Gainesville Jefferson & Southern

The GJ&S 1901 report to the Public Service Commission (Stae of Georgia) stated that the line consisted of the following:
52 miles of track from Gainesville to Social Circle (mainline)
13 miles of track from Belmont to Jefferson (branch)
5 miles of sidings from Gainesville to Social Circle
1 miles of sidings from Belmont to Jefferson
The mainline had 17.51 miles of curved track
The mainline had 34.40 miles of straight track
The branch had 4.48 miles of curved track
The branch had 8.52 miles of straight track
The mainline had 28.25 miles of ascending grades numbering 107
The mainline had 23.20 miles of descending grades numbering 106
The branch had 9.41 miles of ascending grades numbering 32
The branch had 3.44 miles of descending grades numbering 35
The mainline ascended a total of 1886.9 feet, averaging 1.27%
The mainline descended a total of 1524.0 feet, averaging 1.24%
The branch ascended a total of 624.2 feet, averaging 1.26%
The branch descended a total of 507.3 feet, averaging 2.79%
The GJ&S had 4 bridges totaling 297 feet and ranging from 39 to 97
feet and it had one trestle being 709 feet in length.
GJ&S was narrow gauge until 1904. Gainesville Midland was the reorganized company. GM was NG, SG, and Dual Gauge from 1905-1915 when it the NG was abandoned.
From the 1907 GM report, they had bought several pieces of equipment with air brakes: 1 locomotive, 3 coaches, 1 combine, 14 box cars, 9 coal cars, and 1 caboose during the year.
This gave a total, for the year ending June 30, 1907, of 7 locomotives ( 3 with vacuum brakes, 4 with air brakes), 8 coaches ( 2 vacuum, 3 air, 3 hand), 5 combines (3 vacuum, 1 air, 1 hand), 66 box cars (14 air, 52 hand), 11 flat cars (11 hand), 2 stock cars (2 hand), 9 coal (9 air), 13 service (13 hand), and 5 cabooses (1 air, 4 hand).
Vacuum and hand brakes were narrow gauge equipment.
Doug vV