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Revision as of 13:50, 20 November 2011
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| Headquarters | Ware Shoals, South Carolina |
| Reporting mark | WS |
| Locale | Upstate South Carolina |
| Dates of operation | 1905–1985 |
The Ware Shoals Railroad (reporting mark WS) was a shortline connecting the town of Ware Shoals, South Carolina, to the Southern Railway and Piedmont and Northern Railway (later Seaboard Coast Line) at Shoals Junction, South Carolina, a distance of 5.2 miles (8.4 km).[1]
History
The train carried goods to and from the textile mill located in Ware Shoals, South Carolina, but its main use was the transportation of coal. The railroad was built in 1905 by the Southern Railway, which supplied locomotives to operate the line with during the steam era. By the late 1950s, the railroad dieselized with a single ex-Southern General Electric 44-ton locomotive, numbered 1955.
The railroad ceased operations in 1985 when the textile mill begin to curtail operations. Trackage was pulled up in 1987.
References
- ^ Lewis, Edward A. (1986). American Shortline Railway Guide (3 ed.). Kalmbach Publishing Company. p. 49. ISBN 0890240736.
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