Pleasant Surprise/ Revival Of Abandoned Rail Line AB-389 1X

mudchicken

Member since
December 2001
From: Denver / La Junta
10,792 posts

Posted by mudchicken on Monday, February 2, 2004 3:20 PM

RE: Georgia Great Southern Division, Carolina Central Railroad Co. ....between Albany and Dawson, GA ...13.62 Miles of now Georgia Southwestern RR

Scanning the STB "Decisions & Notices" Web-page today (2/2/04.....
http://www.stb.dot.gov) noticed that an abandoned rail line in Georgia is now coming back to life. In addition, the National Interim Trail Use (NITU) process actually worked for once! A railroad line rising from the ashes!!!

On top of everything else, the trails people (true to form - agree to one thing, interpret it to mean quite something else) are told by the STB "to get over it" and live up to what they agreed to.

Thank you STB and Georgia DOT for resurrecting the line!

'BOUT TIME![:D]

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west

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JoeKoh

Member since
April 2003
From: Defiance Ohio
13,291 posts

Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, February 2, 2004 3:59 PM

thtats nice for a change!
stay safe
joe

Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").

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locomutt

Member since
September 2003
From: Louisville,Ky.
5,077 posts

Posted by locomutt on Monday, February 2, 2004 8:25 PM

Another PHOENIX[?]

About time.

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

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jchnhtfd

Member since
January 2001
From: US
1,537 posts

Posted by jchnhtfd on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 8:54 AM

Pity it's so rare...

Jamie

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Anonymous

Member since
April 2003
305,205 posts

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 11:53 AM

I'd love to see photos of the revival - weeds and brush being cut back,
the grade being filled and new ballast spread, the whole
construction process (I have a scene on my model railroad where an
abandoned line is being reborn). This is definitely worth a few rolls
of film that's for sure. With all the abandoned ROWs up here in the
Midwest scenes like this are fantastic.

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Anonymous

Member since
April 2003
305,205 posts

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 13, 2004 12:57 AM

I am kinda behind in many of the threads. But I guess many people know the feeling of not being able to read every post in every thread.

This certainly is good news. Maybe with the railroads needing expansion they will take back some more of these trails. I am sure the railfans won't object. [;)]

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