The Laurens Railway was a successor to the

Laurens Railroad The Laurens Railroad was a gauge shortline railroad that served the South Carolina Upstate region before, during and after the Civil War. The line was started in 1854. By 1861, the 32-mile line was carrying 8,500 passengers a day. Among the line ...

, a shortline carrier that served the South Carolina Upstate region in the 19th century. It was a

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The Laurens Railroad apparently went out of business after the

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. By 1881 it had been reorganized and was operating as the Laurens Railway. It survived under that named until it was bought by the

Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad The Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad was a railroad line between Columbia and Laurens. In 1885, the South Carolina General Assembly issued a charter for the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad, and the line was officially christened o ...

in 1894.South Carolina Railroads/ Laurens Railroad
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Defunct South Carolina railroads Railway companies established in 1881 Railway companies disestablished in 1894 1881 establishments in South Carolina 5 ft gauge railways in the United States 1894 disestablishments in South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-transport-stub