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The railroad utilizes what was originally an industrial spur built in 1869 by the Stone Mountain Granite Company to serve quarries at the foot of the Stone Mountain, with a connection to the Georgia Railroad's main line in Stone Mountain Village. The railroad later started an excursion service to the mountain.
The ASM&L had two lines on the north side of the Georgia Railroad in Lithonia. One connected to the "Big Ledge" quarry on the north side of Lithonia, one-half mile (0.80 km) from the Georgia Railroad and the other on a route of about one and a half miles (2.4 km) to the quarries at Pine Mountain on the east side of Lithonia (on tracks that were formerly Pine Mountain Granite Company railroad).
Stone Mountain, c. 1910 Grist Mill from 1869 at Stone Mountain Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad depot, 1971 Human habitation of Stone Mountain and its surroundings date back into prehistory . When the mountain was first encountered by European explorers, its summit was encircled by a rock wall, similar to that still to be found on Georgia's Fort ...
Sold to the Cliffside Railroad [2] in 1933 and renumbered 110, and was the last steam locomotive to operate on the road before it dieselized in 1962. The 110 was eventually sold to the Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad, a tourist railroad that operates around the perimeter of Stone Mountain Park in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The 110 operated here ...
A mysterious "7ft" figure filmed walking through a remote part of Colorado has sent Bigfoot enthusiasts into a frenzy. Shannon Parker and Stetson Tyler were travelling on the Narrow Gauge train ...
In 1984, the 110 was placed on display outside the Stone Mountain's Memorial Depot. In late 2012, Stone Mountain sold the 110 to the New Hope Valley Railway in Bonsal, NC for eventual restoration to operation on their 4.5 mile tourist railroad. Number 40, 2-8-0, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1925 for the Lancaster and Chester Railway.
The original railway chartered at the site in 1882 was the Eureka Springs Railway, extending from Seligman, Missouri, to Eureka Springs.In 1899, it became the St. Louis & North Arkansas Railroad Co.; in 1906, the Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad Co.; in 1922, the Missouri & North Arkansas Railway Co.; in 1935, the Missouri & Arkansas Railway Co.; in 1949, the Arkansas & Ozarks - which closed ...
The station was built in 1910 by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway.When the line and railroad was bought by the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1917, the station was renamed the Missouri Pacific Depot, and when the line was bought by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1982, the station was renamed the Union Pacific Depot in 1983, despite the fact that it was already used by Amtrak. [3]