The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Common freight carriers
- Adams-Warnock Railway (AWRY)
- Athens Line, LLC (ABR)
- Augusta and Summerville Railroad (AUS), operated by CSX and Norfolk Southern
- Chattahoochee Bay Railroad (CHAT)
- Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad (CIRR)
- Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway (CCKY)
- Columbus and Chattahoochee Railroad (CHH)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- First Coast Railroad (FCRD)
- Fulton County Railway (FCR)
- Georgia and Southern Railway (GASR)
- Georgia Central Railway (GC)
- Georgia and Florida Railway (GFRR)
- Georgia Northeastern Railroad (GNRR)
- Georgia Southwestern Railroad (GSWR)
- Georgia Woodlands Railroad (GWRC)
- Golden Isles Terminal Railroad (GITM)
- Golden Isles Terminal Wharf (GITW)
- Great Walton Railroad (GRWR)
- Hartwell Railroad (HRT)
- Heart of Georgia Railroad (HOG)
- Louisville and Wadley Railway (LW) (Out of Service)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) including subsidiaries Alabama Great Southern Railroad (AGS), Central of Georgia Railroad (CG), and Georgia Southern and Florida Railway (GSF)
- Ogeechee Railway (OGEE)
- Riceboro Southern Railway (RSOR)
- St. Mary's Railroad (SM)
- St. Mary's Railway West (SMW)
- Sandersville Railroad (SAN)
- Savannah Port Terminal Railroad (SAPT)
- Valdosta Railway (VR)
Private carriers
- GAPS
- Georgia Power
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
- River Street Streetcar
- Atlanta Streetcar
Defunct railroads
<!--New York and Georgia? Abbeville and Northwestern Railroad?-->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
!Notes
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|Abbeville and Waycross Railroad
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|SAL
|1889
|1896
|Georgia and Alabama Railway
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|Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad
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|SOU
|1868
|1877
|Alabama Great Southern Railroad
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|-
|Alabama Midland Railway
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|ACL
|1887
|1901
|Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
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|-
|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
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|-
|Albany Passenger Terminal Company
|
|ACL/ CG/ SAL/ SOU<!--GSW&G and GANO-->
|1911
|<!--no idea-->
|
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|Americus and Atlantic Railroad
|
|
| 1917
| 1926
|
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|-
|Americus, Preston and Lumpkin Railroad
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|SAL
|1884
|1888
|Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway
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|Athens Belt Line Railroad
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|SOU
|1890
|<!--no idea-->
|
|
|-
|Athens Terminal Company
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|SAL
|1906
|1981<!--this is when it was dissolved; did it own common carrier property to the end?-->
|N/A
|
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|Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Railway
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|SAL
|1903
|1909
|Seaboard Air Line Railway
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|-
|Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
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|ACL
|1905
|1916
|Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway
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|-
|Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway
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|ACL
|1915
|1927
|Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad
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|Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad
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|ACL
|1926
|1946
|Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
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|Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway
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|SOU
|1877
|1996
|Norfolk Southern Railway
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|Atlanta and Florida Railroad
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|SOU
|1887
|1893
|Atlanta and Florida Railway
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|Atlanta and Florida Railway
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|SOU
|1893
|1895
|Southern Railway
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|Atlanta and Hawkinsville Railroad
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|SOU
|1886
|1887
|Atlanta and Florida Railroad
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|Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
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|L&N
|1896
|1905
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
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|Atlanta and LaGrange Railroad
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|ACL/ L&N
|1847
|1857
|Atlanta and West Point Railroad
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|Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railway
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|SOU
|1870
|1876
|Georgia Air Line Railway
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|Atlanta and Roswell Railroad
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|SOU
|1863
|1877
|Roswell Railroad
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|Atlanta, Stone Mountain and Lithonia Railway
|ASML
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|1907<!--?-->
|1997
|N/A
|
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|Atlanta Terminal Company
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|ACL/ CG/ L&N/ SOU
|1903
|<!--no idea-->
|
|
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|Atlanta and West Point Railroad
|A&WP, AWP
|ACL/ L&N
|1857
|1986
|Seaboard System Railroad
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|Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad
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|ACL
|1901
|1903
|Atlantic and Birmingham Railway
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|-
|Atlantic and Birmingham Railway
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|ACL
|1903
|1906
|Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
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|-
|Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
|ACL
|ACL
|1902<!--or did it lease anything earlier?-->
|1967
|Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
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|-
|Atlantic and Gulf Railroad
|AGLF
|
|1991
|1999
|Georgia and Florida RailNet
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|-
|Atlantic and Gulf Railroad
|A&G
|ACL
|1856
|1879
|Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
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|Atlantic and Gulf Short Line Railroad
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|G&F
|1900
|1907
|Georgia and Florida Railway
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|-
|Atlantic Short Line Railway
