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The Heart of Georgia also hosts the SAM passenger excursion train and is owned by parent company Atlantic Western Transportation Company. [ 2 ] Primary commodities include feed products, chemicals, plastic pellets, aggregates, lumber, grain, pulpwood, scrap metal, and fertilizer, amounting to around 7,500 annual carloads.
No. 750 was subsequently leased to the Southern Railway for use to pull trains for their new steam excursion program, and the lease ended in 1984. From 1985 to 1989, the locomotive pulled excursion trains for the New Georgia Railroad around Atlanta, until it was retired, due to firebox issues.
Logo of the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway Blue Ridge Scenic Railway train in Blue Ridge, Georgia.. The Blue Ridge Scenic Railway is a heritage railroad in northern Georgia.. Based in Blue Ridge, Georgia, United States it follows the former Marietta and North Georgia Railroad line along the Toccoa River north to McCaysville, Georgia, and its Twin city of Copperhill, Tennessee.
Apr. 23—AMERICUS — Just in time for the spring-summer 2022 vacation season, one of the Southeast's most beloved excursion trains marks its 20th anniversary. That makes now a perfect time to ...
In 1989, the locomotive was restored to operating condition for the New Georgia Railroad (NGRX) program, running excursion trains around the Georgia state from Atlanta to Athens, Augusta, Brunswick, Macon, and Savannah on Norfolk Southern (NS) and CSX rails.
Georgia and Florida Railway: Augusta, Gibson and Sandersville Railroad: G&F: 1884 1893 Augusta Southern Railroad: Augusta and Knoxville Railroad: ACL: 1877 1886 Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway: Augusta and Savannah Railroad: CG: 1856 1948 Central of Georgia Railway: Augusta Southern Railroad: AUS G&F: 1893 1919 Georgia and Florida Railway
The Georgia and Alabama Railway would also acquire the Abbeville and Waycross Railroad. [4] The Georgia and Alabama Railway ran a daily passenger train from Savannah to Montgomery, and the line was nicknamed the "Savannah Short Line" since it has the shortest route between the two cities compared to its competitors. [2]
Trains departed from Atlanta at 8:50 a.m. and 7 p.m. and arrived there at 1:35 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. Not much has happened in between 1867 and now, track realignments in some areas resulted in height clearances and track improvements. CSXT 8029 is waiting for another train at the siding at Tunnel Hill, Georgia, on the Western & Atlantic Sub.