- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of a crowd viewing steam locomotive No. 209 before retirement, Gainesville Hall County, Georgia, 1959 Sept. 19]
- Date of Original:
- 1959
- Subject:
- Railroads--Trains
Railroad stations--Georgia--Gainesville
Locomotives--Georgia--Hall County
Business--Georgia--Gainesville
Special events--Georgia--Gainesville
Transportation--Georgia--Gainesville
Gainesville Midland Railway - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hall County, Gainesville, 34.29788, -83.82407
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Gainesville, Sept. 19, 1959. Crowd turns out to view steam locomotive No. 209 on the Gainesville Midland Railroad. It is reported that this locomotive was built for the Czar of Russia until the Russian Revolution in 1917 cancelled the order. No. 209 is seen here on the date that steam locomotives made their final journey from Gainesville to Jefferson, Athens, and Winder before being retired from service. No. 209 was then given to the city. In 1904 the Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad became the Gainesville Midland Railroad.
2003/07/14: The Gainesville Midland Railroad is now owned and operated by CSX. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_hal194
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:hal194
- Additional Rights Information:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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