The Newberry, Whitmire and Augusta Railroad was a South Carolina railroad company founded in the early part of the 20th century.

The Newberry, Whitmire and Augusta was chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1906.

Newberry, Whitmire and Augusta Railroad

The carrier was "authorized to construct and operate a railroad from any point on the North Carolina State line through or by the town" of Whitmire, South Carolina, or other point that might be found more desirable, thence on through Newberry County, South Carolina, Saluda County, South Carolina and Edgefield County, South Carolina, to Augusta, Georgia.

Newberry, Whitmire and Augusta Railroad

The charter was amended in February 1910 to change to corporate name to the Augusta Northern Railway. Construction began in September 1910 and was completed in the spring of 1912.

Newberry, Whitmire and Augusta Railroad

The independent line served Western South Carolina until it was abandoned in 1941.

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Defunct South Carolina railroads

Railway companies established in 1906

Railway companies disestablished in 1910

1906 establishments in South Carolina

1910 disestablishments in South Carolina