Welcome Back One And All to Legacies…On The Rails and this third installment of the Railroads In The U.S. Series!
Anytime I am traveling through the City Of North Kansas City, Missouri (which is just moments to the Southeast of my home) and am driving east or west on Mo 210 Highway, I am running parallel to the NKC/Avondale Norfolk Southern rail yard.
I spent a lot of time there in my youth since my Grandmother worked at Loretta’s N&W Cafe aka “The Beanery” when it was still the Norfolk & Western yard. You all have seen lots of my pics and videos from the NS yard here on the blog.
When I do that, if I am not terribly pressed for time, I am looking for anything interesting to take pics or video of.
And, as I was headed home from a Dr appointment on Tuesday 10/3/23, I spotted NS 8101 (an ES44AC) the Central Of Georgia Heritage Unit parked facing east. I wish I would have thought to report it on the Heritage Units website or Facebook pages. It was a Heritage Unit I had not found or photographed before so I pulled over to take a couple shots.
The Central Of Georgia Railway operated from 1895-1963. It started as the Central Railroad And Canal Company in 1893. As a way to attract more capital, the name was changed to the Central Railroad And Banking Company Of Georgia.
It was constructed to join the Macon And Western Railroad at Macon, Georgia in the U.S., and to run to Savannah. This created a link from Chattanooga on the Tennessee River to seaports on the Atlantic Ocean.
It took from 1837 to 1843 to build the railroad from Savannah to the eastern Bank of the Ocmulgee River at Macon. A bridge to the city was not built until 1851, just 10 years before the Civil War.
During the Savannah Campaign of the Civil War from November through December of 1864, Federal Troops pulled up the rails and converted them into “Sherman’s Neckties.”
The Central Of Georgia (no connection to the Georgia Central) was purchased by the Southern Railway in 1963, and subsequently became part of Norfolk Southern in 1982.
I hope You have enjoyed this look at the Central Of Georgia Railroad. But even more than that, I hope You are living each day of Your life for the Lord Jesus Christ and in assurance of Salvation and Eternal Life in Him. If not, I invite You to receive Him by Faith today.
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