The Sandersville Railroad is a line I've been wanting to railfan since I read about it in Jim Boyd's book "Trackside Around Georgia: 1968 - 1970 with Jim Boyd." Thank you for showing it.
The Sandersville is definitely one of my go to shortline roads when I visit the Southeast. So glad to see you and Danny Harmon seeing it. Ever since I saw it in an issue of Trains Magazine, I have made it a point to visit it. I've only seen them in operation three times. But, definitely worth a visit.
Interesting video! This company has a great fleet of EMD SW1500s ( SAN 1100, SAN 1300, SAN 1400, and SAN 1500 ) as well as two EMD MP15DCs ( SAN 1600 and SAN 1700 ). They used to have an EMD SW1200 SAN 1200 until they bought the EMD MP15DC SAN 1600 from Norfolk Southern. The SAN 91 and SAN 90 are the two “Booster”Slugs. The SAN 90 was a former Rock Island General Electric U25B Locomotive that was cut down into a slug. The prim mover and air compressor was removed along with the fuel tank, cab, and radiator. A huge concrete ballast block occupies the interior of the hood now. They also used to operate a former L&N Bay Window Caboose SAN 60 that retired in 2009 and is still on company property near the office and shop in downtown behind 3 Wide Vision Cupola Cabooses that are former Illinois Central. That old house at the corner of Georgia Highway 242 and Waco Mill Road at the Railroad Round A Bout is my grandma’s old house where I spent a lot of my days as a kid growing up watching the Sandersville Railroad at work and the Norfolk Southern in nearby Tennille. I was inspired to work on the railroad and I did as an RCO/Freight Conductor at CSX Transportation in Miami, Florida from 2014-2020 working out of Hialeah Yard. I also got to pull the last Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus Train to Miami from CSX Yeoman Yard in Tampa, Florida down to Mission Spur in West Palm Beach to be handed off the the Florida East Coast Railway on January 2, 2017. I miss working for the railroad and after a failed attempt to get hired on at FEC in Jacksonville, Florida I left the rail industry for the maritime industry. I now work on Moran Towing Tugboats as a Chief Engineer in Brunswick, Georgia. I am going to apply for Military Sealift Command to work on ships offshore next year then later I plan to come back to the commercial shipping industry to work for Maersk Line Limited and hopefully become a Master ( Captain ) of a Container Ship. But I may decide to come back to a land based job on the railroad again one day too, not sure how life will lead me but only God will know the answer. Awesome video of this great little short line. I hate I wasn’t around to help with your video. I would have liked to have met you and showed you around. I am so glad you got one of my favorite EMD SD60E Locomotives in this video too the NS 6920!! It’s a beauty but it sure needs another cycle through the paint shop in either Chattanooga or Altoona soon, she’s looking a bit rough. That is the local Norfolk Southern G23 Switcher that works Tennille Yard and makes the run to Battle Lumber Company in Wadley, Georgia to the East and returns. I have a few friends that work at NS. I used to hang out in the Tennille Yard Office with them. It is always great to see Norfolk Southern Savannah District Line of Road Trains and locals working the line past the old Central of Georgia Railroad Freight Depot as well as the old Wrightsville & Tennille Railroad Headquarters Building. Someone lives in it as a private home now. Always great to the see the Sandersville Railroad passing the old historic buildings and the Tennille Water Tower as well! The Sandersville Railroad Company was started by the Central of Georgia Railroad back in 1893. Mr. Tarbutton’s grandfather was the President of the Central of Georgia Railroad and the stock investors and company owners in Savannah told him that if he ran the Sandersville Railroad for 5 years they would turn it over to him. The rest is history! They also started the Louisville & Wadley Railroad and Wrightsville & Tennille Railroad that both no longer exist. The Sandersville Railroad is still going strong though thankfully. The pulpwood chip that they haul from then chip mill end up going to NS Brosnan Yard in Macon, Georgia then they run on the NS Brunswick District to NS Brunswick Yard by the NS 395. Once in Brunswick they are carried over to the huge Georgia Pacific Cellulose Mill by the NS G42 Local. Thanks for this tribute to my childhood! Have a great day!! 🚂
Back in the day when my mom lived and Clemson, SC, and I lived in Jax, FL, I used to drive the "shortcut" through rural SC and GA. This took me down the north side of the Savannah River, almost to Augusta where I crossed the Thurmond Lake Dam and then down through Wrens and on to Swainsboro, Alma, and finally Waycross. Lots of branch and short lines traverse this section of the state. I don't recall crossing any of the Sandersville right of way. Kaolin mines are all over this neck of the woods.
Thank you for this video on the Sandersville Railroad that included some interesting historical information plus information on its current operations and its roster! I enjoyed watching this video. (Posted 14 October 2024 at 2348 CDT.)
