The Chester, Greenwood and Abbeville Railroad was Chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1885.
[1] A year later, the company's name was changed to the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway.
The goal was to construct a line from Monroe, North Carolina, to Atlanta, Georgia.
[2] Construction on the line began in 1887 in North Carolina.
[4] This United States railway company-related article is a stub.