Eastern Railroad Discussion > Abandoned line through Cave Springs, GA

Good Evening:

When was the former Southern route through Cave Springs, GA abandoned? Was the line ever signalled?

Thank you in advance.

The station is still there and it appears to be in excellent condition.

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.1079527,-85.3423709,3a,75y,192h,74.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sj8XUp6qB2U_fDC2tq61W3g!2e0!7i3328!8i1664!6m1!1e1

If memory serves me right, that line was never officially abandoned. Rails are still in place, at least a decade ago they were if one looked deep enough into the weeds. Don't know the reason for the embargo/railbank but that was the way it was explained to me.

I have a timetable from that line Mr. Forrest Beckum gave me copies of back in the early '90s I will see if,I can dig it out.

Jay

BaltoJoey Wrote:
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> The station is still there and it appears to be in
> excellent condition.

If I remember correctly the cabooose is C&O.

http://railga.com/selma.html, http://railga.com/etvg.html and http://railga.com/ns.html. Abandoned in 1984, but if I recall correctly the switch for this branch off the Southern main line south of Rome (Atlanta Jct?) was taken out several years before that. The Rome end had been used for car storage in its last years.

 

CSXT_8437 Wrote:
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> Good Evening:
>
> When was the former Southern route through Cave
> Springs, GA abandoned? Was the line ever
> signalled?

Never signaled, though In the 19th Century it was part of a major route to Mobile AL. One of the early companies was Selma, Rome & Dalton. I believe it was absorbed into the ETVa&G before the Southern Railway system was created. As other lines were built it lost its prominence. The part between Cohutta GA and south of Rome (i.e. Atlanta Junction) became part of a cobbled up Chattanooga TN to Atlanta GA route. If you are interested in how that was done, see my post in this thread:

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?2,2822520,2823100#msg-2823100

Up until the early fifties, a mixed train still ran between Rome GA and Selma AL.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/24/17 05:03 by ts1457.