Eastern Railroad Discussion > Historic Macon railroad viaduct is demolished, but not forgotten

Please see https://eedition.macon.com/ccidist-replica-reader/?epub=https://eedition.macon.com/ccidist-ws/mcclatchy/mcclatchy_mac_newsbroad/issues/29600/&token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJNY0NsYXRjaHkiLCJzdWIiOiI1MDA5MjA5MTYiLCJwdWJzIjp7Im1hY29uX21hY19uZXdzYnJvYWQiOlsiQWxsTUFDLTUwMDMiLCJlZWRpdGlvbiJdfSwic2Vzc2lvbiI6MTU5NTQ1NjE4NiwiaWF0IjoxNTkyODY0MTg2LCJleHAiOjE1OTI4NjUwODZ9.zTVGN1sDx0Le7_TAObYmD9kGVkT82up57aKNdu4CJh4#/pages/1

I could not find in webpage for non-eeditiom.  Believe that when this bridge is gone, only the Pio Nono Avenue bridge remains as the obstacle to double-stacks on the NS Griffin District (former C of G Macon to Atlanta main).

John

Paywalled. Here's a version that is not: https://www.gpbnews.org/post/historic-macon-railroad-viaduct-gone-not-forgotten. Seems to say that Pio Nono has already been fixed.



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Thank you very much for posting  better verion of the story.  John

Aside from simple flexibility, what would running double stacks on the CofG get NS? It seems it would enter the Macon trackage just down from where the route through Jackson comes in. Anything going to Savannah still has to basically orbit Macon once. I guess it might keep anything going to Florida more out of the way of Brosnan yard traffic.

The former CofGA used to be straight through Macon. My father used to say there was a picture in Ripley's Believe it or Not of 2 trains in Macon headed in opposite directions with the caption " both of these trains are leaving Macon, GA going to Atlanta, GA. 

Several things may be in play, including State of GA money associated wit the expansion of the Port of Savannah and the dregding of the Savannah River to 45 or 49 foot depth.  Steepest ruling grade on the Griffin District is te 1% grade coming out of Edgewood Jct and extending a few miles north before it crests the grade around mp S-197.  Another factor might be reduced congestion on the Atlants South District.  A long shot, may be reopening of the railbanked line beween Experiment (Griffin) and Senoia to provide a bypass around Atlanta.

John

DocJohn Wrote:
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> ...  A long shot, may be
> reopening of the railbanked line beween Experiment
> (Griffin) and Senoia to provide a bypass around
> Atlanta.

I would love to see that, but get would require a lot of improvements on the old CofGa C-line.

> The former CofGA used to be straight through
> Macon. My father used to say there was a picture
> in Ripley's Believe it or Not of 2 trains in Macon
> headed in opposite directions with the caption "
> both of these trains are leaving Macon, GA going
> to Atlanta, GA. 

Yes, that's correct. The curved bridge that connected the station and the CofG's line to Atlanta was removed years ago. CofG trains headed to Atlanta departed the station on a southwest compass bearing, then turned northwest across the bridge. Southern trains headed to Atlanta departed the station on a northeast compass bearing and immediately turned northwest along the river. 

> Aside from simple flexibility, what would running double stacks
> on the CofG get NS? 

The ex-Southern Atlanta-Macon is curvy and, unless traffic has substantially declined, always been congested. The ex-CofG would provide relief. Or, the lines could be paired for through freight, with southbounds/eastbounds on one line and northbounds/westbounds on the other. Ironically, with the aforementioned bridge taken out, trains on the ex-CofG running between Atlanta and Savannah have to run out of their way through Brosnan Yard.   



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/23/20 04:48 by ctillnc.