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 ...

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 ...

The group behind a trail planned to stretch into South Carolina is asking for input on how the trail should be built and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Saluda Grade Trail project, which aims to transform a 31-mile stretch of historic railroad into a multi-use trail connecting communities in North and South Carolina, is entering its next phase of ...

Group officially purchases railroad tracks for Saluda … News / Jun 24, 2025 / 11:22 PM EDT ...