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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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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
On Friday, August 21, 1992, No. 290 ran the highly anticipated excursion trip from Atlanta, Georgia to Montgomery, Alabama for the Atlanta Chapter NRHS on both ex-A&WP and WRA rails, via CSX. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] On the next day, No. 290 ran five round-trip excursions out of Montgomery to Dothan, Alabama before returning to Atlanta on August 23.
The NS trains 191 and 192 from Brosnan Yard in Macon, Georgia to Columbia, South Carolina and the NS Trains 372 and 373 with their companion NS Trains 378 and 377 from Brosnan Yard in Macon, Georgia to Dillard Yard in Savannah, Georgia all make pick ups and drop offs in Tennille for the locals NS G23 and G24 as well as the Sandersville Railroad ...