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Georgia, Ashburn, Sylvester & Camilla Railroad

gasc_state The Georgia, Ashburn, Sylvester & Camilla Railroad was organized in 1922 by the Pidcock shortline family of Moultrie, Georgia, to purchase a 51 mile road that had entered receivership, connecting the southeast Georgia towns of Camilla and Asburn. 32 miles of the new line was originally the misnamed Flint River & Gulf Railroad, organized in 1910 but never reaching either of its named destinations. The GAS&C and the nearby Georgia Northern shortlines -- the two lines crossed at Bridgeboro, Georgia -- were operated as a part of the Pidcock organization until 1966, when the Southern Railway purchased both lines. Interchange was with the Atlantic Coast Line and Georgia Southern & Florida.

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1965 Official Guide ad / collection

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See also our sister Pidcock scrapbooks for Georgia Northern and Albany & Northern

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from Georgia Short Line Railroad Album
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Motive Power

Georgia, Ashburn, Sylvester & Camilla #100

  • builder:Baldwin Locomotive Works
  • arrangement:2-8-2 "Mikado" type
  • built:1930, Baldwin #61291
  • fuel:soft coal/water
  • notes:
  • blt Geo. Ashburn Sylvester & Camilla #100
    retired from service, 1948
    on permanent display, Sylvester
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    from Georgia Short Line Railroad Album
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    Jan 2020 / RWH

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    Sylvester, GA / Jan 2020 / RWH

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    Georgia, Ashburn, Sylvester & Camilla #100 is under shelter on permanent display in Jeffords Park, at the intersection of U.S. Route 82 and North Main Street in Sylvester, Georgia.

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    Click to see Jeffords Park plotted on a Google Maps page

    Georgia, Ashburn, Sylvester & Camilla #15

  • builder:General Electric
  • model:70 tonner
  • type:B-B light switcher
  • built:Dec 1946, GE #28565
  • series:193 produced 1946-58
  • engine:CB FWL-6T (6 cyls. 660 hp)
  • notes:
  • blt Georgia Northern #71
    to Geo. Ashburn Sylvester & Camilla #15
    to Southern Railway #15
    retired 1969, traded to EMD
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    from Classic Trains / Jul 2017 / web

    Links / Sources

    This page was updated on 2020-01-28