TRYON, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Conserving Carolina said a coalition working to build a rail trail along the Saluda Grade Railroad has officially bought the land. Officials said the Saluda Grade Trails ...

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 ...

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A rail line which is set to be transformed into a recreational trail from Spartanburg County to Henderson County has officially been purchased by the group working to ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

The groups behind a plan to build the Saluda Grade Trail, a mixed-use recreation trail on a defunct railbed running between North and South Carolina are holding a celebration of the project in Tryon ...

It’s been talked about for years, ever since the last train used the tracks in 2001. Now, planning is at last underway for the Saluda Grade Trail, one of many rail-to-trail projects that aim to turn ...

SPARTANBURG COUNTY — The public will have two opportunities this October to learn more about plans to create the Saluda Grade Rail Trail from an abandoned railroad in South Carolina and North Carolina ...

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 ...