The Cheraw and Salisburg Railroad was a shortline railroad that ran between

Cheraw, South Carolina Cheraw ( , ) is a town on the Pee Dee River in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 5,040 at the 2020 census. The greater Cheraw area in the zip code 29520 has a populatio ...

, and

Wadesboro, North Carolina Wadesboro is a town in and the county seat of Anson County, North Carolina, Anson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,008 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The town was originally found in 1783 as New Town but ...

. The Cheraw and Salisbury Company was originally incorporated by special charter in 1857 as the Cheraw and Coalfields Railroad.''Report of Cases Heard and Determined by the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina'', 1870, Volume 2, page 25
/ref> At the company's 1869 annual meeting stockholders approved changing the name of the carrier to Cheraw and Salisbury. The carrier was originally charged with building a line between Cheraw and

Salisbury, North Carolina Salisbury ( ) is a city in the Piedmont (United States), Piedmont region of North Carolina, United States; it has been the county seat of Rowan County, North Carolina, Rowan County since 1753 when its territory extended to the Mississippi River. ...

, a distance of approximately . The line began operation in 1868 and by the early 1870s, according to the 1873 American Railroad Manual for the United States and the Dominion, track had been laid between Cheraw and Wadesboro, a distance of . The

Cheraw and Darlington Railroad The Cheraw and Darlington Railroad was a gauge shortline railroad that served South Carolina and, later, North Carolina, beginning before the American Civil War. The gauge was changed to in 1886. History The Cheraw and Darlington was chartered ...

acquired the Cheraw and Salisbury in 1892 for $90,000.''Cheraw and Darlington R.R. Company Proceedings, 1883-1897'', Cheraw and Darlington Railroad Company
/ref> The Cheraw and Darlington Railroad was acquired by the

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was a United States Class I railroad formed in 1900, though predecessor railroads had used the ACL brand since 1871. In 1967, it merged with long-time rival Seaboard Air Line Railroad to form the Seaboard Coast ...

in 1898, which became part of their

Wadesboro—Florence Line The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad's Wadesboro—Florence Line (J Line) was one of the company's secondary main lines that ran from Florence, South Carolina north to Wadesboro, North Carolina. It was built in the late 1800s and large parts of it we ...

.Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Northern Division Timetable (1949)
/ref> The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad existed until 1967, when it merged with the

Seaboard Air Line Railroad The Seaboard Air Line Railroad , known colloquially as the Seaboard Railroad during its time, was an American railroad that existed from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its longtime ri ...

to form the

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad was a Class I railroad company operating in the Southeastern United States beginning in 1967. Its passenger operations were taken over by Amtrak in 1971. Eventually, the railroad was merged with its affiliate lin ...

. After several more mergers and consolidations, it is now part of

CSX Transportation CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad company operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Operating about 21,000 route miles () of track, it is the lead ...

. The line was abandoned in the 1970s.

References

External links

''Cheraw and Darlington R.R. Company Proceedings, 1883-1897'', Cheraw and Darlington Railroad Company
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad Defunct South Carolina railroads Defunct North Carolina railroads Predecessors of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Railway companies established in 1868 Railway companies disestablished in 1892 1868 establishments in South Carolina 1868 establishments in North Carolina 1892 disestablishments in North Carolina 1892 disestablishments in South Carolina