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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.
It was converted from three-foot (775mm) narrow gauge to standard gauge as far north as Blue Ridge, Georgia in 1890, and from there to Murphy in 1897. This completion of a route southward from the wye at Etowah/Delano by the Knoxville Southern Railroad (actually a subsidiary of the M&NGR) provided a continuous route from Atlanta, Georgia to ...
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. It is a subsidiary of the Georgia Northeastern Railroad, which also ...
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.
CSX Transportation owns and operates a vast network of rail lines in the United States east of the Mississippi River.In addition to the major systems which merged to form CSX – the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Seaboard Air Line Railroad – it also owns major lines in the Northeastern United ...
Columbus and Florida Railway: SAL: 1885 1886 Columbus Southern Railway: Columbus and Rome Railroad: CG: 1879 1882 Columbus and Rome Railway: Columbus and Rome Railway: CG: 1882 1888 Savannah and Western Railroad: Columbus Southern Railway: SAL: 1886 1896 Columbus and Southern Railway: Columbus and Southern Railway: SAL: 1896 1896 Georgia and ...
Blue Ridge Railway may refer to: Blue Ridge Railroad (1849–1870) in Virginia, predecessor of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway; Blue Ridge Railway (1901) in South Carolina, predecessor of the Southern Railway until about 1990 Blue Ridge Railroad of South Carolina, 1852–1880, predecessor of the above; Blue Ridge Scenic Railway, tourist line in ...
By the beginning of 1932, SR 3 was paved from the Tennessee state line to Dalton. US 41 was established along this segment. SR 2 was paved from Blairsville to Hiawassee. SR 2 was built from Chatsworth to Ellijay. SR 5 was designated along the Ellijay–Blue Ridge segment. [8] [9] In January, SR 2/SR 5 were paved from about Cherry Log to Blue Ridge.