List of railroads in Georgia (U.S. state)
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Common freight carriers[]
- (AWRY)
- Athens Line, LLC (ABR)
- Augusta and Summerville Railroad (AUS), operated by CSX and Norfolk Southern
- Chattahoochee Bay Railroad (CHAT)
- Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad (CIRR)
- Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway (CCKY)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- First Coast Railroad (FCRD)
- Fulton County Railway (FCR)
- (GASR)
- Georgia Central Railway (GC)
- Georgia and Florida Railway (GFRR)
- Georgia Northeastern Railroad (GNRR)
- Georgia Southwestern Railroad (GSWR)
- Georgia Woodlands Railroad (GWRC)
- Golden Isles Terminal Railroad (GITM)
- (GITW)
- Great Walton Railroad (GRWR)
- Hartwell Railroad (HRT)
- Heart of Georgia Railroad (HOG)
- Louisville and Wadley Railway (LW) (Out of Service)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) including subsidiaries Alabama Great Southern Railroad (AGS), Central of Georgia Railroad (CG), and Georgia Southern and Florida Railway (GSF)
- (OGEE)
- Riceboro Southern Railway (RSOR)
- St. Mary's Railroad (SM)
- (SMW)[1]
- Sandersville Railroad (SAN)
- Savannah Port Terminal Railroad (SAPT)
- Valdosta Railway (VR)
Private Carriers[]
- GAPS[citation needed]
- Georgia Power
Passenger carriers[]
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
- River Street Streetcar
- Atlanta Streetcar
Defunct railroads[]
Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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Abbeville and Waycross Railroad | SAL | 1889 | 1896 | Georgia and Alabama Railway | ||
Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad | SOU | 1868 | 1877 | Alabama Great Southern Railroad | ||
Alabama Midland Railway | ACL | 1887 | 1901 | Savannah, Florida and Western Railway | ||
Albany Bridge Company | 1993 | 1999 | Georgia and Florida RailNet | |||
Albany, Florida and Northern Railway | SOU | 1889 | 1895 | Albany and Northern Railway | ||
Albany and Northern Railway | SOU | 1895 | 1971 | Georgia Northern Railway | ||
ACL/ CG/ SAL/ SOU | 1911 | |||||
Americus and Atlantic Railroad | 1917 | 1926 | ||||
Americus, Preston and Lumpkin Railroad | SAL | 1884 | 1888 | Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway | ||
SOU | 1890 | |||||
SAL | 1906 | 1981 | N/A | |||
Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Railway | SAL | 1903 | 1909 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | ||
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad | ACL | 1905 | 1916 | Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway | ||
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway | ACL | 1915 | 1927 | Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad | ||
Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad | ACL | 1926 | 1946 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ||
Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway | SOU | 1877 | 1996 | Norfolk Southern Railway | ||
Atlanta and Florida Railroad | SOU | 1887 | 1893 | Atlanta and Florida Railway | ||
Atlanta and Florida Railway | SOU | 1893 | 1895 | Southern Railway | ||
Atlanta and Hawkinsville Railroad | SOU | 1886 | 1887 | Atlanta and Florida Railroad | ||
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway | L&N | 1896 | 1905 | Louisville and Nashville Railroad | ||
Atlanta and LaGrange Railroad | ACL/ L&N | 1847 | 1857 | Atlanta and West Point Railroad | ||
Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railway | SOU | 1870 | 1876 | |||
Atlanta and Roswell Railroad | SOU | 1863 | 1877 | Roswell Railroad | ||
Atlanta, Stone Mountain and Lithonia Railway | ASML | 1907 | 1997 | N/A | ||
ACL/ CG/ L&N/ SOU | 1903 | |||||
Atlanta and West Point Railroad | A&WP, AWP | ACL/ L&N | 1857 | 1986 | Seaboard System Railroad | |
Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad | ACL | 1901 | 1903 | Atlantic and Birmingham Railway | ||
Atlantic and Birmingham Railway | ACL | 1903 | 1906 | Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad | ||
