Central Of Georgia
Birmingham, AL -- Savannah, GA
Introduction
This effort is an attempt to provide you with a self-guiding railfan tour along the length of Norfolk Southern's ex-Southern, exx-Central of Georgia, important main line linking the heart of the industrial deep south to the important Port of Savannah.
We are well along in this project. The tour is complete from from Birmingham (Leeds) to Columbus, GA, and from Springfield to Savannah. This represents a total tour of about xxx miles. So, while we're not finished, the progress made has us about xxx way complete
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WHAT YOU WILL FIND HERE: From a particular starting point, each segment of this coverage will allow you to follow the instructions given, drive to a railfan site, then to the next, etc. etc. Traffic levels and patterns will be given, and the photographic/ lighting considerations for each site will usually be mentioned. You'll be told about area attractions, such as tourist and historic sites, as well as hotels and restaurants which are trackside or otherwise worthy of note. In short, you'll be able to plan an entire family or railfan-only outing, or even a vacation from this guide, as it is completed in the months to come.
WHAT YOU WILL NOT FIND HERE:This is a railfan guide, not a photo collection. There are already many excellent and enjoyable railroad photo sites available, and one more really wouldn't add much value to the general railfan. Besides, photos take up a lot of memory, and your humble Webmaster has to pay for memory.
You will not find fancy graphics, as this is a tour guide, not an exhibition of HTML or graphics expertise. You'll be able to load these pages quickly and print them without waiting a week for each page to print. Also, you'll conserve toner in the process.
Contributors
Major contributors to this effort include:
Casey Thomason -- Leeds -- Childersburg, Alabama
Dale Burns -- Childersburg to Columbus, Georgia. You can visit Dale's Alabama Rail Pic's, which is here. Several of the pictures on Dale's site were taken at sites detailed in this tour. Indeed, I suggest you study his photos and determine ahead of time where you want to visit, especially if you're pressed for time.
Tony Hill -- The guy who maked all this go. All text for areas not mentioned above.
If you'd like to contribute to this effort, please contact me at webmaster@frograil.com, and let me know what you'd like to do. We'll work together: You supply the data/info, and I'll do the HTML stuff and upload it. You'll get a chance to review the fruits of your efforts before the general public sees the finished product, so you can let me have your corrections, additions and changes.
Segments
- Birmingham -- Columbus [Complete, 138 miles]
- Columbus -- Macon [Not yet started]
- Macon -- Millen [Not yet started]
- Millen -- Savannah [Complete from Springfield - Savannah, ~21 miles ]
Mapwork: Much of the tour is not easy if you have no detailed map for back country roads. I definitely recommend you get a DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer, study it before your trip, and copy pertinent pages for your field work. You can find information here about Railfan Maps that are available.