List of Georgia Railroads

Railroad Name Start Date End Date
Abbeville and Waycross Railroad 1889 1896
Alabama Midland Railway 1887 1901
Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad 1868 1877
Albany Passenger Terminal Company 1911 Unknown
Albany and Northern Railway 1895 1971
Albany, Florida and Northern Railway 1889 1895
Americus, Preston and Lumpkin Railroad 1884 1888
Athens Belt Line Railroad 1890 Unknown
Athens Terminal Company 1906 1981
Atlanta Terminal Company 1903 Unknown
Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Railway 1903 1909
Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway 1877 1996
Atlanta and Florida Railroad 1887 1893
Atlanta and Florida Railway 1893 1895
Atlanta and Hawkinsville Railroad 1886 1887
Atlanta and LaGrange Railroad 1847 1857
Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railway 1870 1876
Atlanta and Roswell Railroad 1863 1877
Atlanta and West Point Railroad 1857 1986
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad 1905 1916
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway 1915 1927
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway 1896 1905
Atlanta, Stone Mountain and Lithonia Railway 1907 1997
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 1898 1967
Atlantic Short Line Railway 1892 1896
Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad 1901 1903
Atlantic and Birmingham Railway 1903 1906
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad 1856 1879
Atlantic and Gulf Short Line Railroad 1900 1907
Atlantic, Valdosta and Western Railway 1897 1902
Atlantic, Waycross and Northern Railroad 1911 1924
Augusta Belt Railway 1896 1975
Augusta Southern Railroad 1893 1919
Augusta Terminal Railway 1897 1906
Augusta Union Station Company 1901 1969
Augusta and Florida Railway 1904 1910
Augusta and Knoxville Railroad 1877 1886
Augusta and Savannah Railroad 1856 1948
Augusta and Waynesboro Railroad 1838 1856
Augusta, Gibson and Sandersville Railroad 1884 1893
Augusta, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad 1888 1891
Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad 1887 1897
Boston and Albany Railroad 1867 1961
Bowden Lithia Springs Short Line Railroad 1887 Unknown
Bowdon Railway 1910 1946
Brinson Railway 1906 1914
Brunswick and Albany Railroad 1861 1882
Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad 1900 1904
Brunswick and Florida Railroad 1835 1861
Brunswick and Western Railroad 1882 1901
Bruton and Pineora Railway 1897 1901
Buena Vista Railroad 1880 1917
Buena Vista and Ellaville Railroad 1885 1888
Carrabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia Railroad 1891 1906
Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad 1866 1870
Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia 1835 1895
Central Railroad and Canal Company of Georgia 1833 1835
Central of Georgia Railway 1895 1971
Charleston and Savannah Railroad 1853 1867
Charleston and Savannah Railway 1880 1901
Charleston and Western Carolina Railway 1896 1959
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad 1869 1894
Chatham Terminal Company 1916 Unknown
Chattahoochee Terminal Railway 1902 1903
Chattahoochee Valley Railroad 1895 1900
Chattahoochee Valley Railway 1900 1992
Chattanooga Southern Railroad 1896 1911
Chattanooga Southern Railway 1887 1895
Chattanooga and Atlanta Railroad 1911 1911
Chattanooga and Durham Railroad 1897 1901
Chattanooga and Gulf Railroad 1889 1891
Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad 1887 1897
Chattanooga, Rome and Southern Railroad 1897 1901
Cherokee Iron Company 1873 1882
Cherokee Railroad 1870 1879
Chickamauga and Durham Railroad 1891 1897
Cincinnati and Georgia Railroad 1881 1881
Collins and Reidsville Railroad 1895 1906
Columbia and Augusta Railroad 1863 1869
Columbus Southern Railway 1886 1896
Columbus and Florida Railway 1885 1886
Columbus and Rome Railroad 1879 1882
Columbus and Rome Railway 1882 1888
Columbus and Southern Railway 1896 1896
Columbus and Western Railway 1880 1888
Covington and Macon Railroad 1885 1891
Cuyler and Woodburn Railroad 1894 1897
Dalton and Gadsden Railroad 1854 1859
Dalton and Jacksonville Railroad 1859 1866
Darien Short Line Railroad 1885 1894
Darien and Western Railroad 1894 1906
Douglas, Augusta and Gulf Railway 1905 1907
Dover and Statesboro Railroad 1889 1901
