171 Highway 905,

Conway, SC 29526

Phone: (843)-248-8008, Fax (843)-248-8003

Contact: Jason Pippin, Vice President & General Manager

The Carolina & Southern Railroad acquired a former CSX line and began operations in 1995. It operates from a connection with CSX at Mullins to Chadbourn, NC, Conway and Myrtle Beach, SC, 85 miles serving industry in Horry and Marion counties.

Principal commodities carried include coal, aggregates, wallboard and lumber.

Principal shippers include Santee Cooper, Martin Marietta, Builder’s First Source, and Southern States Cooperative. These firms employ nearly 2,000 local workers.

 

EAST COOPER & BERKELEY RAILROAD

    Subsidiary of:

EAST COOPER & BERKELEY AT A GLANCE Miles of Track: 17 Employees: 16 Cars Handled: 52,300 – 5.6 million tons Equipment: 5 engines

Local address:

- 1047 Roundhouse Lane, Huger, SC 29450

General Office:

- 540 East Bay Street, Charleston, SC 29403

Phone: (843)-727-2067, Fax (843)-727-2005

Principal contacts:

Jeffrey M. McWhorter, President

James W. Stuart, Senior Vice President – Marketing & Finance

Jeff Davis, Vice President – Operations & Maintenance

This line, built in 1977, runs from a CSX connection at State Junction (near Cordesville) to Charity Church, SC, 17 miles in Berkeley County.

Principal commodities carried include: Chemicals and steel

Principal Industries served: BP Amoco and Nucor Steel

100 Mill Street – P.O. Box 56

Hampton, SC 29924

Phone: (803)-943-3334, Fax (803)-943-5779

Contact: Norris Laffitte, President

The Hampton & Branchville Railroad dates back to its founding in 1891. For many years it served the region’s timber industry. In 1986, the Company purchased the CSX line serving the South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. electric generating plant at Canadys, SC and now delivers unit coal trains to that facility. The H&B currently runs from the CSX at Hampton to Canadys, SC, 40 miles in Hampton and Colleton counties.

Principal commodities carried include coal and Kraft paper.

Principal shippers include SCE&G and Nevamar – together employing more than 500 people locally.

 

LANCASTER & CHESTER RAILROAD CO.

LANCASTER & CHESTER AT A GLANCE Miles of Track: 59.8 miles Employees: 24 Carloads handled: 15,000 – 1.35 million tons Equipment: 12 engines, 48 cars

512 S. Main Street - P.O. Box 1450

Lancaster, SC 29721

Phone: 803-286-2100, Fax 803-286-4158

Contact: Stephen M. Gedney, President

Web site: www.landcrailroad.com

The Lancaster & Chester runs from a connection with CSX and Norfolk Southern in Chester to Catawba and from Lancaster to Kershaw. This history of the L&C dates back to the narrow gauge Chester & Cheraw Railroad chartered in 1873. The present company was chartered in 1896. The Catawba/Lancaster/Kershaw line was acquired from Norfolk Southern in 2001.

Counties Served: Chester, Kershaw, Lancaster and York

Principal commodities carried include: coal, chemicals, sand, steel, corn, soybeans, soybean oil, soybean meal and building materials.

Principal shippers include: Omnova Chemicals, Weyerhaeuser Company, Guardian Glass, Thyssen-Krupp Steel, ADM, Ameristeel, GAF Materials, Owens Corning, and Spring Industries. These companies employ about 4,800 local workers with a payroll of $135 million (estimated).

 

PEE DEE RIVER RAILWAY

a division of ABERDEEN & ROCKFISH RAILROAD CO.

PEE DEE RIVER AT A GLANCE Miles of Track: 20 Employees: 7 Carloads handled: 8,500 – 680,000 tons Equipment: 5 engines, 125 box cars

Local address:

- 1 Enginehouse Lane, Bennettsville, SC

General Office:

- 101 East Main Street – P.O. Box 917, Aberdeen, NC 28315

Phone: (910)-944-2341, Fax (910)-944-9738

Contacts:

Garland Horton, President

Paul A. Barnes, Vice President – Traffic (910)-483-3543

The Pee Dee River Railway provides freight service over a line that was abandoned by CSX in 1982. Marlboro County purchased the line to preserve industrial development potential in the area and subsequently Willamette Industries (now Domtar.) built a pulp and paper mill at Marlboro Mills on the line. The track runs from a CSX connection at McColl to Bennettsville and Marlboro Mills, SC, 20 miles, all in Marlboro County.

