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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. It is a subsidiary of the Georgia Northeastern Railroad, which also ...
It was converted from three-foot (775mm) narrow gauge to standard gauge as far north as Blue Ridge, Georgia in 1890, and from there to Murphy in 1897. This completion of a route southward from the wye at Etowah/Delano by the Knoxville Southern Railroad (actually a subsidiary of the M&NGR) provided a continuous route from Atlanta, Georgia to ...
The Georgia Northeastern Railroad (reporting mark GNRR) is a short line freight railroad which runs from the town of Elizabeth, Georgia (now within Marietta, northwest of Atlanta) to the city of Blue Ridge, Georgia. Goods hauled are mostly timber, grain, poultry, and marble products.
Blue Ridge is the home of the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway, a restored railroad that features a four-hour, 26 mile roundtrip journey along the Toccoa River to the sister towns McCaysville, Georgia, and Copperhill, Tennessee. [8] The original tracks started in Marietta, Georgia, and reached Blue Ridge and the surrounding areas in 1886.
The railway ceased to exist around 1890 as the Blue Ridge Railway and went into foreclosure. Some of the tracks were taken over by Richmond and Danville Railroad which continued the tracks to Atlanta and in 2006 is still operational after more than 100 years of service. The tracks from Columbia still exist and are used by successive companies.
Blue Ridge Depot is a historic train depot in Blue Ridge, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 15, 1982. It is located on Depot Street. The current building was constructed in 1906. [2] The depot is the starting point of the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway. [3]
Central of Georgia Railway Bulkhead flat No. 11403, Two engine hoods from Hartwell 2, and the cab from Atlanta and West Point 290 are on this car; DODX heavy duty flat car No.38416; Southern Railway flat car No. 117092, Southern Railway 1509's Frame is currently on this car; Southern Railway hopper car No. 74745; Southern Railway "Big John ...
The Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway was formed in 1914 as a reorganization of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad, which had been created in 1905 to purchase the Atlantic and Birmingham Railway and extend its track into Birmingham, Alabama, from an end point at Montezuma, Georgia. The railroad's chief engineer and general ...