Dublin and Southwestern Railroad 1904 1907
Dublin and Wrightsville Railroad 1885 1886
East Georgia Railway 1916 Unknown
East Georgia and Florida Railroad 1881 1888
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad 1848 1869
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad 1869 1886
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway 1886 1894
East and West Railroad 1894 1903
East and West Railroad of Alabama 1882 1893
Eatonton Branch Railroad 1850 1896
Eatonton and Machen Railroad 1889 1889
Elberton Air Line Railroad 1871 1908
Elberton Southern Railway 1908 1996
Elberton and Eastern Railroad 1916 1933
Elberton and Eastern Railway 1911 1916
Ellijay Railroad 1854 1859
Empire and Dublin Railroad 1888 1892
Fitzgerald, Ocilla and Broxton Railroad 1907 Unknown
Flint River and Gulf Railway 1901 1907
Flint River and Northeastern Railroad 1903 1946
Florida Central Railroad 1868 1914
Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad 1888 1903
Florida Midland and Georgia Railroad 1884 1894
Florida Northern Railroad 1892 1893
Flovilla and Indian Springs Railway 1897 Unknown
Gainesville Midland Railway[2] 1904 1938
Gainesville and Northwestern Railroad 1912 1934
Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad 1872 1904
Gate City Terminal Company 1906 1907
Georgia Air Line Railroad 1856 1870
Georgia Air Line Railway 1877 1877
Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad 1906 1919
Georgia Midland Railway 1896 1996
Georgia Midland Terminal Company 1890 1941
Georgia Midland and Gulf Railroad 1885 1896
Georgia Northern Railway 1894 1993
Georgia Pacific Railroad 1876 1882
Georgia Pacific Railway 1881 1894
Georgia Pine Railway 1895 1901
Georgia Railroad 1833 1982
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company 1835 1982
Georgia Southern Railroad 1875 1880
Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad 1881 1895
Georgia Southwestern and Gulf Railroad 1906 1942
Georgia Terminal Company 1907 1916
Georgia Western Railroad 1854 1877
Georgia and Alabama Railroad 1854 1866
Georgia and Alabama Railway 1895 1902
Georgia and Alabama Terminal Company 1898 Unknown
Georgia and Florida Railway 1906 1926
Georgia and Florida Terminal Company 1910 1920
Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway 1886 1901
Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railway 1901 1928
Girard Railroad 1845 1854
Greene County Railroad 1911 1941
Greenville and Newnan Railway 1905 1905
Griffin, Monticello and Madison Railroad 1870 1891
Gulf Line Railway 1907 1913
Hartwell Railroad 1879 1898
Hartwell Railway 1898 1990
Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Railway 1896 1922
Hiwassee Railroad 1836 1848
Indian Springs and Flovilla Railroad 1881 1897
Lawrenceville Branch Railroad 1877 1920
Lexington Terminal Railroad 1887 1947
Lithonia and Arabia Mountain Railway 1913 1935
Loganville and Lawrenceville Railroad 1898 1902
Louisville Branch Railroad 1872 1879
Louisville and Nashville Railroad 1850 1983
Louisville and Wadley Railroad 1879 1961
Macon Terminal Company 1914 Unknown
Macon and Atlantic Railway 1890 1892
Macon and Augusta Railroad 1866 1880
Macon and Birmingham Railroad 1888 1895
Macon and Birmingham Railway 1896 Unknown
Macon and Brunswick Railroad 1856 1881
Macon and Dublin Railroad 1885 1890
Macon and Northern Railroad 1891 1894
Macon and Northern Railway 1894 1895
Macon and Western Railroad 1845 1872
Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad 1890 1958
Marietta and North Georgia Railroad 1870 1887
Marietta and North Georgia Railway 1887 1895
Marietta, Canton and Ellijay Railroad 1859 1870
McRae Terminal Railway 1905 Unknown
Memphis Branch Railroad 1868 1877
Memphis Branch Railroad and Steamboat Company of Georgia 1839 1850
Middle Georgia and Atlantic Railway 1889 1896
Midland Railway 1885 1923
Midville, Swainsboro and Red Bluff Railroad 1888 1900
Milledgeville Railroad 1837 1866
Milledgeville Railway 1896 1972
Milledgeville Turnpike or Railroad Company 1840 1847
Milledgeville and Asylum Dummy Railroad 1888 1893
Milledgeville and Gordon Railroad 1847 1859
Millen and Southern Railway 1890 1897
Millen and Southwestern Railroad 1897 1907
Milltown Air Line Railway 1903 1928
Milstead Railroad 1909 1959
Mobile and Girard Railroad 1854 1895
Monroe Railroad 1833 1975