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ACL | ACL | 1902 | 1967 | Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | |
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad | AGLF | 1991 | 1999 | Georgia and Florida RailNet | ||
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad | A&G | ACL | 1856 | 1879 | Savannah, Florida and Western Railway | |
Atlantic and Gulf Short Line Railroad | G&F | 1900 | 1907 | |||
Atlantic Short Line Railway | CG | 1892 | 1896 | Bruton and Pineora Railway | ||
Atlantic, Valdosta and Western Railway | SOU | 1897 | 1902 | Georgia Southern and Florida Railway | ||
Atlantic, Waycross and Northern Railroad | AW&N | 1911 | 1924 | St. Mary's Railroad | [2][3] | |
Augusta Belt Railway | ACL/ L&N | 1896 | 1975 | Georgia Railroad and Banking Company | ||
Augusta and Florida Railway | G&F | 1904 | 1910 | |||
Augusta, Gibson and Sandersville Railroad | G&F | 1884 | 1893 | Augusta Southern Railroad | ||
Augusta and Knoxville Railroad | ACL | 1877 | 1886 | Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway | ||
Augusta and Savannah Railroad | CG | 1856 | 1948 | Central of Georgia Railway | ||
Augusta Southern Railroad | AUS | G&F | 1893 | 1919 | ||
SAL | 1888 | 1891 | Carrabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia Railroad | |||
ACL | 1897 | 1906 | Charleston and Western Carolina Railway | |||
ACL/ L&N/ SOU | 1901 | 1969 | N/A | |||
Augusta and Waynesboro Railroad | CG | 1838 | 1856 | Augusta and Savannah Railroad | ||
Bainbridge Northeastern Railway | 1907 | [4][5][6][7] | ||||
Bainbridge Northern Railway | ||||||
Blakely Southern Railroad | ||||||
Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad | SOU | 1887 | 1897 | Tallulah Falls Railway | ||
Boston and Albany Railroad | SOU | 1891 | 1895 | Georgia Northern Railway | ||
Bostwick Railroad | 1911 | |||||
Bowden Lithia Springs Short Line Railroad | 1887 | N/A | ||||
1945 | 1953 | Bowdon Railway | ||||
Bowdon Railway | 1953 | 1963 | N/A | |||
Bowdon Railway | 1910 | 1946 | ||||
Brinson Railway | CG | 1906 | 1914 | Savannah and Northwestern Railway | ||
Broxton, Hazlehurst and Savannah Railroad | 1907 | |||||
Brunswick and Albany Railroad | ACL | 1861 | 1882 | Brunswick and Western Railroad | ||
Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad | ACL | 1900 | 1904 | Atlantic and Birmingham Railway | ||
Brunswick and Florida Railroad | ACL | 1835 | 1861 | Brunswick and Albany Railroad | ||
Brunswick and Pensacola Railroad | ||||||
Brunswick and Western Railroad | ACL | 1882 | 1901 | Savannah, Florida and Western Railway | ||
Bruton and Pineora Railway | CG | 1897 | 1901 | Central of Georgia Railway | ||
Buena Vista Railroad | CG | 1880 | 1885 | Buena Vista and Ellaville Railroad | ||
Buena Vista and Ellaville Railroad | CG | 1885 | 1888 | Savannah and Western Railroad | ||
Carrabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia Railroad | SAL | 1891 | 1906 | |||
Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad | SAL | 1866 | 1870 | Cherokee Railroad | ||
Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia | CG | 1835 | 1895 | Central of Georgia Railway | ||
Central Railroad and Canal Company of Georgia | CG | 1833 | 1835 | Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia | ||
Central of Georgia Railway | CG | CG | 1895 | 1971 | Central of Georgia Railroad | |
Charleston and Savannah Railroad | ACL | 1854 | 1867 | Savannah and Charleston Railroad | ||
Charleston and Savannah Railway | ACL | 1880 | 1901 | Savannah, Florida and Western Railway | ||
Charleston and Western Carolina Railway | C&WC, CWC | ACL | 1896 | 1959 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | |
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad | SOU | 1869 | 1894 | Southern Railway | ||
CG/ SAL | 1916 | Still exists as a joint subsidiary of CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. | ||||
SAL | 1902 | 1903 | Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Railway | |||
Chattahoochee and Gulf Railroad | CHAT | 2003 | 2006 | Chattahoochee Bay Railroad | ||
Chattahoochee Valley Railroad | 1895 | 1900 | Chattahoochee Valley Railway | |||