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|CG
|1892
|1896
|Bruton and Pineora Railway
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|Atlantic, Valdosta and Western Railway
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|SOU
|1897
|1902
|Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
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|Atlantic, Waycross and Northern Railroad
|AW&N
|
|1911
|1924<!--?-->
|St. Mary's Railroad
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|-
|Augusta Belt Railway
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|ACL/ L&N
|1896
|1975
|Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
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|-
|Augusta and Florida Railway
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|G&F
|1904
|1910
|Georgia and Florida Railway
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|-
|Augusta, Gibson and Sandersville Railroad
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|G&F
|1884
|1893
|Augusta Southern Railroad
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|-
|Augusta and Knoxville Railroad
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|ACL
|1877
|1886
|Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway
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|-
|Augusta and Savannah Railroad
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|CG
|1856
|1948
|Central of Georgia Railway
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|-
|Augusta Southern Railroad
|AUS
|G&F
|1893
|1919
|Georgia and Florida Railway
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|-
|Augusta, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad
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|SAL
|1888
|1891<!--?-->
|Carrabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia Railroad
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|-
|Augusta Terminal Railway
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|ACL
|1897<!--?-->
|1906
|Charleston and Western Carolina Railway
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|-
|Augusta Union Station Company
|
|ACL/ L&N/ SOU
|1901
|1969<!--dissolved then; did it own common carrier property to the end?-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Augusta and Waynesboro Railroad
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|CG
|1838
|1856
|Augusta and Savannah Railroad
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|Bainbridge Northeastern Railway
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|1907
|
|
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|-
|Bainbridge Northern Railway
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|
|<!--no idea-->
|
|
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|-
|Blakely Southern Railroad
|BLKS
|
|1911
|1914
|N/A
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|-
|Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad
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|SOU
|1887
|1897
|Tallulah Falls Railway
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|-
|Boston and Albany Railroad
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|SOU
|1891
|1895
|Georgia Northern Railway
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|-
|Bostwick Railroad
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|
|<!--no idea-->
|1911<!--?-->
|Greene County Railroad
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|Bowden Lithia Springs Short Line Railroad
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|
|1887
|<!--by 1912?-->
|N/A
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|-
|Bowdon Railroad and Transportation Company
|
|
|1945
|1953
|Bowdon Railway
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|-
|Bowdon Railway
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|
|1953
|1963<!--?-->
|N/A
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|-
|Bowdon Railway
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|
|1910
|1946
|Bowdon Railroad and Transportation Company
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|-
|Brinson Railway
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|CG
|1906
|1914
|Savannah and Northwestern Railway
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|-
|Broxton, Hazlehurst and Savannah Railroad
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|
|
|1907
|Fitzgerald, Ocilla and Broxton Railroad
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|-
|Brunswick and Albany Railroad
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|ACL
|1861
|1882
|Brunswick and Western Railroad
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|-
|Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad
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|ACL
|1900
|1904
|Atlantic and Birmingham Railway
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|-
|Brunswick and Florida Railroad
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|ACL
|1835
|1861
|Brunswick and Albany Railroad
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|-
|Brunswick and Pensacola Railroad
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|
|
|
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|-
|Brunswick and Western Railroad
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|ACL
|1882
|1901
|Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
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|-
|Bruton and Pineora Railway
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|CG
|1897
|1901
|Central of Georgia Railway
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|-
|Buena Vista Railroad
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|CG
|1880
|1885
|Buena Vista and Ellaville Railroad
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|-
|Buena Vista and Ellaville Railroad
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|CG
|1885
|1888
|Savannah and Western Railroad
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|-
|Carrabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia Railroad<!--did this actually plan to enter Georgia?-->
|
|SAL
|1891
|1906
|Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railway
|
|-
|Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad
|
|SAL
|1866
|1870
|Cherokee Railroad
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|-
|Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia
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|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
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|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
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|-
|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<!--or 1879?-->
|1882
|East and West Railroad of Alabama
|
|-
|Chickamauga and Durham Railroad
|
|CG
|1891
|1897
|Chattanooga and Durham Railroad
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|-
|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<!--bought Columbus-Opelika from WRA-->
|1888
|Savannah and Western Railroad
|
|-
|Covington and Macon Railroad
|
|CG
|1885
|1891
|Macon and Northern Railroad
|
|-
|Cuyler and Woodburn Railroad
|
|<!--not G&F - they only got a bit at Statesboro-->
|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<!--leased the South Bound-->
|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 <!--nonoperating?-->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.
