Valdosta Railroad

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know any information on the Valdosta (GA) railroad?

[thirdrail1]

The Valdosta Railroad is currently owned by Railroad Management & Consulting of Panama City, FL (Earl Durden). It was previously known as the Valdosta Southern, when it was owned by Owens-Illinois, which owned the paper mill at Clyattville, GA, its principal customer. As the VSO, it ran from Valdosta to a connection with the SAL at Madison, FL. The line was originally built by the Georgia & Florida, which ran from Greenwood, SC, to Madison, FL.

[thirdrail1]

The Valdosta Railroad is currently owned by Railroad Management & Consulting of Panama City, FL (Earl Durden). It was previously known as the Valdosta Southern, when it was owned by Owens-Illinois, which owned the paper mill at Clyattville, GA, its principal customer. As the VSO, it ran from Valdosta to a connection with the SAL at Madison, FL. The line was originally built by the Georgia & Florida, which ran from Greenwood, SC, to Madison, FL.

[thirdrail1]

The Valdosta Railroad is currently owned by Railroad Management & Consulting of Panama City, FL (Earl Durden). It was previously known as the Valdosta Southern, when it was owned by Owens-Illinois, which owned the paper mill at Clyattville, GA, its principal customer. As the VSO, it ran from Valdosta to a connection with the SAL at Madison, FL. The line was originally built by the Georgia & Florida, which ran from Greenwood, SC, to Madison, FL.

[thirdrail1]

The Valdosta Railroad is currently owned by Railroad Management & Consulting of Panama City, FL (Earl Durden). It was previously known as the Valdosta Southern, when it was owned by Owens-Illinois, which owned the paper mill at Clyattville, GA, its principal customer. As the VSO, it ran from Valdosta to a connection with the SAL at Madison, FL. The line was originally built by the Georgia & Florida, which ran from Greenwood, SC, to Madison, FL.

[SSW9389]

The 2000 Edition of Locomotive Rosters & News shows the Valdosta Railway owns GP7 #184 and GP10 #1284. The GP7 is ex-Western Ry of Alabama #709 and the GP10 is ex-ICG.

[Anonymous]

Greg, will you please contact me at . Thank you.

[Anonymous]

I lived in Valdosta from 1982 to 1994. When I first got there, they had some old EMD switch engines. NW2's ( I think ) They got the GP7 and they Paducah rebuild in about 1991. They seemed to use the Paducah rebuild more than the GP7 . They ran one train a day that went from Clyattville to Valdosta and back. They would take hoppers up to the Langdale Lumber products where they would be loaded with saw dust to be taken back to the paper mill. They also loaded a lot of ST. Mary's boxcars to be interchanged with both the CSX and NS at Valdosta.