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The Carolina Piedmont Railroad (reporting mark CPDR) is a class III railroad and subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. operating in the Upstate region of South Carolina. From an interchange with CSX Transportation at Laurens the railroad runs 34 miles (55 km) to the northwest terminating at East Greenville.Primary commodities include plastic resins gas turbines wind turbines food products forest products and chemicals with the railroad accumulating about 5500 annual carloads in 2008.