|-
|Gainesville Midland Railway
|
|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
|<!--no idea-->
|
|
|-
|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<!--or was it foreclosed earlier?-->
|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<!--was it authorized in Georgia yet?-->
|1854
|Mobile and Girard Railroad
|
|-
|Greene County Railroad
|GCY
|
|1911
|1941
|N/A
|
|-
|Greenville and Newnan Railway
|
|CG
|1905
|1905
|Central of Georgia Railway
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|Griffin, Monticello and Madison Railroad<!--was this actually built? The ICC says it went from Griffin to Madison, and was sold at foreclosure along with the Covington and Macon, a CG predecessor, in 1891-->
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|1870
|1891
|N/A
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|Gulf Line Railway
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|SOU
|1907
|1913
|Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Railway
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|Hartwell Railroad
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|1879
|1898
|Hartwell Railway
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|Hartwell Railway
|HRT
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|1898
|1990<!--??-->
|Hartwell Railroad
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|Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Railway
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|SOU
|1896
|1922<!--?-->
|Georgia, Ashburn, Sylvester and Camilla Railway
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|Hawkinsville and Western Railroad
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|Hiwassee Railroad
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|SOU
|1847<!--authorized to enter Georgia then-->
|1848
|East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad
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|Indian Springs and Flovilla Railroad
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|1881
|1897
|Flovilla and Indian Springs Railway
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|Iron Belt Railroad
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|1903<!--unincorporated railroad stricken from the list of common carriers-->
|N/A
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|Lakeland Railway
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|1928<!--?-->
|1957
|N/A
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|Lawrenceville Branch Railroad
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|SOU
|1877
|1920<!--?-->
|N/A
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|Lexington Terminal Railroad
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|ACL/ L&N
|1887
|1947
|N/A
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|Liberty City, Glennville and Manassas Railway
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|<!--no idea-->
|1905
|Reidsville and Southeastern Railroad
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|Lithonia and Arabia Mountain Railway
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|1913
|1935<!--?-->
|N/A
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|Live Oak, Perry and Georgia Railroad
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|1995
|1999
|Georgia and Florida RailNet
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|Live Oak, Perry and South Georgia Railway
|LPSG
|SOU
|1971
|1993
|Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
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|Loganville and Lawrenceville Railroad
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|SAL
|1898
|1902
|Seaboard Air Line Railway
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|-
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|L&N, LN
|L&N
|1905<!--didn't operate in Georgia until then-->
|1983
|Seaboard System Railroad
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|-
|Louisville Branch Railroad
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|CG
|1872
|1879
|Louisville and Wadley Railroad
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|-
|Louisville and Wadley Railroad
|L&WD
|CG
|1879
|1961
|Louisville and Wadley Railway
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|Macon and Atlantic Railway
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|CG
|1890
|1892
|Atlantic Short Line Railway
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|Macon and Augusta Railroad
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|ACL/ L&N
|1866
|1880
|Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
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|Macon and Birmingham Railroad
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|1888
|1895
|Macon and Birmingham Railway
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|Macon and Birmingham Railway
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|1896
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|Macon and Brunswick Railroad
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|SOU
|1856
|1881
|Cincinnati and Georgia Railroad
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|Macon and Dublin Railroad
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|SAL
|1885
|1890
|Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad
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|-
|Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad
|MD&S
|SAL
|1890
|1958
|Seaboard Air Line Railroad
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|Macon and Northern Railroad
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|CG
|1891
|1894
|Macon and Northern Railway
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|-
|Macon and Northern Railway
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|CG
|1894
|1895
|Central of Georgia Railway
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|Macon Terminal Company
|MTCO
|CG/ SOU
|1914
|<!--no idea-->
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|Macon and Western Railroad
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|CG
|1845
|1872
|Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia
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|Marietta, Canton and Ellijay Railroad
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|L&N
|1859
|1870
|Marietta and North Georgia Railroad
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|Marietta and North Georgia Railroad
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|L&N
|1870
|1887
|Marietta and North Georgia Railway
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|Marietta and North Georgia Railway
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|L&N
|1887
|1895
|Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
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|McRae Terminal Railway
