The Rockton and Rion Railway was a
Class III railroad operating freight service in
Fairfield County, South Carolina
Fairfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 20,948. Its county seat is Winnsboro.
Fairfield County is part of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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until its abandonment in 1981. The railroad's entire 12-mile right-of-way is now owned by the South Carolina Railroad Museum, which rebuilt some of the railroad and currently operates on 5 miles of the line.
History
The Rockton and Rion operated from a connection with the
Southern Railway at
Rockton, South Carolina to Anderson Quarry, South Carolina. The railroad's freight consisted of sand and gravel moving outbound.
Operations ceased on August 21, 1981.
After abandonment was approved, the railroad's owner,
Martin Marietta Materials
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, in October 1983 donated the entire Rockton and Rion right-of-way to the
South Carolina Railroad Museum.
[ ] The museum then began the process of rebuilding the line, which it renamed the Rockton, Rion and Western Railroad.
See also
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South Carolina Railroad Museum
References
Defunct South Carolina railroads
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