Blue Ridge Scenic Railway
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The Blue Ridge Scenic Railway is a short heritage railway in northern Georgia. Based in Blue Ridge, Georgia, it follows the former Marietta and North Georgia Railroad line along the Toccoa River north to McCaysville, Georgia, and its twin city of Copperhill, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of the Georgia Northeastern Railroad, which also operates freight service on the same line.
Trains generally run Fridays to Mondays from just after St. Patrick's Day in March to the last weekend in December, all week (except Wed.) during spring break (first full week of April), and summer (mid-June to the end of July) and, and all week (7 days) during October/November until Thanksgiving. A special Christmas train runs Thanksgiving weekend, the weekends following, and the full week prior to Christmas itself. Normal trips resume for the final week of the year.
The Blue Ridge Scenic Railway started operations in 1998, and is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2007.
