South Carolina: Agreement reached on sale of Saluda Rail Line

COMMUNITIES. A NEW TRAIL IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY IN THE UPSTATE. AND IN SOME WAYS, IT'S DRAWING COMPARISONS TO THE SWAMP RABBIT TRAILL. OUR T...

March 23, 2023
4:06 AM

COMMUNITIES. A NEW TRAIL IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY IN THE UPSTATE. AND IN SOME WAYS, IT'S DRAWING COMPARISONS TO THE SWAMP RABBIT TRAILL. OUR TAGGART HOUCK HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS AND JOINS US IN INMAN IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY TO TELL US MORE. TIGER, A COALITION OF NONPROFITS, TEAMED UP TO BUY THIS 31 MILE STRETCH OF RAILROAD THAT RUNS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA UP INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. AND THE GOAL IS THAT IT WILL HELP GROW BUSINESS IN THE TOWNS THAT IT WILL RUN THROUGH THE SOLUDO GREAT RAILROAD WAS BUILT IN THE 1870S, BUT THE LAST TIME A TRAIN TRAVELED THESE TRACKS WAS IN 2001.

Taggart Houck