Port Royal

Company History: The PRYL was launched in 1985 by the South Carolina Public Railways Commission to take over the former Charleston & Western Carolina line from Port Royal (about half way between Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina) to Yemassee, 26 miles to the northwest from Seaboard System. Traffic included aggregates, beer, clay slurry, lumber and paper. Traffic through the port was light when compared to Savannah and Charleston and in 2006, the state officially closed it. Three years later, the railroad was officially closed and the property was transferred to another government agency.

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