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CaterParrott Railnet Madison Division South |
The trackage between Machen and Newborn was constructed around 1894 by the Middle Georgia & Atlantic Railway. The trackage between Machen and Madison was constructed by the Macon & Northern Railroad Company in 1891. Both railroads eventually became part of the Central of Georgia Railroad, which became part of the Southern Railway System in 1963 and Norfolk Southern in 1982. Today these two routes combined make up CPR’s Madison Division.
Norfolk Southern system map / RWH
Georgia Department of Transportation / collection
CaterParrott Railnet's Madison Division begins in the railroad location of Machen, Georgia, at milepost 53.1 on Norfolk Southern's branchline up from points south (including Monticello, Gray, and Van Buren). It was at Machen that two Central of Georgia lines once crossed: the current CPR mainline that was the C of G's Macon to Athens line, and their line from Milledgeville to Covington. Three legs of that crossing exist today, with only the Milledgeville trackage removed eastward. A portion of the Covington leg exists today as CPR's "E Line" district, terminating now at Newborn and currently only used for railcar storage and interchange spotting.
CPR interchanges with trackage lessor Norfolk Southern at Machen. Ordinarily, the NS local up from Macon brings inbound empties and loads and drops them on the passing siding at Machen. Outbound loads and empties from CPR are usually picked up by NS from the E Line spur. Operations on the Madison Division are usually three days a week: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Immediately north of Machen is the village of Shady Dale, milepost 53.9. From Shady Dale the line parallels Highway 83 northeast for nearly two miles. After Stock Farm Road, the line turns into the woods and continues mostly inaccessible until passing under Godfrey Road bridge and entering the village of Godfrey, milepost 60.9. After Godfrey, the line is entirely remote until Madison, Georgia. Along the way through Morgan County it crosses several creeks, including the Big and Little Indian Creeks, as well as two public roadways.
See our Madison Division North scrapbook for the northern portion of the Division
See also our "E Line" District scrapbook for the portion of the Division used for railcar storage
2006 SPV Comprehensive Railroad Atlas / collection
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1893 Official Guide ad / collection
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CPR timetable / collection
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See also our "E Line" District scrapbook, which connects here at Machen
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Norfolk Southern G-07
The Madison Division connects to the outside world through regular interchange with the Norfolk Southern at Machen. NS local job G-07 regularly comes up from Brosnan Yard in Macon, switching online customers as far north as Monticello, Georgia, and then terminating in Machen with inbound carloads for CaterParrott. Outbound CPR traffic is picked up in Machen before the local returns to Brosnan. Traffic patterns have varied over the years, but G-07 can call on Machen as frequently as 6 days a week. CPR typically comes south to Machen 3 days per week. Outbound cars for Norfolk Southern are usually set out by CPR on the E Line extension; inbound carloads for CPR are usually set out by NS on the eastern siding between the Machen interchange point and the village of Shady Dale.
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Norfolk Southern #6918
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Norfolk Southern #6918
to Norfolk Southern #6918 (SD60E)
1 of 135 Juniata rebuilds
The SD60E is a custom rebuilt SD60 for Norfolk Southern created at the Juniata Shops. So far, only standard SD60s have entered this rebuild program, which began in 2010. The SD60E utilizes a new NS-designed "Crescent" cab with a wide short hood, replacing the "spartan" cab. The name Crescent comes from the Norfolk Southern Crescent Corridor which runs from Louisiana to New Jersey. The upgrade also installs new electronics and upgrades the engine to the 710G3B standard rated at 4000 hp. Norfolk Southern bought additional SD60s from HLCX (Helm Financial Corporation) specifically for the SD60E program with the aim to eventually rebuild 240 SD60Es; however, the project was terminated after 135 units had been completed with focus shifting to AC traction rebuilds of EMD SD70 and GE C44-9W locomotives. Norfolk Southern's remaining inventory of unrebuilt SD60, SD60M and SD60I locomotives were subsequently sold or scrapped in 2019.
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See our Madison Division North scrapbook for the northern portion of the Division
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