Chattahoochee Valley Railway | CHV | 1900 | 1992 | N/A | ||
SOU | 1911 | 1911 | Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railroad | |||
Chattanooga and Durham Railroad | CG | 1897 | 1901 | Central of Georgia Railway | ||
Chattanooga and Gulf Railroad | CG | 1889 | 1891 | Chickamauga and Durham Railroad | ||
Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain Railway | ||||||
Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad | CG | 1887 | 1897 | Chattanooga, Rome and Southern Railroad | ||
Chattanooga, Rome and Southern Railroad | CG | 1897 | 1901 | Central of Georgia Railway | ||
Chattanooga Southern Railroad | SOU | 1896 | 1911 | Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railroad | ||
Chattanooga Southern Railway | SOU | 1887 | 1895 | Chattanooga Southern Railroad | ||
Cherokee Railroad | SAL | 1870 | 1879 | |||
SAL | 1873 | 1882 | East and West Railroad of Alabama | |||
Chickamauga and Durham Railroad | CG | 1891 | 1897 | Chattanooga and Durham Railroad | ||
SOU | 1881 | 1881 | East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad | |||
Collins and Glennville Railroad | 1921 | 1941 | N/A | |||
Collins and Ludowici Railroad | 1920 | 1922 | Collins and Glennville Railroad | |||
Collins and Reidsville Railroad | 1895 | 1906 | Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad | |||
Colonel's Island Railroad | CISD | 1969 | 1998 | Golden Isles Terminal Railroad | ||
Columbia and Augusta Railroad | SOU | 1864 | 1869 | Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad | ||
Columbus and Florida Railway | SAL | 1885 | 1886 | Columbus Southern Railway | ||
Columbus and Rome Railroad | CG | 1879 | 1882 | Columbus and Rome Railway | ||
Columbus and Rome Railway | CG | 1882 | 1888 | Savannah and Western Railroad | ||
Columbus Southern Railway | SAL | 1886 | 1896 | |||
SAL | 1896 | 1896 | Georgia and Alabama Railway | |||
Columbus and Western Railway | CG | 1883 | 1888 | Savannah and Western Railroad | ||
Covington and Macon Railroad | CG | 1885 | 1891 | Macon and Northern Railroad | ||
Cuyler and Woodburn Railroad | 1894 | 1897 | Savannah and Statesboro Railway | |||
SOU | 1854 | 1859 | ||||
SOU | 1859 | 1866 | Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad | |||
Darien Short Line Railroad | 1885 | 1894 | Darien and Western Railroad | |||
Darien and Western Railroad | 1894 | 1906 | Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad | |||
Dooly Southern Railway | ||||||
Douglas, Augusta and Gulf Railway | G&F | 1905 | 1907 | |||
Douglas and McDonald Railroad | ||||||
Dover and Statesboro Railroad | CG | 1889 | 1901 | Central of Georgia Railway | ||
Dublin and Southwestern Railroad | CG | 1904 | 1907 | Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad | ||
Dublin and Wrightsville Railroad | CG | 1885 | 1886 | Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad | ||
1916 | ||||||
ACL | 1881 | 1888 | Savannah, Florida and Western Railway | |||
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad | SOU | 1848 | 1869 | East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad | ||
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad | SOU | 1869 | 1886 | East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway | ||
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway | SOU | 1886 | 1894 | Southern Railway | ||
SAL | 1896 | 1903 | Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Railway | |||
East and West Railroad of Alabama | SAL | 1882 | 1893 | |||
CG | 1850 | 1896 | ||||
CG | 1889 | 1889 | ||||
SOU | 1871 | 1908 | ||||
E&E | ACL/ L&N | 1916 | 1933 | N/A | ||
ACL/ L&N | 1911 | 1916 | ||||
SOU | 1908 | 1996 | Norfolk Southern Railway | |||
L&N | 1854 | 1859 | ||||
Empire and Dublin Railroad | CG | 1888 | 1892 | Oconee and Western Railroad | ||
1907 | ||||||
Flint River and Gulf Railway | SOU | 1901 | 1907 | Gulf Line Railway | ||
Flint River and Northeastern Railroad | FR&N | 1903 | 1946 | N/A (affiliated with Georgia Northern Railway) | ||
Florida Central Railroad | 1907 | 1914 | N/A (portion in Florida sold to Savannah, Florida and Western Railway) | |||
Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad | SAL | 1892 | 1903 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | ||
Florida Midland and Georgia Railroad | G&F | 1884 | 1894 | |||
SAL | 1892 | 1893 | Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad | |||
1897 | ||||||
Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad | ACL/ L&N, SAL | 1872 | 1904 | , | ||
GM | SAL | 1936 | Still exists as a subsidiary of CSX Transportation. On August 6, 2010, notice was published of the intent to merge the Gainesville Midland Railroad into CSX Transportation, effective August 20, 2010.[8] | |||
[9] | SAL | 1904 | 1938 | |||
1912 | 1934 | N/A | ||||
ACL | 1906 | 1907 | ||||
Georgia Railroad | GA | ACL/ L&N | 1881 | 1982 | Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | |
Georgia Railroad | ACL/ L&N | 1833 | 1835 | Georgia Railroad and Banking Company | ||
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company | ACL/ L&N | 1835 | 1982 | Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | ||
Georgia Air Line Railroad | SOU | 1856 | 1870 | Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railway | ||
SOU | 1877 | 1877 | Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway | |||
Georgia and Alabama Railroad | GAAB | 1989 | 1995 | Georgia Southwestern Railroad | ||
Georgia and Alabama Railroad | SOU | 1854 | 1866 | Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad | ||
Georgia and Alabama Railway | SAL | 1895 | 1902 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | ||
SAL | 1898 | |||||
Georgia, Ashburn, Sylvester and Camilla Railway | SOU | 1922 | 1971 | Georgia Northern Railway | ||
Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway | SAL | 1886 | 1901 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | ||
Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad | 1906 | 1919 | Collins and Glennville Railroad | |||
Georgia Eastern Railroad | GERY | 1987 | 1988 | Georgia Woodlands Railroad | ||
Bainbridge Northeastern Railway | ||||||
Georgia and Florida RailNet | GFRR | 1999 | 2005 | Georgia and Florida Railway | ||
GFRR | 1995 | 1999 | Georgia and Florida RailNet | |||
Georgia and Florida Railroad | G&F | G&F (SOU) | 1926 | 1963 | ||
G&F, GF | SOU | 1963 | 1971 | Central of Georgia Railroad | ||
G&F | G&F | 1906 | 1926 | Georgia and Florida Railroad | ||
Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad | GF&A | SAL | 1927 | 1974 | Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | |
GF&A | SAL | 1901 | 1928 | Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad | ||
G&F | 1910 | 1920 | ||||
Georgia Great Southern Railroad | GGS | 1991 | 1995 | Georgia Southwestern Railroad | ||
Georgia Midland Railway | SOU | 1896 | 1996 | Norfolk Southern Railway | ||
Georgia Midland and Gulf Railroad | SOU | 1885 | 1896 | Georgia Midland Railway | ||
SOU | 1890 | 1941 | Southern Railway | |||
Georgia Northern Railway | GANO | SOU | 1894 | 1993 | Georgia Southern and Florida Railway | |
SOU | 1876 | 1882 | Georgia Pacific Railway | |||
Georgia Pacific Railway | SOU | 1882 | 1894 | Southern Railway | ||
Georgia Western Railroad | SOU | 1854 | 1877 | |||
Georgia Pine Railway | SAL | 1895 | 1901 | |||
Georgia Southern Railroad | SOU | 1875 | 1880 | East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad | ||
Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad | SOU | 1881 | 1895 | Georgia Southern and Florida Railway | ||
Georgia Southwestern and Gulf Railroad | GS&G | SOU | 1906 | 1942 | N/A | Leased the Albany and Northern Railway. |
ACL | 1907 | 1916 | Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway | |||
CG | 1845 | 1854 | Mobile and Girard Railroad | |||
GCY | 1911 | 1941 | N/A | |||
CG | 1905 | 1905 | Central of Georgia Railway | |||
1870 | 1891 | N/A | ||||
Gulf Line Railway | SOU | 1907 | 1913 | Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Railway | ||
Hartwell Railroad | 1879 | 1898 | Hartwell Railway | |||
Hartwell Railway | HRT | 1898 | 1990 | Hartwell Railroad | ||
Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Railway | SOU | 1896 | 1922 | Georgia, Ashburn, Sylvester and Camilla Railway | ||
