LAFAYETTE, Ga. -- Workers will begin repairing train tracks this week after damage from September floods put a major kink in transportation lines in Walker and Chattooga counties.

While crews began repairing roads and buildings shortly after the waters receded, the rail line between LaFayette and Summerville remains unusable, according to railway officials. In spots, the heavy wooden ties hang over a foot or more of space where the ground has washed out beneath them.

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