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Georgia Short Lines and Industrial Railroads

 Albany & Northern

The A&N ran between Cordelle and Albany and was owned by the Southern.

1, 70 Ton, was built by General Electric in November 1946, #28562, as 70. It was renumbered 1 at an unknown date. In 1970 it was sold to Roscoe Snyder & Pacific as 1 and then resold in 1971 to American Grains with no number.

9 was obviously built by Baldwin.

51 was a side-door caboose.

Atlantic Steel Corp.

17, SW8, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1952, #15956, as Atlantic Coast Line 57.  It became Seaboard Coast Line 17 in July 1967 and sold to Graham County RR as 17 in May 1982.  It then was sold to Carolina Eastman as 17 and then to ASCorp as 17.  It then went to Armco Steel Corp as 17 and then to Warren Consolidated Industries as 830.

Chattahoochee Industrial RR

12, SW9, was built by Electro-Motive in January 1952, #15636, as Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri 12. It was later sold to CIRR 12.

118, RS1, was built by Alco.

Gainesville Midland RR

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Georgia & Alabama RR

GAAB was a Railtex shortline which was absorbed into the Georgia Southeastern.

20 "The Pride of Mauldin", GP9, was built by Electro-Motive in August 1956, #22120, as New York New Haven & Hartford as 1210, Class DERS-4. It became Penn Central 7540, Class ERS-17s, 1969, and then Consolidated Railroad Corp 7540, Class GP-9. It was renumbered 7280 and later sold to Cape Cod & Hyannis as 1210. It was renumbered 20 and later sold to GAAB as 20. It later was transferred to Carolina Piedmont RR as 20 .

21, GP9, was built by Electro-Motive in July 1956, #22111, as NYNH&H as 1201, Class DERS-4. It became PC 7531, Class ERS-17s, in 1969, and then Conrail 7531, Class GP-9. It was renumbered 7271 and later sold to CC&H as 21. It was then sold to South Carolina Central as 21 in April 1989 and later to Georgia Southwestern as 21. Then it became CPRR as21 in November 1990 and then GAAB as 21.

2077, GP7m, was built by Electro-Motive in September, 1952, #16988, as Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 2761, Class 2650. It was rebuilt in Cleburne in August, 1974, as 2077, Class 2050. They retired it in March, 1990, and sold it to Railtex in August, 1990. In January 1999 it was transferred to Dallas Garland & North Eastern where it was quickly stored for parts use.

Georgia Eastern RR

6590, GP9, was built by Electro-Motive in February 1985, #24374, as Baltimore & Ohio Class FSE-2. It became Class GP-9 in 1964 and was assigned CSX Transportation 0590. It was retired on January 9, 1987, and was sold as GERR as 6590 on January 19, 1987. It became Georgia Woodlands RR on June 7, 1988, and later sold to Chicago Rail Link in February 1993 as 59.

Georgia Great Southern RR

2130, GP7u, was built by Electro-Motive in December 1952, #17636, as Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 2825, Class 2650. It was rebuilt in September 1978 at Cleburne as 2130, Class 2050. It was retired in June 1989 and sold to Railtex in February 1990. It was assigned to Georgia Southwestern RR as 2130 and then transferred to GSW and kept the same number. It was return to GSE and in January 1999 it went to Dallas Garland & NorthEastern and was renumbered 702.

Georgia Marble Co.

3, 25 Ton, was built General Electric in January 1953, #31778.

Georgia Southwestern RR

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Georgia Woodland RR

45, SW8, was built by Electro-Motive in November 1952, #16827, as Chicago West Pullman & Southern 45. It was later sold to GWRR as 45.

6590, GP9, was built by Electro-Motive in February 1958, #24374, as Baltimore & Ohio 6590, Class FSE-2. It became Class GP-9 in 1964 and was assigned CSX Transportation 0590. It was retired on January 9, 1987, and was sold as Georgia Eastern RR as 6590 on January 19, 1987. It became GWRR on June 7, 1988, and later sold to Chicago Rail Link In February 1993 as 59.

Hart County Scenic RR

11 was built by Baldwin in February 1925, #58194, as Caddow & Choctaw RR 11.  It was sold to the Reader RR as 11. It went to the HCSRR at Hartwell, Georgia, after abandonment. Steve Sandifer reports that it later went to the Kentucky Central at Paris, Ky.

Hartwell Ry.

The Hartwell Ry was formed in 1898 to take over the Hartwell RR. It operates 9.6 miles between Hartwell and Elberton where it connects with the Great Walton's former Southern trackage.

7, SW1, was built by Electro-Motive in June 1949, #6405, as New York Central 599, Class DES-5c. It was renumbered 8425, Class ES-6, in 1966 and became Penn Central 8425, Class ES-6, in 1968. It was sold to Amtrak as 243 in 1976 and was later renumbered 730. It later became Washington Terminal Co 730 and then was sold to Hartwell as 7.

Ogeechee RR

Horace G. Poss & Co.

No number was built by Porter as Pullman Co 249. It later was sold to Southern Iron & Equipment and then to Atlantic Steel Co. It was acquired by Horace G Poss & Co for display.

Savannah & Atlanta

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Stone Mountain Scenic RR

General II was built by Baldwin in 1919, #52207, as Red River & Gulf 104. It was later sold to Comite Southern as 1 and then to Louisiana Eastern as 1. In October 1961 it was sold to Stone Mountain and "dooded up" to represent one of the locomotives from the Great Locomotive Chase.

Texas II was built by Baldwin in May 1922, #55390, as San Antonio & Aransas Pass 60. It later became Texas & New Orleans 220, Class E-40, in 1925. It was later renumbered 260 on August 31, 1950, and then sold to Comite Southern as 2 on September 14, 1954. It later became Louisiana Eastern 2 and was sold to SMSRR and dressed up as Texas II in May 1962.

1910 was built by St Louis Car in 1925, order #1380, as Johnstown Traction Co 359. It was a single end car which was later rebuilt as a double end car. When Johnstown abandoned its rail operations, it was acquired by SMS and was equipped with a gas engine.

Valdosta Southern RR

184, GP7, was built by Electro-Motive in August 1950, #9081, as Georgia RR 1022. It was sold to Precision National and then resold to the VS in September 1983.

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