Richard,
I don't blame you for avoiding Atlanta. I have a friend who lives in Marietta & when they go to see kids in Evans they circle around through Athens or at least 316 to avoid Atl. We lived near Covington for 20 years & I/we went into Atlanta some but I don't know if I would do it today.
You might find Moodys, Poors at a major or university library in Jax or Tallahassee.
There was now long deceased rail buff who lived in Centralia, IL & he like to research Southeastern & in particular GA shortlines. He was John B. Allen. John would leave his wife in IL or with one of their kids. He would head toward Florida or at least GA & ramble around looking for shortline pictures to copy or buy or beg. He was a big steam nut. But when diesels took over he stopping taking photos. I visited his house & he has tens of thousands of negatives and photos. He had hundreds of books.
A fellow named Don Hensley purchased many of his negatives. Don runs a web site called Taplines. He writes histories of various shortlines in South GA & FL. Don sells prints. On his website there should a list of his negs. You can email Don & see if he knows much about those RRs. Put Taplines in your search engine.
I would check Chambers of Commerce, historical societies, libraries, ask if there are any rail buffs in the area. You might find photos & other material. In some libraries I have found that they will have a file folder or 2 on local RRs. Might have photos.
If you know of dates of events check the old newspapers. Many libraries have newspapers on microfilm. most court houses in GA have collections of old newspapers. Microfilm might be best way to look. many libraries have readers that print. Ask in libraries & historical societies about Sanborn Fire Insurance maps. Often these will show the tracks as well as RR buildings. may check around city halls & city offices for Sanborn maps & old insurance agencies. In Covington I found xerox pages at city hall & fire department. Later I learned that many of these Sanborn maps are on microfilm.
I hope that this doesn't put you to sleep.
Conrad

Richard Nichols <preacher1112@...> wrote:
Conrad, I am located in south Georgia in the City of Douglas. I am between Waycross and Lakeland, and the old G & F R./W (now a walking trail) runs below my house. I am about 3 1/2 to 4 hours away from Atlanta, and I hate going to Atlanta. I am really closer to Jacksonville and Tallahassee than Atlanta.. Thanks for this information.

I have the Atlas that you are talking about. If you will look at that Atlas, you will see that the Milltown Air Line intersects with the Waycross and Western and goes south to Naylor , Georgia. As I said the road bed for W &W became Georgia 122 from Waycross to Lakeland. Georgia 135 from Lakeland to Naylor appears to be the old road bed for the MAL.

I am going to stop in Lakeland on some of my trips through and see if I can find some person in chamber of Commerce or the Historical Society, if there is one, and get as much information as I can.

Thaks again for you helf, I will look for those books.

----- Original Message ----
From: Conrad Cheatham <okete12000@...>
To: GaRRHistory@...
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 8:48:45 PM
Subject: Re: [GaRRHistory] (unknown)

Richard,
Did I mention checking in Poor and Moody Railroad stock reports. These have summaries of the history of the railroads for each year.
I check Roger Grant's book on the G&F & neither the W&W nor the Milltown is mentioned. In the SPV Comprehensive Railroad atlas for the Southeast the routes are marked.
There may be some Moores and some Poors in the Georgia Tech library in Atlanta.
Where are you located?
Conrad Cheatham

Richard Nichols <preacher1112@ yahoo.com> wrote:
Conrad thanks for your information. I am anxious to get started. If I find something interesting, I will share with the group.

Preacher