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Georgia
Short Lines and Industrial Railroads
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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
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
4215, GP30, was built by Electro-Motive in August 1963, #28496, as Chesapeake & Ohio 3020, Class MRSE-30. It was reclassified as Class GP-30 in 1964 and rebuilt later as Class GP-30M. It was renumbered 4215 and then became CSX Transportation 4215, Class GP-30M. It was later sold to ORR as 4215.
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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