The Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Railroad was a successor railroad to the

Spartanburg and Union Railroad The Spartanburg and Union Railroad was a gauge shortline railroad that served the South Carolina Upstate region before, during and after the American Civil War. The company secured a charter from the South Carolina General Assembly in 1847 to buil ...

. Like the Spartanburg and Union, the line ran from Alston, South Carolina, to Spartanburg, South Carolina. It was sold under foreclosure in June 1880 and leased to the Columbia and Greenville Railroad for 90 years. It was likely at this point that it changed its name to the Spartanburg, Union and Columbia. The carrier operated as part of the Richmond and Danville Railroad system from 1881 to 1894 and was controlled by the Southern Railway Company after 1895.

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Defunct South Carolina railroads Predecessors of the Southern Railway (U.S.) Railway companies established in 1878 Railway companies disestablished in 1895 American companies established in 1878 {{US-rail-company-stub