The Roswell Railroad

There was a railroad built to serve the Roswell Mills, but it came from Chamblee and never got across the river south of Roswell.  Nicknamed the Buckline, the Roswell RR was built as narrow gauge and was standard gauged when President Teddy Roosevelt visited Roswell in 1905 (if memory serves).  It was abandoned in 1924.  Until about 1990 most of the right of way was still visible, but development and road widenings have since erased almost all traces.  One company section house still stands in downtown Dunwoody.  

Scott Chatfield

Dunwoody, Georgia

The Roswell Railroad

Scott 

I had found references to the Roswell Railroad but was too late to find any traces when we visited . The idea behind my spur to Roswell has more in common with the Etowah railroad, a little further up the W&ARR. 

One of the cafes in Roswell still holds the gold standard for chocolate fudge brownies as far as I am concerned - despite considerable international research.

Best wishes 

Eric  

Walking off brownies

Ironically, the one part of the old Roswell Railroad that you can still see and walk on is the section that never had track laid on it.  The tracks got to the Chattahoochee River at the Shallow Ford and a right of way was graded up the hill to the mill, but they didn't build the bridge over the river.  Instead, a road bridge was built that came to be known as Dunwoody Bridge and horse drawn wagons carried goods to and from end of track to Roswell.

The unused right of way is a walking path now, I believe.  Heather and I will have to go looking for these fudge brownies then walk them off.

Scott Chatfield