CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

The Georgia State Railroad Museum is a museum in Savannah, Georgia is considered the most complete antebellum railroad complex in the United States. The museum is across the street from the Central of Georgia Depot and Trainshed, also part of the historic district. The complex was constructed in 1853 by the Central of Georgia Railway (CofG) before the outbreak of the American Civil War. Many of the structures in the complex are open for visitors to explore.

Savannah, GA
July 2017

Georgia State Railroad Museum by Paul Sager, on Flickr



The Historic Railroad Shops complex is among the finest remaining examples of Victorian railroad architecture and design and is the most intact antebellum railroad repair complex in the country. It was designated a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service. On-site displays include antique shaft driven machinery, locomotives and railroad stock, model train layouts, an operating turntable, and the oldest portable steam engine in the United States.





The Central of Georgia Railway started as the Central Rail Road and Canal Company in 1833, and built a passenger station, freight terminal and some shops in the Louisville Road area of Savannah around 1836. However, none of those structures remain today. By the mid-1840s the railway had expanded to 190 miles of track, and the CG began construction of new shops in 1851. The roundhouse, turntable and other structures were rebuilt in the late 1920s after a major fire in 1923, as well as to accommodate larger locomotives and rolling stock.



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Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

I like the way you framed this series!!
Was there last month and haven''t posted, yet.
Pat

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Thank you Pat. We were there on a nice summer day, but with thunder showers in the area. When our time came for the train ride, the storms hit and we missed the train trip portion of the tour. I did the behind the scenes tour of the machine shot and one of the older passenger cars they're restoring. All and all, very interesting.

Stephan G

I am going to make a point of stopping in Savannah, instead having it as a drive through point. I still have my floor wood brick I picked up back in the 1980s when I checked out the basically abandoned roundhouse at what is now the town's welcome center area. The brick was in an outside refuse container then. I do not know what happened to the roundhouse.