I’ve been away for a while but it’s great to see that your channel has done nothing except to get better! As always beautiful pictures, well edited and very informative. One of my favorite train channels and you received a very nice mention by Danny on “Distant Signal”! Very high praise! And again, thank you for doing all you do so we can watch, learn and enjoy. Stay safe!
Would’ve loved to have some more sound clips of the EMD 645. Cleveland-Cliffs operates a small fleet of the similar SW1001 switchers, also equipped with 645s, at their steel mill not far from my work. Those engines are absolutely incredible, very distinct sound.
*Would’ve loved to have some more sound clips of the EMD 645* heres a pretty nice vid with them sounding pretty good th-cam.com/video/KdBSoIgzZJQ/w-d-xo.html
I get to Sandersville or travel through there on business a few times a year. I always try to get out to the yard to she what's moving. The new traffic circle replaced a really weird intersection that was there. It works a lot better. Great video.
That slug was built by Chrome Crankshaft decades ago. Glad to see it's still soldiering on! If memory serves, it's mostly poured concrete inside for maximum weight.
I only know of the railroad roundabouts: one thanks to this fantastic video and the other one which I have seen personally in Jensen Beach Florida on the the Florida East Coast Railway crossing on North East Jensen Beach Blvd.
On the SCL we called them "mates". The mates would accept power from the mother unit for the traction motors and would provide extra brakes when the engineer applied the the independent brakes.
I use to have, on my N-Scale layout, a SW1500 and a "helper". When i purchased them new as a pair the label designated them as "Cow & Calf" units. The slug name just has no romance to it. 😊😊😊
Great video. I have seen other sources about the RR. Yet you continue your excellent st your profession thank you for a great view of this RR in a precise presentation. One ? Where do the roof chips go? Valdosta?
Kaolin mines: old mines fill with clear emerald green water. Back around year 1977, we would swim at the old Kaolin mines near Macon, GA right off 247 hwy.
FYI, kaolin is also used in some types of printing ink to keep the ink from bleeding through the paper. This was an interesting video? And I thank you! 😃😃😃❤❤❤
Morrison and Knudsen tried making some slugs in Australia from 600 class Alco locomotives. The were the BU class. BU either stood for Booster Unit, or Burning Up unit as they kept on catching on fire. They ended up getting scrapped!
Railroad crossing accidents are never the fault of the train crew. The safety of the crew is a higher priority for the railroad. Stopping when some fool crosses the tracks illegally is nearly impossible, anyway. Sitting a few feet closer won't make a particle of difference.
I never heard the idiotic term 'buttheads' until certain TH-camrs started to pretend to be knowledgeable about railroads. Also, a booster is a Diesel-electric locomotive without an operating cab. A 'B' unit, to railroaders. These things are called slugs in most cases.
Another informative presentation V12... looking forward to your next one
More to come!
How cool it would be to have a family that owned a railroad 😂
The Sandersville Railroad is a line I've been wanting to railfan since I read about it in Jim Boyd's book "Trackside Around Georgia: 1968 - 1970 with Jim Boyd." Thank you for showing it.
Thanks for watching!
If that’s butthead, does that mean that boosters are Beavis?
Exactly what I was thinking.
Yes
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You beat me to it haha
Good one!
The Sandersville is definitely one of my go to shortline roads when I visit the Southeast. So glad to see you and Danny Harmon seeing it. Ever since I saw it in an issue of Trains Magazine, I have made it a point to visit it. I've only seen them in operation three times. But, definitely worth a visit.
