Author: Wilds L. Pierce, 3rd
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ISBN: 9780578835938
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Languages : en
Pages : 192
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In 1996, Wilds Lovick Pierce II, owner of the Georgia Northeastern Railroad, and local supporters had a vision for a return of passenger rail travel in North Georgia. The Blue Ridge Scenic Railway became a reality and carried its first passengers in 1998. Since then, over a millions passengers have experienced the joys of train travel through the mountains. The story of the scenic railway's inceptions and early days with volunteer staff provides an enjoyable read.
Author: Marietta and North Georgia Railroad Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 14
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Author: Albert M. Langley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780961525750
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Author: North and South Railroad of Georgia
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Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Author: North-Eastern Railroad (S.C.)
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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Author: H. Roger Grant
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ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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The Georgia & Florida Railroad began with bright promise, but like many other enterprises in the early twentieth-century South, it experienced hard times. The story begins in 1906, when--responding to a perceived need for better connections to northern markets--a group of entrepreneurs led by prominent Virginia banker John Skelton Williams began to cobble together logging short lines to create more than 350 miles of railroad connecting Augusta, Georgia, with Madison, Florida. At first the G&F triggered growth in its region as several new towns sprang up or expanded along its lines. By 1915, however, the economic dislocations caused by World War I threw the G&F into receivership, and a few years later the G&F came close to dismemberment. Fortunately, shippers and investors rallied to the railroad's cause, and business conditions improved. In 1926 the road was reorganized and, under pressure to "expand or die," built to Greenwood, South Carolina. The Great Depression forced the G&F into bankruptcy, and after its record-length receivership, it was acquired by the Southern Railway in 1963. When the Southern Railway dissolved the corporation and abandoned much of the former trackage, the G&F became the "Gone & Forgotten." Yet in its 57-year lifespan the G&F did much to bring about agricultural diversification and relative prosperity in the wiregrass region of southern Georgia and northern Florida. Offering insights on social and economic conditions in the South from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, Grant's study of this obscure yet noteworthy railroad will appeal to those interested in transportation, business, railroad, and Southern regional history.
Author: Jackson McQuigg
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439612587
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Organized in 1833 by Savannah businessmen, the Central of Georgia Railway was chartered by the Georgia Legislature as the Central Rail Road & Canal Company. The line, connecting Savannah to the interior of the state, boosted the coastal city's seaport, which had lost business to Charleston because of the South Carolina Rail Road's inland reach. In 1843, the Central was extended from Savannah to the outskirts of Macon, and after nearly 120 years of successful operation, the Central of Georgia Railway was purchased by Southern Railway. By 1982, it became merely an accounting entry in the books of Norfolk Southern, a major transportation company.
Author: Railroad Commission of Georgia
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Author: Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
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ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Author: Marietta and North Georgia Railway Company
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages :
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