Belton, Williamston and Easley Railroad explained

Railroad Name:Belton, Williamston and Easley Railroad
Start Year:1878
End Year:1879
Successor Line:Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad

The Belton, Williamston and Easley Railroad was a Carolinian railroad company, chartered shortly after the end of the Reconstruction Era of the United States.

Creation

The Belton, Williamston and Easley Railroad was created by an act of the South Carolina General Assembly in 1878.

Name change

The following year (1879) its name was changed to the Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad Company of South Carolina.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. [Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/Southern Railway|Wikipedia, WikiProject Trains, ICC valuations, Southern Railway]