The Columbia and Greenville Railroad was a

South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

railroad that operated in the late 19th century. Originally chartered and begun as the

Greenville and Columbia Railroad The Greenville and Columbia Railroad was a gauge railroad that served South Carolina in the 19th century. Beginnings The line traces its history back to 1845, when Greenville, South Carolina-area leaders Benjamin Perry, Waddy Thompson Jr., John ...

, the line was sold under foreclosure and reorganized under the Columbia and Greenville name in 1880. Beginning in 1886, it was leased to the

Richmond and Danville Railroad The Richmond and Danville Railroad (R&D) Company was a railroad that operated independently from 1847 until 1894, first in the U.S. state of Virginia, and later on of track in nine states. Chartered on March 9, 1847, the railroad completed its ...

Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States, Henry Poor, 1889, page 616
/ref> and in 1894 it was incorporated into the Southern Railway.

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