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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 ...
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 Georgia Midland Railroad (reporting mark GMR) was a shortline railroad that operated several lines in Georgia that it acquired in 2004 from the initial operations of Ogeechee Railway. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In 2009 the Georgia Midland was purchased by Pioneer RailCorp from Atlantic Western Transportation Company, the holding company for the Heart of ...
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 ...
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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]
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.
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.