The Airline Belle or Air-line Belle was a steam passenger train running between Atlanta and Toccoa, Georgia, on the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway (later the Southern Railway) between 1879 and 1931. Its route was long with 39 stops including (not all in order):
39 stops
Terminal Station (Atlanta) Easton, a settlement located in today's Ansley Park neighborhood of Atlanta Armour Station, mile 6.1 Ottley, mile 9.8 Goodwin's Crossing (or "Goodwin's" or "Goodwin Station"), in today's Brookhaven area, mile 11 Roswell Junction, mile 13 Doraville, mile 15 Chamblee Norcross, mile 19 Duluth, mile 25 Suwanee, mile 31 Buford, mile 38 Flowery Branch, mile 44 Odell's, mile 47 Gainesville, mile 53 White Sulphur Springs, mile 60 Lula, mile 65 Bellton, mile 66 Rabun Cap Junction, mile 78 Mt. Airy, mile 80 Ayersville, mile 86 Carolina Mechanicsville (Gwinnett County) Beaver Dam Carolina Sugar Hill Oakwood Cagle Raoul New Switzerland Alto Toccoa, mile 93
References
"The Airline Belle Makes Final Run in North Georgia", Atlanta Journal, July 26, 1931 Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s, by Franklin M. Garrett. Living Atlanta: An Oral History of the City, 1914-1948, by Clifford M. Kuhn. Vardeman, Johnny. "Riders loved to commute on Airline Belle rail line". Gainesville Times, September 2, 2012.