Point of Interest #4 Fed and Sandy Goetz  
Swamp Bottom Railroad  
108 19^th St.  – Savanna

“We don’t grow flowers, we grow trains.”

Savanna has always been rich in railroad history, which is very evident at “Swamp Bottom Railroad”.  This garden railroad was designed as a working railroad – numerous actual movements such as switching, moving cars to various destinations and returning them to their point of re-loading.

Over 1,000 feet of track laid in an area of approximately 50 x 60 feet comprise this railroad.  Models of trains from the 1920’s to present roam these tracks.  The railroad has lighted signals and all engines, steam and diesel, have digital sound including cattle cars.  Fred has more than 400 freight and passenger cars and numerous steam and diesel engines.  He has a Santa Fe Superchief Passenger train that has four power units and eleven passenger cars including domes, sleepers, diners, coaches, and observation cars.

Visit the town of Sandy Springs and see the drug store, grocery store, railroad station, bank, barber shop, steakhouse, candy shop, Ace Hardware, newspaper office, movie theater, church, city hall, police dept. and gas station.  Derailments happen occasionally due to toads crossing.

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