Monroe Railroad and Banking Company 1836 1845
Montgomery Railroad 1834 1842
Montgomery and West Point Railroad 1843 1870
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad 1845 1873
Nashville and Sparks Railroad 1900 1907
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway 1873 1957
North Eastern Railroad 1854 1895
North and South Railroad of Georgia 1870 1878
Ocilla Southern Railroad 1908 1924
Ocilla and Irwinville Railroad 1900 1903
Ocilla, Pinebloom and Valdosta Railroad 1905 1906
Oconee and Western Railroad 1892 1899
Offerman and Western Railroad 1899 1902
Old Capital Railway 1893 1896
Pelham and Havana Railroad 1906 1924
Plant System 1894 1902
Port Royal Railroad 1856 1878
Port Royal and Augusta Railway 1878 1896
Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway 1886 1896
Raleigh and Gaston Railroad 1835 1901
Reidsville and Southeastern Railroad 1905 1906
Richmond and Danville Railroad 1847 1894
Rogers and Summit Railroad 1889 1889
Rome Railroad 1850 1896
Rome and Carrollton Railroad 1881 1887
Rome and Decatur Railroad 1882 1889
Rome and Northern Railroad 1909 1923
Roswell Railroad 1880 1920
Sandersville and Tennille Railroad 1875 1894
Savannah River Terminal Company 1916 1990
Savannah Union Railroad and Terminal Company 1912 1914
Savannah Union Station Company 1900 Unknown
Savannah Valley Railroad 1908 1910
Savannah and Albany Railroad 1847 1854
Savannah and Atlanta Railway 1915 1971
Savannah and Atlantic Railroad 1890 1895
Savannah and Charleston Railroad 1866 1880
Savannah and Columbus Railway 1888 1888
Savannah and Northwestern Railway 1914 1917
Savannah and Statesboro Railway 1897 1933
Savannah and Tybee Island Railway 1885 1889
Savannah and Western Railroad 1885 1895
Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad 1854 1863
Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway 1888 1895
Savannah, Augusta and Northern Railway 1906 1910
Savannah, Dublin and Western Short Line Railway 1886 1889
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway 1876 1902
Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama Railroad 1854 1890
Seaboard Air Line Belt Railroad 1892 1901
Seaboard Air Line Railway 1900 1945
Seaboard Air Line System 1893 1900
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad 1846 1911
Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad 1866 1880
Shearwood Railway 1912 1937
Smithonia, Danielsville and Carnesville Railroad 1889 Unknown
South Bound Railroad 1882 1901
South Carolina Railroad 1843 1881
South Carolina Railway 1881 1894
South Carolina and Georgia Railroad 1894 1902
South Georgia Railway 1896 1971
South Georgia and Florida Railroad 1857 1868
Southern Railway 1894 1990
Southern Railway 1902 1996
Southwestern Railroad 1845 1899
Sparks-Western Railroad 1908 1911
St. Marys and Kingsland Railroad 1906 1911
Stillmore Air Line Railway 1892 1906
Sylvania Central Railway 1903 1954
Sylvania Railroad 1884 1902
Sylvania and Girard Railroad 1905 1915
Talbotton Branch Railroad 1872 1881
Talbotton Railroad 1881 1956
Tallulah Falls Railway 1898 1961
Tennessee State Line Railroad 1882 1886
Tennessee and Cohutta Railroad 1882 1882
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway 1911 1922
Thomaston and Barnesville Railroad 1839 1860
Thomasville Railroad 1879 1888
Thomasville, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad 1882 1888
Tifton and Northeastern Railroad 1891 1903
Tifton, Thomasville and Gulf Railway 1897 1903
Union Point and White Plains Railroad 1886 1927
Upson County Railroad 1860 1914
Valdosta Southern Railway 1894 1907
Valdosta, Moultrie and Western Railroad 1909 1917
Valdosta, Moultrie and Western Railway 1917 Unknown
Villa Rica Branch Railway 1901 1902
Wadley Southern Railway 1906 1962
Wadley and Mount Vernon Extension Railroad 1902 1905
Wadley and Mount Vernon Railroad 1889 1906
Walton Railroad 1872 1884
Washington Rail or Plank Road Company 1850 1852
Washington and Lincolnton Railroad 1914 1932
Waycross Air Line Railroad 1887 1901
Waycross and Florida Railroad 1879 1884
Waycross and Southern Railroad 1910 1928
Western Railroad of Alabama 1860 1883
Western Railway of Alabama 1883 2002
Western and Atlantic Railroad 1836 Unknown
Wills Valley Railroad 1852 1868
Wrightsville and Sun Hill Railroad 1883 1883
Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad 1883 1971