Eastern Railroad Discussion > More NS Griffin (GA) District

Another example of increaed traffic on Griffin District.  Train may be 223 or I23.  Was stopped at Bolingbroke, GA.  Probably waiting for new crew to take train south into Macon.

John

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Nice photo!
MARK

For GDOT documents that describe and approved the project that places those autoracks in the great phtograph, go to http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjZsc3o_oXwAhXuMlkFHSbZBrMQFjAAegQIBRAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dot.ga.gov%2F_layouts%2FGDOT.SharePoint.CustomHttpHandlers%2FPWDocumentDownloadHandler.ashx%3FDocGUID%3D663f05d7-4b42-4c71-bc6f-225fe4c2e7b1%26Filename%3D0014895_CR_MAY2019.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3SO_meQ1ecaGTeayvXLLDf

19ft auto racks have always been allowed on the Griffin Line, The work you mentioned was done to allow Double stacks and the super tall 22ft racks to pass. 

15593060 Wrote:
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> For GDOT documents that describe and approved the
> project that places those autoracks in the great
> phtograph, go to
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> rce=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjZsc3o_oXwAhXuMlkFHSbZBrMQF
> jAAegQIBRAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dot.ga.gov%2F_lay
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> Y2019.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3SO_meQ1ecaGTeayvXLLDf

It is noted that the contract between the railroad and the government entities identifies the railroad as the Central of Georgia Railroad Co.  Link:  https://go.boarddocs.com/ga/maconbibb/Board.nsf/files/BDXP4862C19C/$file/7-16-2019%20-%20Res%20GDOT%20%20-%20Central%20Ga%20railroad%20-%20College%20Streeet%20Railroad%20Bridge.pdf
Had the City of Americus (GA) been as cooperative as Bibb County, and not refused CSX's repeated requests to rebuild the Lee Street Bridge in downtown Americus just west of the yard, the entire former SAL Savannah-Montgomery line might still be intact and busy with intermodal trains.  
 

I wonder too if CSX would have kept that Savannah to Montgomery direct route if the city of Americus would have helped with that overpass replacement. What is the height restriction for train at that overpass?

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Would you look at that, seems like the Lee Street bridge is getting replaced.

https://m.americustimesrecorder.com/2021/02/19/georgia-department-of-transportation-approves-location-and-design-for-bridge-on-lee-street/

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> It is noted that the contract between the railroad
> and the government entities identifies the
> railroad as the Central of Georgia Railroad Co. 

Yes, according to the NS SC 10-K the following RR subsidiaries still exist on paper. 
Alabama Great Southern 
Camp Lejeune  
Carolina and Northwestern
Central of Georgia
Chesapeake Western
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific
Georgia Southern and Florida
High Point, Randleman, Asheboro and Southern
Interstate
Mobile and Birmingham
Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line
North Carolina Midland
Reading
South Western
State University
Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia
Tennessee
Virginia and Southwestnern
Yadkin

> I wonder too if CSX would have kept that Savannah
> to Montgomery direct route if the city of Americus
> would have helped with that overpass replacement.

I doubt it. There was not a single freight customer between the outskirts of Montgomery and the paper mill at the Georgia-Alabama line, which is reached by NS). 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/18/21 11:32 by ctillnc.

Agree, autoracks have been around on the Griffin District for a long time (I have pictures from 2006 or so snaking along at 10 mph).  Saturday morning I did not have time to see what was behind the locomotives.  Last Thursday's 223 had the internmodal cars between the blocks of autoracks.

If NS clearance standard is 22 feet, why did it permit 21-foot clearance at Pio Nono Avenue bridge?

John
 

Was that the old clearance for Pio Nono or the new one? They very quickly lifted that bridge by a foot. In under a weeks time.
DocJohn Wrote:
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> Agree, autoracks have been around on the Griffin
> District for a long time (I have pictures from
> 2006 or so snaking along at 10 mph).  Saturday
> morning I did not have time to see what was behind
> the locomotives.  Last Thursday's 223 had the
> internmodal cars between the blocks of autoracks.
>
> If NS clearance standard is 22 feet, why did it
> permit 21-foot clearance at Pio Nono Avenue
> bridge?
>
> John
>