Waycross Air Line Railroad

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Originally chartered on October 24, 1887, the Waycross Air Line Railroad began operations between Waycross, GA to in 1890.^[1] In 1901, the railroad had extended as far as Fitzgerald, GA at which time its charter was amended for an extension to Birmingham, AL and it was renamed the Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad. That company was consolidated with the Tifton and Northeastern Railroad and Tifton, Thomasville and Gulf Railway on December 3, 1903, to form the Atlantic and Birmingham Railway.

Through various mergers and acquisitions between the 1900's and 1920's, the original Waycross Air Line Railroad eventually became part of a subsidiary of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad known as the Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad. The line survived the 1967 ACL and SAL merger into the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, the acquisition of the Family Lines (CRR, L&N, GA, AWP) into the Seaboard System Railroad in 1982 and finally absorption into the Chessie System to become part of CSX in 1987. Today it is part of the CSX Fitzgerald Subdivision.

See also[]

• Fitzgerald Subdivision

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External links[]

• Waycross Air-Line Railroad v. Offerman & Western Railroad, 109 Ga. 827 (1900) (Case Law Access Project)
• Waycross Air Line Railroad (RailGA)

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