Principal commodities carried include pulp and paper, chemicals, aggregates, fertilizer and grain and plastics.

Principal shippers include Domtar, Hanson Aggregates Mohawk Industries and Southern States Cooperative. These firms employ more than 1,500 local workers.

Local Office:

415 East Cedar Rock St., Pickens, SC 29761

Phone: 864-878-3581, Fax 864-878-3582

Business Office:

198 N. Main Street, Cornelia, GA 30531

Phone: 706-778-8004, Fax 706-778-6243

Web site: www.pickensrailway.com

Contacts:

Chipley H. Johnson, President

Nancy Johnson, Chief Financial Officer

Donnie Sims, General Manager – cell 864-617-7890

This company operates two rail lines. The original Pickens RR runs from a Norfolk Southern connection at Easley to Pickens, SC, 8.5 miles. This property traces its history to 1892. A second line running from Anderson to Honea Path, SC, 28.5 miles, was acquired from Norfolk Southern under their "Thoroughbred Shortline Program" in 1990.

Counties served: Pickens and Anderson

Principal commodities carried include: silica, kaolin, limestone, plastic pellets, rubber, carbon black, fertilizer, scrap metal, paper and grain.

Principal shippers include: Owens Corning, Frigidaire, BASF, Michelin, Southern States Cooperative, IMC, Carolina Recycling, PCA, Morningsong and Tri-County Fertilizer. These companies employ in excess of 3,190 local workers.

 

PORT TERMINAL RAILROAD

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PORT TERMINAL RAILROAD AT A GLANCE Miles of Track: 10 Employees: 8 Carloads handled: 851 – 85,000 tons Equipment: 5 engines

Local address:

- 1050 Remount Road, North Charleston, SC 29405

General Office:

- 540 East Bay Street, Charleston, SC 29403

Phone: (843)-727-2067, Fax (843)-727-2005

Contacts:

Jeffrey M. McWhorter, President

James W. Stuart, Senior Vice President – Marketing & Finance

Jeff Davis, Vice President – Operations & Maintenance

This company provides switching and terminal service in and around Charleston and North Charleston, SC connecting with both CSX and Norfolk Southern.

Principal commodities carried: Farm products, Steel and Inter-modal/Consumer products

Principal Industries: SC Ports Authority, North Charleston Terminal and the Charleston Naval Base.

 

PORT UTILITIES COMMISSION

    Subsidiary of:

PORT UTILITIES COMMISSION AT A GLANCE Miles of Track: 10 Employees: 12 Carloads handled: 25,315 – 1.65 million tons Equipment: 2 engines

542 East Bay Street

Charleston, SC 29403

Contacts:

Jeffrey M. McWhorter, President

James W. Stuart, Senior Vice President – Marketing & Finance

Jeff Davis, Vice President – Operations & Maintenance

The Port Utilities Commission provides switching service in Charleston in connection with CSX and Norfolk Southern – 10 miles of track are operated.

Principal shippers include the South Carolina Ports Authority (Columbus Street and Union Pier Terminals), Mead-Westvaco, BMW and General Electric.

Principal commodities handled include consumer products (handled in inter-modal service), pulp, paper and forest products and transportation equipment.

 

SOUTH CAROLINA CENTRAL RAILWAY CO.

- a subsidiary of RAILAMERICA

SOUTH CAROLINA CENTRAL AT A GLANCE Miles of Track: 90 – SCRF Division and Carolina Piedmont Division Employees: 26 Carloads handled: 40,000 – 3.6 million Equipment: 8 engines, 270 box, gondola and flat cars

P.O. Box 490

Hartsville, SC 29550

Phone: 843-332-7584, Fax 843-332-7858

Contact: LaMont V. Jones, General Manager

In 1987 the South Carolina acquired two lines from CSX. One runs from a CSX connection at Florence to Bishopville, SC, 43 miles and the other extends from a CSX connection at Cheraw to Society Hill, 13 miles. A third line, the Carolina Piedmont Division was acquired from CSX in 1990 and it runs from a CSX connection at Laurens to East Greenville, SC, 34 miles.

Counties served: Florence, Darlington, Chesterfield, Marlboro, Lee, Laurens and Greenville.

Principal commodities carried include: lumber, chemicals, food, pulp, farm products, resins and industrial engines.

Principal shippers include: Wellman, Inc., Nucor Steel, Diamond Hill Plywood, Sonoco Products, Allied Waste, General Electric, Cryovac, Gailey & Lord, Para Chemical, ISO Poly Films, and NTM