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| How important are freight rates for
railroad shipments when you are involved in choosing a site for a new
facility? If the answer is very and the plant will be located in
the Southeastern United States then you should look at Anderson County, South
Carolina; Pickens County, South Carolina; and the Pickens Railway Company.
Anderson County, SC is located near the geographical center of seven major cites of the Southeast. These are Greenville, SC (45 minutes); Spartanburg, SC (70 minutes); Charlotte, NC (2-1/2 hours); Columbia, SC (2 hours); Charleston, SC (4 hours); Augusta, Ga. (90 minutes); and Atlanta, Ga. ( 3hours) The city of Anderson is the county seat and the hub of economic activity. About 20 minutes north of Anderson is Clemson University. Clemson is a major university and offers just about everything your employees and their families might want in higher education. Just west of Anderson is lake Hartwell, to the north lake Keowee, and to the south lake Thurmond. These three lakes make up one of the largest fresh water recreational areas in the Southeast. Anderson is within a hour's drive of the Smokey Mountains, within 4 hours drive of historic Charleston, SC and within 5 hours drive of the entire South Carolina Coast from Hilton Head to Myrtle Beach. There is a major nuclear electric generating plant and a coal fired electric generating plant near by. The Greenville-Spartanburg metro area is one of the fastest growing in America. It is the next great major metropolitan area in the Southeast and will probably pass Atlanta in size in the next 20 years. Anderson County is southwest of the Greenville-Spartanburg and has hundreds of sites for new industrial development. Many of these sites can be served by the Pickens Railway Company. Anderson County offers nearby access to several interstate highways like I-85, I-26, I-95, I-20, and I-77. It offers service from both Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation. The Pickens Railway interchanges with both Class 1 railroads. Any transportation manager knows how important it is to have service from more than one class 1 railroad when it comes to negotiating freight rates. |
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| The Pickens Railway Company is a privately owned shortline railroad operating on two separate short segments in the Upstate of South Carolina. The PICK division, 8.5 miles from Pickens to Easley, is over 100 years old. The PICK interchanges with Norfolk Southern in Easley. The PKHP division consists of 28.5 miles in Anderson County from Anderson to Belton and Honea Path. The PKHP interchanges with the Norfolk Southern in Anderson and the CSXT in Belton. There are hundreds of sites along the PKHP section for new industrial plants of all types. There are also dozens of sites along the PICK section for new industrial plants. | ||
| Currently the Pickens Railway moves approximately 5,000 carloads per year of a variety of commodities including: plastics, fiberglass products, scrap metals, and farm supplies. Customers include: Owens Corning, BASF, White Westinghouse, Carolina Scrap Processors, Duke Power, General Electric, Tri-County Fertilizer, Pickens County Concrete, Courtesy Corp., Carolina Bird Food, PCA Tenneco Packaging, and Southern States Cooperative. In the fall of 2001 the new Michelin facility in Anderson will be added. The growing industrial base in Anderson offers hundreds of rail-served sites for both large and small installations. Sites include developed and undeveloped properties of all sizes. Pickens Railway works closely with the Anderson County Economic Development Authority in assisting new clients with their rail service needs. | ||
| Pickens Railway can provide support every step of the way to a company that wants to build a new facility along its route. The employees work closely with each customer to assure the best possible delivery schedule for each site. General Manager Donnie Sims has over 25 years experience and is only a phone call away for problem resolution. Pickens Railway as a winner of the E.H. Harriman (Jake) Safety award in 1998 and 1999. It also won the Owens Corning's Raw Material Carrier of the Year award in 1997. Pickens employees strive to have the safest, most customer oriented railroad in the business. | ||
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For more information on the Pickens Railway call Mr. Donnie Sims, General Manager Phone: 864-878-3581 Fax: 864-878-3582 or you can complete the customer response form below an email it to the Pickens Railway by pushing the submit button. |
