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Carolina Southern Railroad was located off of Main Street in Conway, South Carolina and was one of the few remaining train depots/lines in South Carolina. The railroad was originally erected in late 1886 and the first train steamed into the Conway Depot in December 1887. Though restored in the 1990s, much of the railroad is not in operation due to needed repairs. The Carolina Southern Railroad Co. owned and operated several box cars, passenger cars as well as the City of Myrtle Beach Club Car. The City of Myrtle Beach Club Car travels along Highway 501, crosses the Intracoastal Waterway and finally stopped at City of Myrtle Beach Train Depot located on 852 Broadway in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Carolina Southern Railroad was a member of the Carolina Rails system with connections that run from Whiteville, North Carolina to Mullins, South Carolina and also from Chadbourn, North Carolina to Conway. Carolina Southern railroad is also responsible for operation of the Waccamaw Coast Line Railroad, which is a railway that runs from Conway to Myrtle Beach. The railroad had over 95 miles of track, 11 engines, 10 cars, and the ability to transport freight materials in excess of 16,000 to 1.7 million tons or more.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.carolinasouthernrailroad.com/index.html )〕 ==History== The company in 1995 began operating two former CSX Transportation branch lines. One was a portion of the now abandoned ACL line between Pee Dee, South Carolina and Whiteville, North Carolina, and the other was operated by the Waccamaw Coast Line from Conway, South Carolina to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Commodities carried by the railroad are hot CO2(bottled), coal, wood products, stone, grain, agricultural chemicals, and processed food. Accessible to the line are industrial parks in Whitesville, North Carolina as well as Marion, South Carolina. The railroad connects with CSX Transportation at Mullins. In 1985, Horry County, South Carolina purchased the CSX line from Conway to Myrtle Beach. In 1996, the county decided to sell, and Carolina Southern, which began leasing the railroad line from the county in 1995, was the only bidder. The county turned down Carolina Southern's three bids, and by 1998, the city of Myrtle Beach showed interest.〔Kent Bernhard Jr., "Railroad Bidder May Get $800,000," ''The Sun News'', July 18, 1996.〕〔Kent Bernhard Jr., "Panel Rejects Railroad Bid," ''The Sun News'', August 2, 1996.〕 In 1987, the South Carolina Department of Transportation declared the section east of the Pine Island Bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway to be unsafe. The state spent $4.2 million to restore the 50-year-old bridge, which reopened in summer 1997, pending implementation of Amtrak High Speed Rail service connecting at Florence, S.C.. The first train crossed the bridge June 22, 2001, but Carolina Southern, still leasing from the county, had to spend $900,000 to bring the section east of the waterway up to the standards needed for regular service.〔Craig S. Lovelace, "Rail Troubles Remain As Bridge Lowers", ''The Sun News'', July 10, 1997.〕〔Natalie Burrowes Pruitt, "Company Restoring Old Tracks", ''The Sun News'', June 5, 2001.〕〔Natalie Burrowes Pruitt, "Rail Line Roars Again After 14 Years," ''The Sun News'', June 23, 2001.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carolina Southern Railroad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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