Dillon station is a train station in Dillon, South Carolina, served by Amtrak, the United States' railroad passenger system. It was originally built by the Florence Railroad in 1893, but only as a freight station. Once the railroad was consolidated into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1898, the passenger station was opened in 1904. The station survived the merger of the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line Railroads into the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in 1967, only to terminate passenger service in 1971.[2] Amtrak service to Dillon began on June 15, 1976, with the introduction of the Palmetto.[3] The four-faced station clock also contains two Fahrenheit thermometers.
Gallery
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The clock doubles as a thermometer -
Historic plaque -
Monument to the Mayors of Dillon -
Railroad crossing and CSX Railroad trucks
References
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of South Carolina" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
- ^ "Dillon ACL Depot, including 1971 SCL Depot photograph (South Carolina Railroad Structures)". Archived from the original on 2004-02-25. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ "Southern Amtrak passenger train scheduled". Rome News-Tribune. April 11, 1976. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
External links
Media related to Dillon (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons
