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PrintGolden Isles Terminal Railroad

gitm_state The Golden Isles Terminal Railroad is a 12-mile shortline connecting Georgia Port Authority loading/unloading facilities south of Brunswick, Georgia, to Class 1 interchange connections at Anguilla, Georgia, with CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern. The line was built by the state of Georgia in 1969 as part of a port development project, but saw little use until the 1980s and the development of the Colonel's Island Railroad. In 1998 the CISD operation was acquired by shortline holding company Genesee & Wyoming and renamed the Golden Isles Terminal. GITM switches a total of 53 miles of track in and around various port facilities, including many automobile unloading installations for import vehicles. Commodities switched include automobiles, chemicals, food and feed products, machinery, pulp, and paper. The trackage is owned by the Georgia Port Authority. Locomotives are kept in Mdyharris, Georgia, east of Interstate 95.

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GITM route map / web

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1994 Official Guide ad / collection

Motive Power

Rail Link #435

  • builder:Electro Motive Division
  • model:GP7u (rebuilt)
  • type:B-B road switcher
  • built:Apr 1951, EMD #14569
  • series:2729 produced 1949-54
  • engine:EMD 567B (16 cyl, 1500 hp)
  • notes:
  • blt Tennessee Alabama Georgia #705
    to Southern Railway #8235
    to Savannah State Docks #8235
    to Colonel's Island #8235
    to Rail Link #435
  • shop chop-nosed
  • builder
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    Mydharris, Ga / Sep 2019 / RWH

    Rail Link #1249

  • builder:Electro Motive Division
  • model:SW900
  • type:B-B yard switcher
  • built:Dec 1956, EMD #23077
  • series:274 produced 1953-69
  • engine:EMD 567C (8 cyl, 900 hp)
  • notes:
  • blt Canton Railroad #148
    to Rail Link #1249
  • no MU equipment
  • builder
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    Sep 2019 / RWH

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    Sep 2019 / RWH

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    This page was updated on 2019-09-02