Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot in Patrick

The Hamlet Subdivision is a

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line owned by

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and

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. The line runs from

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, to

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, for a total of 105.2 miles. At its north end it continues south from the Hamlet Terminal Subdivision and at its south end it continues south as the

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. The Hamlet Subdivision runs along CSX's S Line. The line notably carries

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's ''

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'' which travels from New York to Florida.

History

From Columbia north to Camden, the line was built by the

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as an extension of the

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in the late 1890s. From Camden to Cheraw, the line was built by the

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, which was chartered by the

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in 1899. WikiProject Trains, ICC valuations, Seaboard Air Line Railway From Cheraw to Hamlet, the line was built by the

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, which was completed in 1887. The Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad, the Chesterfield and Kershaw Railroad, and the Palmetto Railroad all became part of the

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in 1900. The unified line became a segment of the Seaboard

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. The Seaboard Air Line designated this segment of the main line as the Hamlet Subdivision, which it is still known as today. Seaboard would eventually become CSX by the 1980s.

References

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History

See also

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