Interesting video! This company has a great fleet of EMD SW1500s ( SAN 1100, SAN 1300, SAN 1400, and SAN 1500 ) as well as two EMD MP15DCs ( SAN 1600 and SAN 1700 ). They used to have an EMD SW1200 SAN 1200 until they bought the EMD MP15DC SAN 1600 from Norfolk Southern. The SAN 91 and SAN 90 are the two “Booster”Slugs. The SAN 90 was a former Rock Island General Electric U25B Locomotive that was cut down into a slug. The prim mover and air compressor was removed along with the fuel tank, cab, and radiator. A huge concrete ballast block occupies the interior of the hood now. They also used to operate a former L&N Bay Window Caboose SAN 60 that retired in 2009 and is still on company property near the office and shop in downtown behind 3 Wide Vision Cupola Cabooses that are former Illinois Central. That old house at the corner of Georgia Highway 242 and Waco Mill Road at the Railroad Round A Bout is my grandma’s old house where I spent a lot of my days as a kid growing up watching the Sandersville Railroad at work and the Norfolk Southern in nearby Tennille. I was inspired to work on the railroad and I did as an RCO/Freight Conductor at CSX Transportation in Miami, Florida from 2014-2020 working out of Hialeah Yard. I also got to pull the last Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus Train to Miami from CSX Yeoman Yard in Tampa, Florida down to Mission Spur in West Palm Beach to be handed off the the Florida East Coast Railway on January 2, 2017. I miss working for the railroad and after a failed attempt to get hired on at FEC in Jacksonville, Florida I left the rail industry for the maritime industry. I now work on Moran Towing Tugboats as a Chief Engineer in Brunswick, Georgia. I am going to apply for Military Sealift Command to work on ships offshore next year then later I plan to come back to the commercial shipping industry to work for Maersk Line Limited and hopefully become a Master ( Captain ) of a Container Ship. But I may decide to come back to a land based job on the railroad again one day too, not sure how life will lead me but only God will know the answer. Awesome video of this great little short line. I hate I wasn’t around to help with your video. I would have liked to have met you and showed you around. I am so glad you got one of my favorite EMD SD60E Locomotives in this video too the NS 6920!! It’s a beauty but it sure needs another cycle through the paint shop in either Chattanooga or Altoona soon, she’s looking a bit rough. That is the local Norfolk Southern G23 Switcher that works Tennille Yard and makes the run to Battle Lumber Company in Wadley, Georgia to the East and returns. I have a few friends that work at NS. I used to hang out in the Tennille Yard Office with them. It is always great to see Norfolk Southern Savannah District Line of Road Trains and locals working the line past the old Central of Georgia Railroad Freight Depot as well as the old Wrightsville & Tennille Railroad Headquarters Building. Someone lives in it as a private home now. Always great to the see the Sandersville Railroad passing the old historic buildings and the Tennille Water Tower as well! The Sandersville Railroad Company was started by the Central of Georgia Railroad back in 1893. Mr. Tarbutton’s grandfather was the President of the Central of Georgia Railroad and the stock investors and company owners in Savannah told him that if he ran the Sandersville Railroad for 5 years they would turn it over to him. The rest is history! They also started the Louisville & Wadley Railroad and Wrightsville & Tennille Railroad that both no longer exist. The Sandersville Railroad is still going strong though thankfully. The pulpwood chip that they haul from then chip mill end up going to NS Brosnan Yard in Macon, Georgia then they run on the NS Brunswick District to NS Brunswick Yard by the NS 395. Once in Brunswick they are carried over to the huge Georgia Pacific Cellulose Mill by the NS G42 Local. Thanks for this tribute to my childhood! Have a great day!! 🚂
4:17 I love it that you can see the curvature of the earth!!
Great video. Thanks for posting it! 😊
Back in the day when my mom lived and Clemson, SC, and I lived in Jax, FL, I used to drive the "shortcut" through rural SC and GA. This took me down the north side of the Savannah River, almost to Augusta where I crossed the Thurmond Lake Dam and then down through Wrens and on to Swainsboro, Alma, and finally Waycross. Lots of branch and short lines traverse this section of the state. I don't recall crossing any of the Sandersville right of way. Kaolin mines are all over this neck of the woods.
Packed full of great views and information! Greatly enjoyed, thanks!
Thank you for this video on the Sandersville Railroad that included some interesting historical information plus information on its current operations and its roster! I enjoyed watching this video. (Posted 14 October 2024 at 2348 CDT.)
There is a roundabout in Calgary, Alberta where the CPKC tracks run through the center.
I’ve been away for a while but it’s great to see that your channel has done nothing except to get better! As always beautiful pictures, well edited and very informative. One of my favorite train channels and you received a very nice mention by Danny on “Distant Signal”! Very high praise! And again, thank you for doing all you do so we can watch, learn and enjoy. Stay safe!
Thank you very much!
I was just sent here yesterday by Danny..... You really *DO* have a great channel.... kudos to you, sir.
Cool, lots of good stuff 👍 thanks.
Hi Charlie,thank you for the video, alway ,s interesting,Keep the good work from Richard.
Thanks, will do!
Would’ve loved to have some more sound clips of the EMD 645.
Cleveland-Cliffs operates a small fleet of the similar SW1001 switchers, also equipped with 645s, at their steel mill not far from my work.
Those engines are absolutely incredible, very distinct sound.
*Would’ve loved to have some more sound clips of the EMD 645*
heres a pretty nice vid with them sounding pretty good
th-cam.com/video/KdBSoIgzZJQ/w-d-xo.html
excellent. well done. WOrked with them on and off over the years. Knew Ben and Hugh pretty well.
I get to Sandersville or travel through there on business a few times a year. I always try to get out to the yard to she what's moving. The new traffic circle replaced a really weird intersection that was there. It works a lot better. Great video.
Superb filming and narration! 👌
That's a very honorable heritage unit to open the video. 😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤
No other railfan channels or videos can match "V12 Productions"!👏👍🎬🎥🏆
That slug was built by Chrome Crankshaft decades ago. Glad to see it's still soldiering on! If memory serves, it's mostly poured concrete inside for maximum weight.
wonderful video!
