Private company

Pickens Railway

Railway in South Carolina

Pickens Railway (reporting marks PICK, PKHP) is a shortline railroad that has operated on two separate divisions in the Upstate Region of South Carolina: Easley to Pickens: 9.9 miles (15.9 km) - abandoned and lifted in 2013. Anderson, through Belton to Honea Path: 28.5 miles (45.9 km) Connections are made with the Norfolk Southern at Easley and Anderson, and with the Greenville and Western Railway at Belton.2 It is headquartered in Cornelia.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersCornelia1

Pickens Railway (reporting marks PICK, PKHP) is a shortline railroad that has operated on two separate divisions in the Upstate Region of South Carolina: Easley to Pickens: 9.9 miles (15.9 km) - abandoned and lifted in 2013. Anderson, through Belton to Honea Path: 28.5 miles (45.9 km) Connections are made with the Norfolk Southern at Easley and Anderson, and with the Greenville and Western Railway at Belton.2

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Norfolk Southern Railway1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2