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A Georgia short line railroad has lauded a Fulton County Superior Court judge’s ruling upholding a Georgia Public Service Commission ruling granting the railroad company the power to take land from several property owners in Sparta, Georgia, for a spur.

A Fulton County Superior Court judge has upheld a Georgia Public Service Commission ruling granting a private railroad company the state’s eminent domain power to take land from several property owners in Sparta, Georgia.

A legislative panel on Tuesday gave the green light to a proposal to protect train workers, passengers and the communities built next to freight train routes, though it still has two more stops before it can go to a vote in the House of Representatives.