Group Officially Purchases Railroad Tracks for Saluda Grade Trail

$28.5M purchase of Saluda Grade allows trail plans to move forward

In the next few months, PAL Executive Director Laura Ringo said the tracks will be taken out and sold to help pay for the trail's construction.

Saluda Grade Trails Conservancy gets title to rail line, paving way for 31-mile trail

The initially agreed purchase price of the $31.5 million Saluda Grade rail line was reduced because of damage on the North Carolina side from Hurricane Helene.

Coalition completes purchase of Saluda Grade for trail

Southern Railway FP7 6141 and an F3 roar uphill into the hamlet of Saluda, N.C., top of famous 4.7%t Saluda Grade, with the Charleston, S.C.–Cincinnati Carolina Special in the early 1950s. The route, inactive for more than 20 years, has been sold for conversion into a trail. Linn H. Westcott HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — A coalition of nonprofit groups has officially completed its purchase of Norfolk Southern’s Saluda Grade line for conversion into a h…

Saluda grade railroad purchased for rail trail

A coalition working to build a rail trail along the historic Saluda grade railroad has officially bought the land. On June 17 the Saluda Grade Trails Conservancy purchased the 31.5-mile rail corridor from Norfolk Southern — a major step toward…

Group officially purchases railroad tracks for Saluda Grade Trail

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) - A rail line which is set to be transformed into a recreational trail from Spartanburg County to Henderson County has officially been purchased by the group working to make that trail a reality. The Saluda Grade Trails Conservancy purchased the 31.5-mile rail corridor on June 17 from Norfolk Southern for $28.5 million. The railroad tracks run from Inman to Zirconia, through the cities and towns of Landrum, Campob…

Conservancy buys 31.5-mile rail corridor along historic Saluda Grade Railroad

A local coalition that is looking to build a rail trail along the Saluda Grade Railroad has officially purchased the land.