By the Carolina Rail Feed Association

The SC-Line

The NS SC-Line is a secondary mainline running from Columbia, SC to Charleston, SC. It is part of the Columbia District and serves as the main connector between inland South Carolina and the Charleston, SC port. Traffic is almost exclusively made up of intermodal and autorack, but there are occasional unit trains and the usual local trains.

Train List

Locals

Columbia:

  • P28 – Columbia — Rowesville Turn (Mon-Fri) ✤

Charleston:

  • P27 – Charleston — Ridgeville Turn (Mon-Sat) ✶
  • P26 – Charleston 7 Mile Yard Switcher ✶
  • P21 – Charleston 7 Mile Yard Switcher ✶

Intermodal

  • 18D – Greer, SC — Charleston, SC Intermodal (Daily) ✤✶
  • 19D – Charleston, SC — Greer, SC Intermodal (Daily) ✤✶
  • 242 – Atlanta, GA — Charleston, SC Intermodal (Daily) ✤✶
  • 243 – Charleston, SC — Atlanta, GA Intermodal (Daily) ✤✶
  • 296 – Greer, SC — Charleston, SC Intermodal (Daily) ✤✶
  • 297 – Charleston, SC — Greer, SC Intermodal (Daily) ✤✶

Radio Frequencies

NameFrequencyChannel
Columbia District Road160.650MhzAAR036
Columbia District Ch 2160.995MhzAAR059

Feeds

Trains will be marked with the following symbols to signify which feeds they can be heard on:
✤ Columbia Feed
✶ Charleston Feed

Detectors

Hopkins (SC118.1) ✤
Gadsden (SC111.4) ✤
Stilton (SC83.0)
Rowesville (SC70.1)
Reevesville (SC54.5)
Dorchester (SC36.9)
Summerville (SC21.9) ✶