SOU | 1847 | 1848 | East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad | |||
1881 | 1897 | |||||
1903 | N/A | |||||
1928 | 1957 | N/A | ||||
SOU | 1877 | 1920 | N/A | |||
ACL/ L&N | 1887 | 1947 | N/A | |||
1905 | Reidsville and Southeastern Railroad | |||||
1913 | 1935 | N/A | ||||
1995 | 1999 | Georgia and Florida RailNet | ||||
Live Oak, Perry and South Georgia Railway | LPSG | SOU | 1971 | 1993 | Georgia Southern and Florida Railway | |
Loganville and Lawrenceville Railroad | SAL | 1898 | 1902 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | ||
Louisville and Nashville Railroad | L&N, LN | L&N | 1905 | 1983 | Seaboard System Railroad | |
CG | 1872 | 1879 | ||||
L&WD | CG | 1879 | 1961 | Louisville and Wadley Railway | ||
CG | 1890 | 1892 | Atlantic Short Line Railway | |||
ACL/ L&N | 1866 | 1880 | Georgia Railroad and Banking Company | |||
1888 | 1895 | Macon and Birmingham Railway | ||||
Macon and Birmingham Railway | 1896 | |||||
Macon and Brunswick Railroad | SOU | 1856 | 1881 | |||
SAL | 1885 | 1890 | Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad | |||
Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad | MD&S | SAL | 1890 | 1958 | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | |
Macon and Northern Railroad | CG | 1891 | 1894 | Macon and Northern Railway | ||
Macon and Northern Railway | CG | 1894 | 1895 | Central of Georgia Railway | ||
MTCO | CG/ SOU | 1914 | ||||
Macon and Western Railroad | CG | 1845 | 1872 | Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia | ||
L&N | 1859 | 1870 | ||||
L&N | 1870 | 1887 | ||||
L&N | 1887 | 1895 | Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway | |||
SAL | 1905 | |||||
1868 | 1877 | N/A | ||||
Memphis Branch Railroad and Steamboat Company of Georgia | L&N | 1839 | 1850 | Rome Railroad | ||
CG | 1889 | 1896 | Central of Georgia Railway | |||
Midland Railway | G&F | 1915 | 1923 | Statesboro Northern Railway | ||
Midville, Swainsboro and Red Bluff Railroad | G&F | 1888 | 1900 | Atlantic and Gulf Short Line Railroad | ||
ACL/ L&N | 1837 | 1866 | ||||
ACL/ L&N | 1896 | 1972 | N/A | |||
ACL/ L&N | 1888 | 1893 | ||||
CG | 1847 | 1859 | Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia | |||
CG | 1840 | 1847 | ||||
G&F | 1890 | 1897 | ||||
G&F | 1897 | 1907 | ||||
1903 | 1928 | |||||
MLST | 1909 | 1959 | ||||
Mobile and Girard Railroad | CG | 1854 | 1895 | Central of Georgia Railway | ||
ACL/ L&N | 1904 | 1975 | Georgia Railroad and Banking Company | |||
CG | 1833 | 1836 | Monroe Railroad and Banking Company | |||
Monroe Railroad and Banking Company | CG | 1836 | 1845 | Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia | ||
Montgomery Railroad | ACL/ L&N | 1834 | 1842 | Montgomery and West Point Railroad | ||
Montgomery and West Point Railroad | ACL/ L&N | 1843 | 1870 | Western Railroad of Alabama | ||
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad | L&N | 1845 | 1873 | Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway | ||
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway | N&C, NC | L&N | 1873 | 1957 | Louisville and Nashville Railroad | |
G&F | 1900 | 1907 | ||||
North Eastern Railroad | SOU | 1854 | 1895 | Southern Railway | ||
North and South Railroad of Georgia | CG | 1870 | 1878 | Columbus and Rome Railroad | ||
Ocilla and Irwinville Railroad | ACL | 1900 | 1903 | Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad | ||
G&F | 1905 | 1906 | Douglas, Augusta and Gulf Railway | |||
OSO | 1908 | 1924 | N/A | |||
Ocilla and Valdosta Railroad | ||||||
Oconee and Western Railroad | CG | 1892 | 1899 | Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad | ||
ACL | 1899 | 1902 | Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad | |||
OGEE | 1989 | Still exists as a lessor of the Georgia Midland Railroad and Heart of Georgia Railroad. | ||||
ACL/ L&N | 1893 | 1896 | ||||
1906 | 1924 | N/A | ||||
Plant System | ACL | 1894 | 1902 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ||
Port Royal Railroad | ACL | 1859 | 1878 | Port Royal and Augusta Railway | ||
Port Royal and Augusta Railway | ACL | 1878 | 1896 | Charleston and Western Carolina Railway | ||
Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway | ACL | 1887 | 1896 | Charleston and Western Carolina Railway | ||
Raleigh and Gaston Railroad | SAL | 1889 | 1900 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | ||
1916 | ||||||
Reidsville and Southeastern Railroad | 1905 | 1906 | Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad | |||
Richmond and Danville Railroad | SOU | 1879 | 1894 | Southern Railway | ||
G&F | 1889 | 1889 | ||||
Rome Railroad | L&N | 1850 | 1896 | Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway | ||
Rome and Carrollton Railroad | CG | 1881 | 1887 | Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad | ||
SOU | 1883 | 1889 | East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway | |||
Rome and Northern Railroad | R&N | 1909 | 1923 | |||
1923 | 1924 | N/A | ||||
Roswell Railroad | SOU | 1880 | 1920 | |||
1920 | 1921 | N/A | ||||
1906 | 1911 | Atlantic, Waycross and Northern Railroad | [3] | |||
G&F | 1875 | 1894 | Augusta Southern Railroad | |||
Savannah and Albany Railroad | ACL | 1847 | 1854 | Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad | ||
Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad | ACL | 1854 | 1863 | Atlantic and Gulf Railroad | ||
Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway | SAL | 1888 | 1895 | Georgia and Alabama Railway | ||
Savannah and Atlanta Railway | SA | CG | 1915 | 1971 | Central of Georgia Railroad | |
CG | 1890 | 1895 | Central of Georgia Railway | |||
Savannah, Augusta and Northern Railway | 1906 | 1910 | Midland Railway | |||
Savannah and Charleston Railroad | ACL | 1867 | 1880 | Charleston and Savannah Railway | ||
SAL | 1888 | 1888 | Savannah and Western Railroad | |||
CG | 1886 | 1889 | Savannah and Western Railroad | |||
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway | ACL | 1876 | 1902 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ||
CG | 1854 | 1890 | Savannah and Western Railroad | |||
Savannah and Northwestern Railway | S&NW | CG | 1914 | 1917 | Savannah and Atlanta Railway | |
ACL/ L&N | 1916 | 1990 | CSX Transportation | |||
SSDK | 1952 | 1998 | Savannah Port Terminal Railroad | |||
Savannah and Statesboro Railway | G&F | 1897 | 1933 | |||
CG | 1885 | 1889 | ||||
CG | 1912 | 1914 | Savannah and Northwestern Railway | |||
ACL/ SAL/ SOU | 1900 | |||||
Savannah Valley Railroad | CG | 1908 | 1910 | Brinson Railway | ||
Savannah and Western Railroad | CG | 1885 | 1895 | Central of Georgia Railway | ||
Seaboard Air Line Railroad | SAL | SAL | 1946 | 1967 | Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | |
Seaboard Air Line Railway | SAL | 1900 | 1945 | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | ||
Seaboard Air Line System | SAL | 1893 | 1900 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | ||
SAL | 1892 | 1901 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | |||
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | SCL | 1967 | 1983 | Seaboard System Railroad | ||
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad | SAL | 1889 | 1900 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | ||
Seaboard System Railroad | SBD | 1983 | 1986 | CSX Transportation | ||
Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad | SOU | 1866 | 1874 | Georgia Southern Railroad | ||
1912 | 1937 | N/A | ||||
1889 | ||||||
South Bound Railroad | SAL | 1888 | 1901 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | ||
South Carolina Railroad | SOU | 1843 | 1881 | South Carolina Railway | ||
South Carolina Railway | SOU | 1881 | 1894 | South Carolina and Georgia Railroad | ||
South Carolina and Georgia Railroad | SOU | 1894 | 1902 | Southern Railway – Carolina Division | ||
SOU | 1896 | 1971 | Live Oak, Perry and South Georgia Railway | |||
ACL | 1857 | 1868 | Atlantic and Gulf Railroad | |||
Southern Railway | SOU | SOU | 1894 | 1990 | Norfolk Southern Railway | |
Southern Railway – Carolina Division | SOU | 1902 | 1996 | Norfolk Southern Railway | ||
CG | 1845 | Still exists as a lessor of Norfolk Southern Railway operating subsidiary Central of Georgia Railroad. | ||||
