The community engagement event marked the latest step forward for the Saluda Grade Trail, which would run from Inman, South ...

Henry Gramling and his family are longtime residents of Gramling, South Carolina. His family once worked for the Saluda Grade Railroad, a steep, scenic route connecting Spartanburg and Asheville. They ...

Press release from Conserving Carolina: A coalition of nonprofits in North Carolina and South Carolina are working together to purchase the inactive Saluda Grade railroad corridor for a new ...

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 ...

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 ...

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-use biking and walking trail. The planned trail would pass through ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

INMAN — Construction of a 31-mile rail trail on the inactive Saluda Grade railroad line in South Carolina and North Carolina could begin within five years if negotiations with Norfolk Southern are ...