From there, it turned southwest and passed through Red Springs and Maxton before crossing into South Carolina near McColl.

Beyond Darlington, it continued to its terminus in Sumter, a hub and major junction for the Atlantic Coast Line.

The Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad also built track from Bennettsville northwest to Gibson, North Carolina that year.

[2] The portion of the route from Red Springs to McColl was removed in 1973 which split the remaining line into two discontinuous segments.

[12] In 1980, the Seaboard Coast Line's parent company merged with the Chessie System, creating the CSX Corporation.

[11][13] A short segment near Maxton is used by CSX as a spur to the Wilmington Subdivision to access a Campbell Soup Company facility.

[14] The line is still in service between McColl and Marlboro (just south of Bennettsville) and has been operated by the Pee Dee River Railway since 1987.