This short spur allowed Fort Jackson, just outside Columbia, SC, to have rail access to two different railroad lines: a former Atlantic Coast Line/Seaboard Coast Line route from Sumter, and a Southern Railway line. The two lines ran adjacent to each other, and were connected by a short spur track just west of the main spur from the ACL/SCL line at Sims, SC.
Today, both rail lines are still in use, and the southern portion of the spur is used for car storage.