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Georgia Department of Transportation / collection
See our Madison Division South scrapbook for the southern portion of the Division
Just south of Madison, Georgia, the CaterParrott Madison Division passes under Interstate 20 as it heads northward into town across a series of public grade crossings. Milepost 71 at US Highway 278 includes sidings for Flambéau Plastics and Southern States fertilizer. At Dixie Highway, farther north, the line makes a right turn to the northeast before passing under CSX Transportation's former Georgia Railroad mainline between Augusta and Atlanta. After passing underneath, CRP and CSX trackage run in parallel through downtown Madison. CPR maintains a Division office and a small yard off of Jefferson Street. The historic Georgia Railroad depot is located nearby, as is the relocated Central of Georgia depot currently under renovation.
East of downtown and still parallel with the CSX, at North Avenue, CPR serves two adjacent industries in a county industrial complex: JDR Enterprises and Penn Pak. The line continues northeast passing under Highway 441 and leaving the CSX parallel, alongside Lower Apalachee Road. The orignal Central of Georgia line to Athens continued onward from this area, but today out of service after a small section used for railcar storage. Before Morris Road, a branch turns to the southwest passing an International Paper facility and terminating in Georgia Pacific's large Madison Plywood plant. A CSX branch also comes to the mill, making the facility jointly switched by both mainline and shortline. Georgia Pacific is CPR's largest Madison line customer, receiving and supplying boxcars, woodchip hoppers, and spline log cars.
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Flambeau, Inc. brings plastic to life for thousands of businesses and millions of professionals, hobbyists, and enthusiasts worldwide. From that first fishing lure, Flambeau has grown to encompass a diverse range of manufactured plastic products. Flambeau and its divisions, in conjunction with other members of the Nordic Group of Companies, form a total resource network providing customer assistance in design and specifications of injection molded and blow molded thermoplastic components and products, building of tools / tooling and fixtures, and contract manufacturing of complete assemblies.
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About 1 mile southwest of downtown Madison, Georgia, the Madison Division route negotiates an S-curve and crosses underneath the CSX Transportation's mainline. This latter route is the former Georgia Railroad's 170-mile mainline between Augusta and Atlanta, route of one the nation's last mixed train operations.
from Georgia Railroad Album
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Georgia Railroad elevation chart / collection
CSX overpass overhead / Google Maps
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1910 Official Guide / collection
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Established in 1809, Madison is the seat and the largest town in Morgan County. The early town flourished as a stagecoach stop and an in-town residence for planters' families. Principal streets were patriotically named for presidents and the community prided itself on its schools, literary, and philosophical societies. For the most part, Madison's antebellum architecture survived because Mayor Joshua Hill, a strong Unionist who had resigned his Congressional seat in 1861 to return to Georgia, developed an gentlemen's agreement with General Sherman's detachment. Turn-of-the-century prosperity added a large number of commercial and residential buildings that were Victorian in style. Twentieth century development, formerly insensitive and sprawl-oriented, is now guided to respect the local sense of place and style. Madison values what many communities have lost - an identity and historic integrity.
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See also our Central of Georgia Surviving Stations scrapbook for photos of the Madison depot
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A Division of Pennington Seed, Penn Pak is a production facility for the Georgia-based lawn, garden, and seed company founded in 1945 in Madison. The Madison facility produces wild birdseed products for retail distribution. Penn Pak regularly receives from CaterParrott Railnet covered hoppers of various seed and grain products, then shipping finished products out by truck. The facility has its own unloading siding, but shares a mainline switch and lead with neighbor shipper JDR Enterprises.
JDR Enterprises receives from CPR regular covered hopper shipments of plastic pellets for the onsite production of various products used in drainage projects in residential, commercial, civil, and transportation markets. The company's corporate office is in Alpharetta, but all manufacturing and shipping take place at the Madison facility.
CPR timetable / collection
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Airport Industrial park overhead / Google Maps
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Some people look at a lawn as a place that requires mowing, edging, seeding, fertilizing, and more – in short, as a chore. At Pennington we see it as an outdoor living space for making unforgettable memories, and we’re dedicated to ensuring that your lawn is ready for any occasion. We’ve been at this for a long time, beginning in 1945 as a small seed store on Main Street in Madison, Georgia. We’re proud that Brooks Pennington Sr.’s spirit of entrepreneurship is still with us today, and this drives us to make the finest grass seed, soil amendments, fertilizers, and wild bird seed that money can buy. From baseball games, parties, water balloon fights or playing fetch with the family dog, millions of homeowners have relied on Pennington to set their lawns and gardens as the stage for lifelong memories.
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Airport Industrial park lead area / Google Maps
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JDR Enterprises, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of Geonets, Geocomposites, Sub-Surface drainage composites, Sheet drains, & Strip drains for residential and commercial applications. Since 1982, JDR has been committed to providing the best possible products available while staying on the cutting edge of new manufacturing techniques and systems. JDR has worked with consulting engineers from around the world to solve tough drainage problems As a result of years of research, testing, and practical knowledge gained in the field, JDR has developed a comprehensive line of advanced drainage composites. J•DRAIN products are available through a world-wide network of top quality Distributors and Agents. Millions of square feet of J•DRAIN products have been installed throughout the world.
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CPR timetable / collection
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CPR timetable / collection
The largest customer on the Madison Division is Georgia Pacific's Madison Plywood facility, located east of downtown Madison near the junction of U.S. highways 278 and 441. Madison Plywood is jointly switched by CaterParrott Railnet and CSX Transportation, receiving and supplying boxcars, wood chip hoppers, and log racks. CaterParrott crews ordinarily switch the facility on Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays. Although interchange is possible between CPR and CSX near the plant, all CatorParrott traffic in and out of the plywood facility is interchanged with Norfolk Southern at Machen.
From the time we were founded in 1927, Georgia-Pacific has never stopped growing. We started in a single building in Augusta, Georgia, and now have more than 300 Georgia-Pacific locations around the world. Through all the ups and downs of the past century, we have kept one eye on tomorrow, watching for opportunities to grow with customers and expand into new industries and markets.
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