[1] The Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson Railway was formed in 1910 to build an interurban railroad between its namesake cities.

In 1919, the Greenville and Western Railway attempted to stop service on the line and tear up the railroad.

87 carloads had originated from or terminated at two online industries in 2005 in addition to overhead traffic from 10 customers on the Pickens Railway.

Other commodities include scrap metal, limestone, fertilizer, feed products, plastics, and paper.

[9][10] 4201, branded for Western Carolina Railway's subsidiary Aiken Railroad, was built in May 1963 as ATSF 1270 (EMD GP30).

Rebuilt and renumbered several times by ATSF, then owned by BNSF when ATSF merged with Burlington Northern, it was purchased by WCRS and originally plated GRLW until it was repainted in WCRS colors and branded with AIKR.