RAILROAD WAS BUILT IN THE 1870S, BUT THE LAST TIME A TRAIN TRAVELED ALONG THESE TRACKS WAS BACK IN 2001, AND OFFICIALS SAY NORFOLK SOUTHERN HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN SELLING. >> TRAILS REALLY BRING ...

News release from Conserving Carolina: 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A local nonprofit finalized the purchase June 17 of a 31.5-mile stretch of freight railroad, which it aims to convert into a mixed ...

The groups behind a plan to build the Saluda Grade Trail, a mixed-use recreation trail on a defunct railbed running between North and South Carolina are holding a celebration of the project in Tryon ...

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 ...

More funding is earmarked for the Saluda Grade Trail to convert 31.5 miles of the old train tracks into a recreation trail running from the Upstate into the mountains of western North Carolina. That's ...

COMMUNITIES. A NEW TRAIL IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY IN THE UPSTATE. AND IN SOME WAYS, IT’S DRAWING COMPARISONS TO THE SWAMP RABBIT TRAILL. OUR TAGGART HOUCK HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS AND JOINS US IN ...

SPARTANBURG — If all goes to plan, the Saluda Grade Trails Conservancy will buy 31.5 miles of Norfolk Southern railroad for $31.5 million by the end of July, paving the way for the construction of the ...