Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad

The Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad was a Southern United States railroad that served South Carolina and North Carolina in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

[2] The Greeneville and French Broad was chartered in 1854[3] to connect Greeneville, Tennessee (near the French Broad River) with destinations in North Carolina, but "anticipated costs and the U.S. Civil War caused this line to be aborted before construction ever started.

[5] It was sold under foreclosure in 1881 and reorganized under the Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad that same year.

[1] The 21 mi (34 km) distance between Hendersonville and Asheville, North Carolina, was completed in 1886.

[6] By that point, the line was operated as part of the Richmond and Danville Railroad until 1894 and controlled by the Southern Railway afterward.

Asheville, 1883—Iron Bridge looking west—Railroad Bridge higher in picture—Site of Sams's Ferry over French Broad, later Jarrett's Ferry, later Smith's Bridge, now Concrete Bridge (1922)
Spartanburg Union Station around 1910-1919; showing the main station, five tracks with three platforms along them and a separate track going to other side of station.