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Industry-Saving Plan Backfires In Marion County
Marion County bought 6.3 miles of Seaboard rail to save jobs at a lumber firm, aided by two thirds federal funding, but the plan backfired as the company closed and the line sits unused. Officials say abandonment talks and broader rail decisions threaten other segments across the state.
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Marion County
Columbia
Seaboard Systems
Marion
Mullins
Wood Products Company
M. Gault Beeson
Highway Department
Donald N. Tudor
Division of Transportation
Conway-Myrtle Beach
Yemassee
Port Royal
Seaboard
Horry County
Birney Blind
U.S. 501
State Ports Authority
Owen Pride
Jacksonville
Fla
Sumter
Becton Dickinson
Jim Hall
Society Hill
McColl
Bennettsville
Tudor
Conrail
Congress
Norfolk Southern