List of Georgia railroads

This article is about the U.S. state. For railroads in the country, see Transport in Georgia (country) § Railways.

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Georgia.

Common freight carriers

Private carriers

Passenger carriers

Defunct railroads

Name Mark System[nb 1] From To Successor Notes
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
Albany Passenger Terminal Company ACL/ CG/ SAL/ SOU 1911
Americus and Atlantic Railroad 1917 1926
Americus, Preston and Lumpkin Railroad SAL 1884 1888 Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway
Athens Belt Line Railroad SOU 1890
Athens Terminal Company 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 Georgia Air Line Railway
Atlanta and Roswell Railroad SOU 1863 1877 Roswell Railroad
Atlanta, Stone Mountain and Lithonia Railway ASML 1907 1997 N/A
Atlanta Terminal Company 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 Georgia and Florida Railway
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 Georgia and Florida Railway
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 Georgia and Florida Railway
Augusta, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad SAL 1888 1891 Carrabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia Railroad
Augusta Terminal Railway ACL 1897 1906 Charleston and Western Carolina Railway
Augusta Union Station Company 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 BLKS 1911 1914 N/A
Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad SOU 1887 1897 Tallulah Falls Railway
Boston and Albany Railroad SOU 1891 1895 Georgia Northern Railway
Bostwick Railroad 1911 Greene County Railroad
Bowden Lithia Springs Short Line Railroad 1887 N/A
Bowdon Railroad and Transportation Company 1945 1953 Bowdon Railway
Bowdon Railway 1953 1963 N/A
Bowdon Railway 1910 1946 Bowdon Railroad and Transportation Company
Brinson Railway CG 1906 1914 Savannah and Northwestern Railway
Broxton, Hazlehurst and Savannah Railroad 1907 Fitzgerald, Ocilla and Broxton Railroad
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 Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railway
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
Chatham Terminal Company CG/ SAL 1916 Still exists as a joint subsidiary of CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway.
Chattahoochee Terminal 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
Chattanooga and Atlanta Railroad 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 Cherokee Iron Company
Cherokee Iron Company SAL 1873 1882 East and West Railroad of Alabama
Chickamauga and Durham Railroad CG 1891 1897 Chattanooga and Durham Railroad
Cincinnati and Georgia 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 Columbus and Southern Railway
Columbus and Southern Railway 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
Dalton and Gadsden Railroad SOU 1854 1859 Dalton and Jacksonville Railroad
Dalton and Jacksonville Railroad 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 Georgia and Florida Railway
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
East Georgia Railway 1916
East Georgia and Florida Railroad 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
East and West Railroad SAL 1896 1903 Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Railway
East and West Railroad of Alabama SAL 1882 1893 East and West Railroad
Eatonton Branch Railroad CG 1850 1896 Middle Georgia and Atlantic Railway
Eatonton and Machen Railroad CG 1889 1889 Middle Georgia and Atlantic Railway
Elberton Air Line Railroad SOU 1871 1908 Elberton Southern Railway
Elberton and Eastern Railroad E&E ACL/ L&N 1916 1933 N/A
Elberton and Eastern Railway ACL/ L&N 1911 1916 Elberton and Eastern Railroad
Elberton Southern Railway SOU 1908 1996 Norfolk Southern Railway
Ellijay Railroad L&N 1854 1859 Marietta, Canton and Ellijay Railroad
Empire and Dublin Railroad CG 1888 1892 Oconee and Western Railroad
Fitzgerald, Ocilla and Broxton Railroad 1907
Fitzgerald, Ocmulgee and Red Bluff Railway
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 Valdosta Southern Railway
Florida Northern Railroad SAL 1892 1893 Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad
Flovilla and Indian Springs Railway 1897
Foy Railroad
Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad ACL/ L&N, SAL 1872 1904 Gainesville Midland Railway, Monroe Railroad
Gainesville Midland Railroad 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]
Gainesville Midland Railway[9] SAL 1904 1938 Gainesville Midland Railroad
Gainesville and Northwestern Railroad 1912 1934 N/A
Gate City Terminal Company ACL 1906 1907 Georgia Terminal Company
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
Georgia 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
Georgia and Alabama Terminal Company 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
Georgia Eastern Railway Bainbridge Northeastern Railway
Georgia and Florida RailNet GFRR 1999 2005 Georgia and Florida Railway
Georgia and Florida Railroad GFRR 1995 1999 Georgia and Florida RailNet
Georgia and Florida Railroad G&F G&F (SOU) 1926 1963 Georgia and Florida Railway
Georgia and Florida Railway G&F, GF SOU 1963 1971 Central of Georgia Railroad
Georgia and Florida Railway G&F G&F 1906 1926 Georgia and Florida Railroad
Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad GF&A SAL 1927 1974 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railway GF&A SAL 1901 1928 Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad
Georgia and Florida Terminal Company G&F 1910 1920 Georgia and Florida Railway
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
Georgia Midland Terminal Company SOU 1890 1941 Southern Railway
Georgia Northern Railway GANO SOU 1894 1993 Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
Georgia Pacific Railroad SOU 1876 1882 Georgia Pacific Railway
Georgia Pacific Railway SOU 1882 1894 Southern Railway
Georgia Western Railroad SOU 1854 1877 Georgia Pacific Railroad
Georgia Pine Railway SAL 1895 1901 Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railway
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.
Georgia Terminal Company ACL 1907 1916 Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway
Girard Railroad CG 1845 1854 Mobile and Girard Railroad
Greene County Railroad GCY 1911 1941 N/A
Greenville and Newnan Railway CG 1905 1905 Central of Georgia Railway
Griffin, Monticello and Madison Railroad 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
Hawkinsville and Western Railroad
Hiwassee Railroad SOU 1847 1848 East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad
Indian Springs and Flovilla Railroad 1881 1897 Flovilla and Indian Springs Railway
Iron Belt Railroad 1903 N/A
Lakeland Railway 1928 1957 N/A
Lawrenceville Branch Railroad SOU 1877 1920 N/A
Lexington Terminal Railroad ACL/ L&N 1887 1947 N/A
Liberty City, Glennville and Manassas Railway 1905 Reidsville and Southeastern Railroad
Lithonia and Arabia Mountain Railway 1913 1935 N/A
Live Oak, Perry and Georgia Railroad 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
Louisville Branch Railroad CG 1872 1879 Louisville and Wadley Railroad
Louisville and Wadley Railroad L&WD CG 1879 1961 Louisville and Wadley Railway
Macon and Atlantic Railway CG 1890 1892 Atlantic Short Line Railway
Macon and Augusta Railroad ACL/ L&N 1866 1880 Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
Macon and Birmingham Railroad 1888 1895 Macon and Birmingham Railway
Macon and Birmingham Railway 1896
Macon and Brunswick Railroad SOU 1856 1881 Cincinnati and Georgia Railroad
Macon and Dublin Railroad 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
Macon Terminal Company MTCO CG/ SOU 1914
Macon and Western Railroad CG 1845 1872 Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia
Marietta, Canton and Ellijay Railroad L&N 1859 1870 Marietta and North Georgia Railroad
Marietta and North Georgia Railroad L&N 1870 1887 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 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
Milledgeville Railroad ACL/ L&N 1837 1866 Macon and Augusta Railroad
Milledgeville Railway ACL/ L&N 1896 1972 N/A
Milledgeville and Asylum Dummy Railroad ACL/ L&N 1888 1893 Old Capital Railway
Milledgeville and Gordon Railroad CG 1847 1859 Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia
Milledgeville Turnpike or Railroad Company CG 1840 1847 Milledgeville and Gordon Railroad
Millen and Southern Railway G&F 1890 1897 Millen and Southwestern Railroad
Millen and Southwestern Railroad G&F 1897 1907 Georgia and Florida Railway
Milltown Air Line Railway 1903 1928 Lakeland Railway
Milstead Railroad MLST 1909 1959
Mobile and Girard Railroad CG 1854 1895 Central of Georgia Railway
Monroe Railroad ACL/ L&N 1904 1975 Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
Monroe Railroad 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
Nashville and Sparks Railroad G&F 1900 1907 Georgia and Florida Railway
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
Ocilla, Pinebloom and Valdosta Railroad G&F 1905 1906 Douglas, Augusta and Gulf Railway
Ocilla Southern Railroad OSO 1908 1924 N/A
Ocilla and Valdosta Railroad
Ocilla and Worth Railroad
Oconee and Western Railroad CG 1892 1899 Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad
Offerman and Western Railroad ACL 1899 1902 Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad
Ogeechee Railway OGEE 1989 Still exists as a lessor of the Georgia Midland Railroad and Heart of Georgia Railroad.
Old Capital Railway ACL/ L&N 1893 1896 Milledgeville Railway
Pelham and Havana Railroad 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
Register and Glenville Railroad 1916 East Georgia Railway
Reidsville and Southeastern Railroad 1905 1906 Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad
Richmond and Danville Railroad SOU 1879 1894 Southern Railway
Rogers and Summit Railroad G&F 1889 1889 Millen and Southern Railway
Rome Railroad L&N 1850 1896 Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Rome and Carrollton Railroad CG 1881 1887 Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad
Rome and Decatur Railroad SOU 1883 1889 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
Rome and Northern Railroad R&N 1909 1923 Rome and Northern Railway
Rome and Northern Railway 1923 1924 N/A
Roswell Railroad SOU 1880 1920 Roswell Branch Railroad
Roswell Branch Railroad 1920 1921 N/A
St. Mary's and Kingsland Railroad 1906 1911 Atlantic, Waycross and Northern Railroad [3]
Sandersville and Tennille Railroad 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
Savannah and Atlantic 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
