Carolina Piedmont Railroad

Carolina Piedmont Railroad
Overview
HeadquartersLaurens, South Carolina
Reporting markCPDR
LocaleUpstate South Carolina
Dates of operation1990–
PredecessorCSX Transportation
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length34 miles (55 km)
Route map

Legend
(Abandoned)
AJK 588.6
 Greenville
Interstate 85
AJK 585.3
 East Greenville
AJK 584.7
 General Electric
AJK 583.8
 Industrial lead
AJK 582.9
 Mauldin
Interstate 185
Interstate 385
AJK 578.9
 Cryovac lead
AJK 577.8
 Simpsonville
AJK 572.6
 Fountain Inn
Interstate 385
AJK 565.1
 Gray Court
AJK 555.7
 Laurens
AK 554.7
 CSX to Greenwood
AK 554.7
 CSX to Spartanburg

The Carolina Piedmont Railroad (reporting mark CPDR) is a class III railroad and subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. operating in the Upstate region of South Carolina. From an interchange with CSX Transportation at Laurens the railroad runs 34 miles (55 km) to the northwest, terminating at East Greenville.[1]

Primary commodities include plastic resins, gas turbines, wind turbines, food products, forest products, and chemicals with the railroad accumulating about 5,500 annual carloads in 2008.[2][3] The railroad serves a General Electric facility that provides a source of high value cargo for the line, shipping several gas and wind turbines via rail on an as needed basis.[4]

  1. ^ Lewis, Edward A. (1996). American Shortline Railway Guide (5 ed.). Kalmbach Publishing Company. p. 63. ISBN 0-89024-290-9.
  2. ^ Frailey, Fred W. (2010). "RailAmerica's Empire". Trains. 70 (6). Kalmbach Publishing Company: 24, 29.
  3. ^ "ASLRRA Member: Carolina Piedmont Railroad". Archived from the original on 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Wind and Rails: America's Rails Deliver Clean Power and Energy" (PDF). Retrieved 19 September 2010.