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The Georgia was authorized, by a special act of the Georgia Legislature, approved January 21, 1852, to merge the property of the Washington Rail or Plank Road Company, extending from Barnett to Washington, approximately 17 miles. On March 2, 1880, the Georgia purchased the railway of the Macon & Augusta Railroad Company at foreclosure sale ...
On August 24, 1894, the property of the Eatonton Branch Railroad Company was leased to the Middle Georgia & Atlantic Railway Company, and on June 1, 1896, was sold to that company. The Middle Georgia & Atlantic Railway Company reported on June 30, 1896, that its investment in road and equipment was $792,000.
Marietta and North Georgia Railway: Marietta and North Georgia Railway: L&N: 1887 1895 Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway: McRae Terminal Railway: SAL: 1905 Memphis Branch Railroad: 1868 1877 N/A Memphis Branch Railroad and Steamboat Company of Georgia: L&N: 1839 1850 Rome Railroad: Middle Georgia and Atlantic Railway: CG: 1889 1896 ...
The carrier was a Georgia corporation having its principal offices in Atlanta, Ga. At the date of valuation, June 30, 1914, the property, which was being operated by a receiver, consisted of about 633.55 miles of railway, extending from Brunswick, Ga., to Reader's Gap, Ala., with branches in the State of Georgia from Manchester to Atlanta, from Fitzgerald to Thomasville, from Sessoms to ...
Less road, Thrift to Rogers, Ga., abandoned by the Millen and Southern Railway Company 10.0 53.0 From The Nashville and Sparks Railroad Company, Aug. 12, 1907; constructed by that company, Nashville to Sparks, Ga., 1900-1906; rail, angle bars, and switch material used in the track leased from the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company 12.0
The name of the company was changed on April 22, 1901, to the Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway Company. The date of its organization was November 2, 1895. The carrier acquired by purchase from a syndicate on July 1, 1906, the property, rights, and franchises of The Carrabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia Railroad Company.
The original Georgia and Alabama Railroad was based in Rome, GA, incorporated in 1853, and started initial rail construction in 1857. [1] In August 1866, the G&A officially consolidated with the Dalton and Jacksonville Railroad and the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad Company with the intent to create a consolidated rail system from Selma, AL to Dalton, GA. [2]
CIRR primarily serves Georgia-Pacific's Cedar Springs mill, a large containerboard facility. In 2002, CIRR hauled 19,561 carloads; most of them were paper pulp, and coal. It was previously a Georgia Pacific subsidiary until 2004, when Georgia Pacific sold it and other railroad properties to Genesee & Wyoming Inc.