Railroad Crossing / Train Tracks, Old Bush River Road / Saint Andrews Road: 2021 2 comments
Driving Old Bush River Road between Saint Andrews Road and North Lake Drive, I noticed that the train tracks which used to cross the road between Kiawah & Bilton are now gone. My surmise is that this has something to do with the changeover in Lake Murray operations from SCE&G to Dominion since the old tracks seem to go to a big facility, but that's a total guess.
UPDATE 14 June 2022 -- As mentioned by commenter Homer, here is the other end of this rail spur, also now taken up, which used to cross Saint Andrews Road near C&J Automotive:
Also adding "Railroad Crossing" to the post title as that seems more descriptive than "Train Tracks". Adding "Saint Andrews Road" as well.
2 Responses to 'Railroad Crossing / Train Tracks, Old Bush River Road / Saint Andrews Road: 2021'
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Homer
12 Feb 22 at 8:52 am
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I always tried to catch a train on that set of tracks with my camera, but the coal trains were never run on any timetable and there were only a few places where you could see the tracks once it passed over St. Andrews.
People complain about train traffic in downtown Columbia, but with the conversion of many coal plants in eastern South Carolina and even Georgia and Florid, a lot of that traffic is dying down already.
Joe Hinson
10 Apr 22 at 3:34 pm
The coal fired plant at Lake Murray was converted to use gas. Therefore no more need for the tracks to haul coal down there. The tracks across St. Andrews Rd. just down from Irmo High have been removed as well. It would be nice if they turned this into a walking trail or something of that sort but there are probably right of way issues with Dominion.