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originally 3 ft ( 914 mm) The Hartwell Railroad ( reporting mark HRT) dates to 1878 when the company was chartered to build a 3 ft ( 914 mm) narrow gauge [1] rail line between Hartwell and Bowersville in Hart County, Georgia. The 10-mile railroad was completed the following year. In 1898, it was reorganized as the Hartwell Railway.
and 4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm) [1] Length. 138 miles (222 km) The Western & Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia (W&A) is a railroad owned by the State of Georgia and currently leased by CSX, which CSX operates in the Southeastern United States from Atlanta, Georgia, to Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was founded on December 21, 1836.
The Arabia Mountain line was abandoned in 1935 and the Stone Mountain quarry was acquired by the Works Progress Administration and run for another five years. The quarry tracks were taken up in 1942. Rail use continued at the Lithonia quarries on the north side of the Georgia Railroad for several more decades before being closed. [1]
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad continued to operate the Thomasville Branch in its entirety until 1960, when it was abandoned north of Moultrie, Georgia. [1] The Atlantic Coast Line became the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL) in 1967 after merging with their rival, the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL).
Underground Atlanta is a shopping and entertainment district in the Five Points neighborhood of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States, near the Five Points MARTA station. It is currently undergoing renovations. First opened in 1969, it takes advantage of the viaducts built over the city's many railroad tracks to accommodate later automobile ...
In 2006, the Marietta-based company built its in the woods near downtown Powder Springs. The magnetic system pushes the car about 1 centimeter off the track. Current speeds climb near 40 mph but ...
1962–present. Technical. Track gauge. 4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. Length. 3.88 mi (6.24 km) The Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad (SMRR) is a standard gauge railroad that circles the perimeter of Stone Mountain Park in a loop, and provides views of the mountain en route.
The trail at the 2.4-mile mark, near Heritage Park in Mableton, Georgia. The Silver Comet Trail is named for the Silver Comet passenger train that traversed the same route from 1947 to 1969. [1] It begins in Smyrna, Georgia, runs west through Cobb, Paulding and Polk counties, and continues as Alabama 's Chief Ladiga Trail at the state line.