1903 | N/A | |||||
G&F | 1908 | 1911 | ||||
1910 | 1924 | N/A | ||||
Statesboro Northern Railway | G&F | 1924 | 1951 | N/A | ||
G&F | 1933 | 1951 | N/A | |||
Stillmore Air Line Railway | CG | 1892 | 1906 | |||
CG | 1884 | 1902 | ||||
1935 | 1944 | N/A (leased the ) | ||||
SYC | CG | 1903 | 1954 | N/A | ||
1905 | 1915 | N/A (leased the ) | ||||
1872 | 1881 | |||||
1881 | 1956 | N/A | ||||
Tallulah Falls Railway | TF | SOU | 1898 | 1961 | N/A | |
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railroad | TA&G, TAG | SOU | 1922 | Still exists as a subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern Railway; all Georgia trackage has been leased to the Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway since 1989. | ||
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway | SOU | 1911 | 1922 | Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railroad | ||
SOU | 1882 | 1882 | ||||
SOU | 1882 | 1886 | East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad | |||
CG | 1839 | 1860 | Upson County Railroad | |||
SAL | 1879 | 1888 | ||||
Thomasville, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad | SAL | 1882 | 1888 | |||
1903 | N/A | |||||
Tifton and Northeastern Railroad | ACL | 1891 | 1903 | Atlantic and Birmingham Railway | ||
Tifton, Thomasville and Gulf Railway | ACL | 1897 | 1903 | Atlantic and Birmingham Railway | ||
ACL/ L&N | 1886 | 1927 | N/A | |||
Upson County Railroad | CG | 1860 | 1914 | Central of Georgia Railway | ||
1909 | 1917 | |||||
1917 | ||||||
Valdosta Southern Railroad | VSO | 1951 | 1992 | Valdosta Railway | ||
G&F | 1894 | 1907 | ||||
SOU | 1901 | 1902 | Southern Railway | |||
CG | 1889 | 1906 | ||||
G&F | 1902 | 1905 | Douglas, Augusta and Gulf Railway | |||
1962 | 1964 | N/A | ||||
WDS | CG | 1906 | 1962 | |||
ACL/ L&N | 1872 | 1884 | Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad | |||
1914 | 1932 | N/A | ||||
ACL/ L&N | 1850 | 1852 | Georgia Railroad and Banking Company | |||
Waycross Air Line Railroad | ACL | 1887 | 1901 | Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad | ||
Waycross and Florida Railroad | ACL | 1879 | 1884 | Savannah, Florida and Western Railway | ||
1910 | 1928 | N/A | ||||
Western Railroad of Alabama | ACL/ L&N | 1870 | 1883 | Western Railway of Alabama | ||
Western Railway of Alabama | WA | ACL/ L&N | 1883 | 2002 | CSX Transportation | |
Western and Atlantic Railroad | L&N | 1836 | Still exists as a lessor of CSX Transportation. | |||
Wills Valley Railroad | SOU | 1854 | 1868 | Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad | ||
Wrightsville and Sun Hill Railroad | CG | 1883 | 1883 | Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad | ||
Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad | W&TR, WTR | CG | 1883 | 1971 | Central of Georgia Railroad |
Notes[]
- ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
References[]
- ^ Saint Marys Railway West, LLC (Official Website)
- ^ Proceedings of the Association of Transportation and Car Accounting Officers. New York, NY: The Railway Equipment and Publication Co. December 1913. p. 3440 – via Google Books.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Poor's Manual of Railroads (54th annual ed.). New York, NY: Poor's Publishing Company. 1921. pp. 12 and 1861-1862 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Charter Granted New Road Which Will Cross Florida". Pensacola News Journal. September 18, 1907. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "New railroad is chartered". The Atlanta Constitution. September 8, 1907. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Georgia Railroad". The Times. Shreveport, LA. September 9, 1907. p. 8 – via Newspaper.com.
- ^ "New Roads and Projects". The Railway and Engineering Review. Chicago: The Railway Review, Inc. September 21, 1907. p. 836 – via Google Books.
- ^ "CSX Transportation, Inc.--Corporate Family Merger Exemption--Gainesville Midland Railroad Company". Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ "Gainesville Midland Railway". Retrieved 19 August 2013.
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