Carolina Piedmont Railroad (CPDR)

CPDR AT A GLANCE Miles of Track: 40 Employees: 9 Carloads handled: 5,000 Equipment: 3 locomotives

Office: 268 E. Main St., Laurens, South Carolina 29360

Phone: (864) 984-0040

Web site: www.gwrr.com/operations/railroads/north_america/carolina_piedmont_railroad

Contacts:
Customer Service: (800) 757-7387 scrf-cs@gwrr.com
General Manager: Billy Tucker (910) 262-5297 btucker@gwrr.com
Operations Manager: Yurgen Harter (864) 525-1645 yurgen.harter@gwrr.com
AVP Sales & Marketing: Roy Budgell (843) 230-8673 roy.budgell@gwrr.com

Carolina Piedmont Railroad (CPDR) is located in Western South Carolina and interchanges with the CSXT at Laurens. The CPDR is part of Genesee & Wyoming’s (G&W) Rail Link Region Railroads, which are headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. The region includes 21 short line railroads and serves 10 major U.S. ports.

Counties served: Laurens and Greenville

Principal commodities carried include: scrap metal, plastic resins, gas turbines, and chemicals