The Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Railroad was a successor railroad to the Spartanburg and Union Railroad

Spartanburg and Union Railroad

The Spartanburg and Union Railroad was a shortline railroad that served the South Carolina Upstate region before, during and after the American Civil War....

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Like the Spartanburg and Union, the line ran from Alston, South Carolina, to Spartanburg, South Carolina

Spartanburg, South Carolina

thgSpartanburg is the largest city in and the county seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. It is the second-largest city of the three primary cities in the Upstate region of South Carolina, and is located northwest of Columbia, west of Charlotte, and about northeast of...

. It was sold under foreclosure in June 1880 and leased to the Columbia and Greenville Railroad

Columbia and Greenville Railroad

The Columbia and Greenville Railroad was a South Carolina railroad that operated in the late 19th century.Originally chartered and begun as the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, the line was sold under foreclosure and reorganized under the Columbia and Greenville name in 1880.Beginning in 1886, it...

 for 90 years. It was likely at this point that it changed its name to the Spartanburg, Union and Columbia.

The carrier operated as part of the Richmond and Danville Railroad

Richmond and Danville Railroad

The Richmond and Danville Railroad was chartered in Virginia in the United States in 1847. The portion between Richmond and Danville, Virginia was completed in 1856...

system from 1881-94 and was controlled by the Southern Railway Company after 1895.