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Atlanta, Stone Mountain & Lithonia Railway
The Atlanta, Stone Mountain & Lithonia Railway began its operations in 1909 as a common carrier railroad with separate lines connecting to the Georgia Railroad at Lithonia and at Stone Mountain in DeKalb County, Georgia. It primarily served granite and gneiss quarries in the two areas.
Motive Power
Atlanta, Stone Mountain & Lithonia #1
EMD SW1 (1939) / Lithonia, Ga / July 1968 / collection
Atlanta, Stone Mountain & Lithonia #1
- builder:Electro Motive Division
- model:Switcher 1
- type:B-B switcher
- built:Aug 1939, EMD #905
- series:660 produced 1939-53
- engine:EMD 567 (6 cyls. 600 hp)
- notes:
- ex Central of Georgia #1
sold to ASML Jan 1957
Links / Sources
- Georgia Railroad History article on ASML
- Don's Rail Photos - roster shot of ASML #1