end of the decade, the South Bound Railroad had reached Camden, South Carolina, to meet the Chesterfield and Kershaw Railroad.South Carolina Railroads, South Bound Railroad

In late 1899, stockholders of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad met in Raleigh, to consider the merger of the Raleigh and Gaston with the South Bound Railroad, along with the Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad, the Durham and Northern Railway, the Roanoke and Tar River Railroad, the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad, the Louisburg Railroad, the Carolina Central Railroad, the Palmetto Railroad, the Chesterfield and Kershaw Railroad, the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway, the Seaboard Air Line Belt Railroad, the Georgia and Alabama Railroad, the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad, the Georgia and Alabama Terminal Company, the Logansville and Lawrenceville Railroad, the Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad and the Pittsboro Railroad.Seaboard Air Line Combine, New York Times, October 27, 1899

The resulting company became known as the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. The South Bound was merged into the Seaboard in 1901.

Station listing StateMilepostCity/LocationStationConnections and notesSCS 326.5CamdenCamden Amtrak Silver Starrebuilt in 1937continues as Chesterfield and Kershaw Railroad (SAL)S 330.7LugoffLugoffS 339.0ElginElginoriginally BlaneyS 344.4PontiacPontiacS 349.4WeddellS 351.4DentsS 355.6HyattsS 360.7ColumbiaColumbia Amtrak Silver Starrebuilt in 1903 and 1991originally junction with:S 362.5CayceCayceS 366.5DixianaS 371.6GastonGastonS 381.0SwanseaSwanseaS 385.6WoodfordWoodfordS 393.7LivingstonLivingstonS 395.4NeesesNeesesS 402.0NorwayNorwayS 414.1DenmarkDenmark Amtrak Silver StarS 417.7GovanGovanS 420.8OlarS 424.3SchofieldS 426.2UlmerUlmerS 433.4SycamoreSycamoreS 436.0FairfaxFairfaxjunction with Charleston & Western Carolina Railway (ACL)S 442.8GiffordGiffordS 446.1LurayS 450.5EstillEstillS 454.1ScotiaScotiaS 460.2GarnettGAS 469.0ClyoS 472.5BerryvilleS 478.8StillwellS 481.2RinconRinconS 484.5ExleyS 490.1MeinhardS 497.3SavannahCentral Junctionjunction with:S 501.8Savannahjunction with:

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