SCL 991

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Atlanta Rails	General	Nice shot, do you know when the Hutchison island trackage was abandoned? From looking at aerial imagery looks to be still all intact but heavily overgrown, though i cant stay it is looking too much better in this shot!	6/10/2008 11:14:03 PM

willis ford	General	Do you have anymore pics of the Hutchison Island branch? Would love to see more!!!!	6/20/2011 6:22:02 PM

Eugene Cain	General	The line to Hutchingson Island went dormant in the early 1990s after the last customer switched to trucks. The trackage is still intact although very badly overgrown. e went out on the route in July 1998 on a Motorcar....it was getting pretty thick even then. I filmed the entire 12 miles from the Junction with the CSX mainline at South Hardeeville to the "end of track" on Hutchingson Island. The entire terminal was sold and ripped up and redeveloped into Hotels, Golf Courses, and playgrounds for well to do people. CSX retained the route for possible future growth and a possible deep water Container Port on the South carolina side in Jasper County. so far, nothing has happened. I took Pictures of several yard jobs operating on this trackage in 1991, just before service stopped. A new Industrial developement in Jasper County south of Hardeeville may see service return to at least part of the route. It all depends on the Economy right now, but there are plans to move forward, including a	11/23/2012 2:13:20 AM

Eugene Cain	General	rehab of at least 8 miles of the dormant trackage to service this new developement. Land was cleared, Water and Sewer installed, but so far, no construction. I have closely monitered the situation here for the last 10 years. I guess CSX sees possible future use for this line although right now it is quite dead in the woods!!!	11/23/2012 2:18:19 AM

Mike Maskel	General	NICE SHOT	6/18/2018 4:47:31 PM

SCL 991
Built as SAL 1811 and shown here at the old SAL Hutchinson Island terminal, SCL 991 was on borrowed time; she would be sold for scrap to Fairfield Iron and Metal 8/26/86.
Date: 4/2/1984	Location: Savannah, GA Map	Views: 712	Collection Of: Mike Woodruff
Locomotives: SCL 991(GP7)			Author: Tom Alderman

Picture Categories:		This picture is part of album: SCL daze

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