Cheraw to Wadesboro, NC - SCL

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This section was constructed before 1870 as part of an extension of the Cheraw & Darlington Railroad.  This construction was possibly part of the Cheraw & Salisbury and Cheraw & Coal Fields RR.  The C & D was pulled into the ACL of SC in 1897, and then became part of the ACL in 1900.  The line gained new importance by 1910 when the Winston-Salem Southbound was built as a joint venture between the ACL and the N & W between Winston-Salem and Wadesboro.  This line formed a route by which coal and other products from central North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia made their way down to Charleston via Cheraw, Darlington, Florence and then on the old Northeastern RR to Charleston.  With the merger of ACL and SAL in 1967, this line became unnecessary as tonnage from the WSSB could access the former SAL main at Wadesboro and then make its way to Charleston by other routes.  SCL abandoned this section in the mid-1970s. Towns on the abandoned line from Cheraw going N are Laney, McFarlane, Morven and to W-S Jct just E of  Wadesboro.

The former Cheraw to Wadesboro line as it crosses SC 9 in Cheraw.  Railroad power pole still exists to the left, and the foundation of the crossing signal is on the right.

The old depot in Morven, NC.  Note the old flag signal still in place.  The tracks ran on the R side of the depot.  US 52 still crosses to former ROW on a bridge at Morven.  (Photo by Whit Whitaker)