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THE SOUTHERN U.S. IS JUST FULL OF classic shortline railroads. Over the past few years I’ve had the chance to make several visits southward to such classics as the Pickens Railroad, the Georgia Central, and more. This past December I spent the better part of a full day on each of three railroads including the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western in North Car- olina and the Lancaster & Chester in South Carolina (you can read about this trip in the digital edition of the February 2015 issue), but one railroad really stood out — the Sand- ersville Railroad in Georgia.


The Sandersville was chartered in 1893 as


a subsidiary of the Central of Georgia. Nick- named “The Kaolin Road,” the prime com- modity hauled by the Sandersville is clay and related products, and many of the covered hop- per cars used in the operation are owned by the Sandersville. The line extends about five miles northwest of its namesake town to serve Imerys Pigments & Additives and the Ken- tucky-Tennessee Clay Company. It also ex- tends about two miles south of town to the in- terchange with Norfolk Southern in Tennille. I was visiting the area on December 11


SW1500 No. 1100 leads a train from the north end of the Sandersville Railroad towards its namesake town in Georgia (ABOVE). The train has switched Imerys Pigments & Additives and Ken- tucky-Tennessee Clay Company. Known as “The Kaolin Line,” the Sandersville’s prime shipping commodities are clay and associated products. After working in the yard in Sandersville, the train brings interchange traffi c to Norfolk Southern at Tennille (BELOW). STEVE BARRY PHOTOS


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