Savannah and Columbus Railway SAL 1888 1888 Savannah and Western Railroad
Savannah, Dublin and Western Short Line Railway CG 1886 1889 Savannah and Western Railroad
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway ACL 1876 1902 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama Railroad CG 1854 1890 Savannah and Western Railroad
Savannah and Northwestern Railway S&NW CG 1914 1917 Savannah and Atlanta Railway
Savannah River Terminal Company ACL/ L&N 1916 1990 CSX Transportation
Savannah and Southern Railway
Savannah State Docks Railroad SSDK 1952 1998 Savannah Port Terminal Railroad
Savannah and Statesboro Railway G&F 1897 1933 Statesboro Terminal Company
Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope Railway
Savannah and Tybee Island Railway CG 1885 1889 Savannah and Atlantic Railroad
Savannah Union Railroad and Terminal Company CG 1912 1914 Savannah and Northwestern Railway
Savannah Union Station Company 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
Seaboard Air Line Belt Railroad 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
Shearwood Railway 1912 1937 N/A
Smithonia, Danielsville and Carnesville Railroad 1889
Smithonia and Dunlap Railroad
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
South Georgia Railway SOU 1896 1971 Live Oak, Perry and South Georgia Railway
South Georgia and Florida Railroad 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
Southwestern Railroad CG 1845 Still exists as a lessor of Norfolk Southern Railway operating subsidiary Central of Georgia Railroad.
Sparks, Moultrie and Gulf Railroad 1903 N/A
Sparks-Western Railroad G&F 1908 1911 Georgia and Florida Railway
Statenville Railway 1910 1924 N/A
Statesboro Northern Railway G&F 1924 1951 N/A
Statesboro Terminal Company G&F 1933 1951 N/A
Stillmore Air Line Railway CG 1892 1906 Wadley Southern Railway
Sylvania Railroad CG 1884 1902 Sylvania Central Railway
Sylvania Railway 1935 1944 N/A (leased the Sylvania Central Railway)
Sylvania Central Railway SYC CG 1903 1954 N/A
Sylvania and Girard Railroad 1905 1915 N/A (leased the Sylvania Central Railway)
Talbotton Branch Railroad 1872 1881 Talbotton Railroad
Talbotton Railroad 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
Tennessee and Cohutta Railroad SOU 1882 1882 Tennessee State Line Railroad
Tennessee State Line Railroad SOU 1882 1886 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
Thomaston and Barnesville Railroad CG 1839 1860 Upson County Railroad
Thomasville Railroad SAL 1879 1888 Augusta, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad
Thomasville, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad SAL 1882 1888 Augusta, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad
Tifton and Moultrie Railway 1903 N/A
Tifton and Northeastern Railroad ACL 1891 1903 Atlantic and Birmingham Railway
Tifton Terminal Company
Tifton, Thomasville and Gulf Railway ACL 1897 1903 Atlantic and Birmingham Railway
Union Point and White Plains Railroad ACL/ L&N 1886 1927 N/A
Upson County Railroad CG 1860 1914 Central of Georgia Railway
Valdosta, Moultrie and Western Railroad 1909 1917 Valdosta, Moultrie and Western Railway
Valdosta, Moultrie and Western Railway 1917
Valdosta Southern Railroad VSO 1951 1992 Valdosta Railway
Valdosta Southern Railway G&F 1894 1907 Georgia and Florida Railway
Villa Rica Branch Railway SOU 1901 1902 Southern Railway
Wadley and Mount Vernon Railroad CG 1889 1906 Wadley Southern Railway
Wadley and Mount Vernon Extension Railroad G&F 1902 1905 Douglas, Augusta and Gulf Railway
Wadley Southern Railroad 1962 1964 N/A
Wadley Southern Railway WDS CG 1906 1962 Wadley Southern Railroad
Walton Railroad ACL/ L&N 1872 1884 Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad
Washington and Lincolnton Railroad 1914 1932 N/A
Washington Rail or Plank Road Company ACL/ L&N 1850 1852 Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
Waycross Air Line Railroad ACL 1887 1901 Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad Still exists as a portion of CSX Transportation's Fitzgerald Subdivision.
Waycross and Florida Railroad ACL 1879 1884 Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Waycross and Southern Railroad 1910 1928 N/A
Waycross and Western Railroad
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.
Willacoochee and Dupont Railroad
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

  1. ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

References

  1. ^ Saint Marys Railway West, LLC (Official Website)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Charter Granted New Road Which Will Cross Florida". Pensacola News Journal. September 18, 1907. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "New railroad is chartered". The Atlanta Constitution. September 8, 1907. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "New Georgia Railroad". The Times. Shreveport, LA. September 9, 1907. p. 8 – via Newspaper.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ "New Roads and Projects". The Railway and Engineering Review. Chicago: The Railway Review, Inc. September 21, 1907. p. 836 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "CSX Transportation, Inc.--Corporate Family Merger Exemption--Gainesville Midland Railroad Company". Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  9. ^ "Gainesville Midland Railway". Retrieved 19 August 2013.