Thanks!
Nice video, thanks for sharing. The slugs look a little like the Western Maryland RR slugs of the 60’s
I only know of the railroad roundabouts: one thanks to this fantastic video and the other one which I have seen personally in Jensen Beach Florida on the the Florida East Coast Railway crossing on North East Jensen Beach Blvd.
Totally awesome stuff right here nice 😊
great video sir
0:10 Oh dear god that's a horrible idea for a crossing
Keep up the great work.
Why, I used slugs like that when I was railroading...they are rebuilt low enough to see over
@@ShawnCalay-They were talking about the round-a-bout not the slugs.
@@lajohnson1967 round about is still safer then a traditional crossing
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@@ShawnCalaywho yields to who like you arent supposed to stop in the roundabout but the train has right of way
Richest railroad in the country. When they call, the Class 1 answers.
In particular given the owners were the largest stockholders in Central of Georgia
Great video and very informative.
Thanks for your wonderful video
On the SCL we called them "mates". The mates would accept power from the mother unit for the traction motors and would provide extra brakes when the engineer applied the the independent brakes.
I use to have, on my N-Scale layout, a SW1500 and a "helper". When i purchased them new as a pair the label designated them as "Cow & Calf" units. The slug name just has no romance to it. 😊😊😊
V12 Productions, I’m sorry for all the bots commenting on your video but Keep on the good work!
Railroad Roundabout might be a First and Only in the United States at least. 🤔👍
Awesome info!
Nice Video!
Great video. I have seen other sources about the RR. Yet you continue your excellent st your profession thank you for a great view of this RR in a precise presentation.
One ? Where do the roof chips go? Valdosta?
My stepdad was an engineer and called the combination "A Cow and a Calf".
I saw these in someone playing derail valley. Until then I had never heard of them. Totally makes sense. Disclaimer I'm only a pretty casual rail fan.
Kaolin mines: old mines fill with clear emerald green water. Back around year 1977, we would swim at the old Kaolin mines near Macon, GA right off 247 hwy.
FYI, kaolin is also used in some types of printing ink to keep the ink from bleeding through the paper. This was an interesting video? And I thank you! 😃😃😃❤❤❤
There is a roundabout with railway through it in Blenheim New Zealand
The last clip on the intro, is that in austell? Near the large rail yard right off highway 278
I finally seen the Sandersville Railroad I know that it NS bring and Take a lot of their car I got to see that home office in person I like the video
Morrison and Knudsen tried making some slugs in Australia from 600 class Alco locomotives. The were the BU class. BU either stood for Booster Unit, or Burning Up unit as they kept on catching on fire. They ended up getting scrapped!
There is a roundabout railroad crossing in Jeffersonville Indiana as well
We always called them slugs or calfs
There were factory-built cow-calf pairs but EMD didn't make a lot of them.
There is a turning circle with a track through it in Calgary Alberta Canada on the CPKC tracks
Nice
While not a rail road. In downtown Mesa AZ there is a light rail that goes through the middle of a round about.
There’s a right of way and roundabout in Fort Wayne Indiana too
Is it possible to use slugs on mainline runs?Also would that be a way to use less diesel?
Hey V12 what camera do u use?
I use a Sony NX80 and a GoPro Hero 12.
Also known as a slug we used them in the steel mills😊
My Town!!
emd sw1500 is a good unit. I run one daily in a coke plant, not far from pittsburgh.
Where is this village of sanders, and are they dual action, random orbit, belt, disc, what?
Sandersville ga home of Howard Sheppard the king of mining and hauling the kaolin
If a am correct then most of the slugs are canabalised switchers and other units
Boosters are the switcher version of an F7 B-unit. There you go, saved you several minutes.
Slug/booster unit = Steam Tender.
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Interesting.
Why do they have their cab arranged in the middle, shouldn't it be at one end so that Grade crossings are safer to assess?
Possibly for crew safety.
Railroad crossing accidents are never the fault of the train crew. The safety of the crew is a higher priority for the railroad. Stopping when some fool crosses the tracks illegally is nearly impossible, anyway. Sitting a few feet closer won't make a particle of difference.
I never heard the idiotic term 'buttheads' until certain TH-camrs started to pretend to be knowledgeable about railroads. Also, a booster is a Diesel-electric locomotive without an operating cab. A 'B' unit, to railroaders. These things are called slugs in most cases.
You get similar vision each way and on the short railroad as a switcher more useful than great vision one way and really poor vision the other.
Kaolin replaced Bismuth in "Pepto-Bismol".....
Mother/slug combo
Slugs?
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Compainig about more rail so american
A booster is the phone book you sit on at gramma’s house during thanksgiving.
Does it have to have a booster to operate?
They can operate without them if the train isn't too heavy.
@ great channel, glad I found it!!