Charleston & Western Carolina Railway
Organized in 1896, the Charleston & Western Carolina Railway was developed to
operate two former Central of Georgia lines in South Carolina -- the Port Royal & Augusta
and the Port Royal & Western Carolina railroads - after the state of South Carolina forced the CofG to give up its operations in the state.
The CWC was immediately taken over by the Atlantic Coast Line
the very next year, but the road remained a subsidiary until 1959.
CWC route map map / collection
Steam Motive Power
Charleston & Western Carolina #252
Augusta, Ga / May 1948 / collection
Charleston & Western Carolina #252
blt new for Charleston & Western Carolina
scrapped, 1951
Charleston & Western Carolina #1753
Augusta, Ga / Jul 1948 / collection
Charleston & Western Carolina #1753
blt new for Charleston & Western Carolina
to Atlantic Coast Line #1753
scrapped, 1951
Diesel Motive Power
Charleston & Western Carolina #207
EMD GP7 / collection
Charleston & Western Carolina #901
EMD F7A (1949) / collection
Links / Sources
- Richard Prince, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (1966)
- Wikipedia article for Charleston & Western Carolina Railway
- Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage article for CWC