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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.
Norcross, Georgia: Atlanta, Georgia: Continues into Georgia Division Salisbury, North Carolina: Halls Ferry, North Carolina: Also known as the D Line: Gastonia, North Carolina: Bowlin, South Carolina [10] Ex-Carolina and Northwestern Railway line to Chester, SC; Bowlin is the end of the line near the NC border. Greenville District: Greenville ...
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 Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad of the United States purchased the Cornelia-Tallulah Falls section of the North Eastern Rail Road in an attempt to connect Savannah, Georgia to Knoxville, Tennessee. Chartered in 1887, it went bankrupt in about 1892 and in 1898 its properties became part of the newly formed Tallulah Falls Railway. [1]
Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad: SOU: 1887 1897 Tallulah Falls Railway: ... Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railway: Georgia Air Line Railway: SOU: 1877 1877
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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.
Norfolk Southern Railway had come to an agreement with Georgia Department of Transportation for use of its right-of-way in constructing a commuter rail train back in 2006. [9] Right-of-way sharing is very common across the country, especially since many railroads received eminent domain land grants when originally constructing their railroad ...