From what I have researched it turns out that the Savannah Roundhouse Train Museum was the largest and oldest existing nineteenth-century railroad operation complex in the nation. It was not constructed till about 1850. Today thirteen of the structures still stand in various parts of this complex. If you click the links below you will see some daytime footage of how large the area is then you can put two and two together with the night shots I took.

This investigation was very special to me in the sense that it was the final run of the night after this I would be able to go get breakfast...and even lay behind a church to rest myself. So I did not spend alot of time here would have loved to climb up into some of the engines but fatigue set in and I had just enough in me to bring you a final investigation in Savannah.

The Central Railroad handled freight, passengers, maintenance, and manufacturing all in one centralized location. Since 1989 the city of Savannah has operated this place by the Coastal Heritage Society. Five of the buildings house permanent train exhibits which includes the roundhouse turntable. They have various steam and diesel locomotives, steam powered engines, model railroads, and rail cars. The one thing that stands out from afar is the large brick smokestack. The area is somewhat industrial and you can only imagine how eerie it was at night for me to wander around the train yard.

Across from the Road of the museum is the former Central Of GA passenger station now the Visitors Center for tourist. I have photos of that as well but they are worked into our Savannah Prologue Page not this one. Under the train shed is Engine 103 a Baldin steam locomotive built in 1890. Alot of history resides in this yard!

Then across from the old passenger station is two more buildings. One of them is red brick and a Romanesque Revival structure designed by Alfred Eichberg and Calvin Fay in 1887. It once housed the railroad offices and was a freight ware house. It was restored and is used by the Savannah College Of Art and Design its now part of the school known as Eichberg Hall.

Next door to that is Kiah Hall the 1856 Greek Revival building which was the railroads administrative offices. I did not go into any buildings did see a few abandonment's as a majority of these buildings are in operation and restored. But I do remember walking along side some of them and at night its pretty eerie back there you feel watched from various brick buildings.

The railroad complex before their were structures begun in the 1830s it shaped the industry in GA and Savannah. It was state of the art because it had every sort of railroading service possible.

Eventually the buildings started to crumble they were not used because after Central Of GA was merged with the Southern Railway the site was abandoned by the 1960s. That same decade it was about to be demolished when 12 people and the city invested millions of dollars to restore the complex. It is now a museum all our doors amongst the old brick buildings! One could even see a scrap yard full of train parts and even a train car that is burnt. 

Not to far away from the museum is a battlefield which many man died on and its a fairly dismal location not the type of area you should walk around in at night this goes for any UE or Paranormal Investigator...Martin Luther King Borders the area...You can tour the yard during the day for $5!

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Lord Rick

Click Here: Round House Train Museum Video

Click Here: Georgia's Railway History & Heritage...Upclose Photos Of The Museum