Hampton and Branchville Railroad

The Hampton and Branchville Railroad is a South Carolina railroad that has served the western part of the state since the 1920s.

The Hampton and Branchville Railroad is a successor of the Hampton and Branchville Railroad and Lumber Company, which was chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1891.[1]

The Hampton and Branchville Railroad and Lumber Company changed its name to the Hampton and Branchville Railroad in 1924. The H&B bought their first diesel locomotive in 1951 and retired their last steam locomotive in 1958.[2] The Hampton and Branchville operates freight services from a CSX connection at Hampton to Canadys, South Carolina, about 40 miles (64 km) away. However, the railroad's main customer, the Canadys coal-fired power plant near Canadys operated by South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, received its last shipment of coal in December 2012 (the power plant was retired in 2013), and the railroad has been mostly dormant since.[3]

The line is owned by Palmetto Railways[4]

References

  1. ^ Wikipedia, WikiProject Trains, ICC valuations, Hampton and Branchville Railroad and Lumber Company
  2. ^ "H & B Railroad delivers last load of coal". The Colletonian. January 16, 2013.
  3. ^ "SCE&G Retires Canadys Station Power Plant As Part Of Strategy To Meet More Stringent Environmental Regulations" (Press release). Cayce, South Carolina: South Carolina Electric & Gas Company. November 13, 2013.
  4. ^ "Rail Freight Carriers in South Carolina". www.sinfin.net.


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