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|SAL
|1905
|<!--no idea-->
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|Memphis Branch Railroad
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|1868
|1877
|N/A
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|Memphis Branch Railroad and Steamboat Company of Georgia
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|L&N
|1839
|1850
|Rome Railroad
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|-
|Middle Georgia and Atlantic Railway
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|CG
|1889
|1896
|Central of Georgia Railway
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|-
|Midland Railway
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|G&F
|1915<!--??-->
|1923
|Statesboro Northern Railway
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|-
|Midville, Swainsboro and Red Bluff Railroad
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|G&F
|1888
|1900
|Atlantic and Gulf Short Line Railroad
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|-
|Milledgeville Railroad
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|ACL/ L&N
|1837
|1866
|Macon and Augusta Railroad
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|-
|Milledgeville Railway
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|ACL/ L&N
|1896
|1972<!--?-->
|N/A
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|-
|Milledgeville and Asylum Dummy Railroad
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|ACL/ L&N
|1888
|1893
|Old Capital Railway
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|-
|Milledgeville and Gordon Railroad
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|CG
|1847
|1859
|Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia
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|Milledgeville Turnpike or Railroad Company
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|CG
|1840
|1847
|Milledgeville and Gordon Railroad
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|Millen and Southern Railway
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|G&F
|1890
|1897
|Millen and Southwestern Railroad
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|-
|Millen and Southwestern Railroad
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|G&F
|1897
|1907
|Georgia and Florida Railway
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|Milltown Air Line Railway
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|1903
|1928
|Lakeland Railway
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|-
|Milstead Railroad
|MLST
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|1909
|1959
|<!--?-->
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|-
|Mobile and Girard Railroad
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|CG
|1854
|1895
|Central of Georgia Railway
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|-
|Monroe Railroad
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|ACL/ L&N
|1904
|1975
|Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
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|Monroe Railroad
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|CG
|1833
|1836
|Monroe Railroad and Banking Company
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|-
|Monroe Railroad and Banking Company
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|CG
|1836
|1845
|Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia
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|Montgomery Railroad
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|ACL/ L&N
|1834
|1842
|Montgomery and West Point Railroad
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|Montgomery and West Point Railroad
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|ACL/ L&N
|1843
|1870
|Western Railroad of Alabama
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|Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
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|L&N
|1845<!--was it authorized in Georgia then?-->
|1873
|Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
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|Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
|N&C, NC
|L&N
|1873
|1957
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
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|Nashville and Sparks Railroad
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|G&F
|1900
|1907
|Georgia and Florida Railway
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|North Eastern Railroad
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|SOU
|1854
|1895
|Southern Railway
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|North and South Railroad of Georgia
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|CG
|1870
|1878
|Columbus and Rome Railroad
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|Ocilla and Irwinville Railroad
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|ACL
|1900
|1903
|Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad
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|-
|Ocilla, Pinebloom and Valdosta Railroad
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|G&F
|1905
|1906
|Douglas, Augusta and Gulf Railway
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|-
|Ocilla Southern Railroad
|OSO
|
|1908<!--??-->
|1924
|N/A
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|Ocilla and Valdosta Railroad
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|-
|Ocilla and Worth Railroad
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|Oconee and Western Railroad
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|CG
|1892
|1899
|Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad
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|-
|Offerman and Western Railroad
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|ACL
|1899
|1902
|Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad
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|Ogeechee Railway
|OGEE
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|1989
|
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|Still exists as a lessor of the Georgia Midland Railroad and Heart of Georgia Railroad.
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|Old Capital Railway
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|ACL/ L&N
|1893
|1896
|Milledgeville Railway
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|Pelham and Havana Railroad
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|1906
|1924
|N/A
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|Plant System
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|ACL
|1894
|1902
|Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
|
|-
|Port Royal Railroad
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|ACL
|1859<!--in Georgia-->
|1878
|Port Royal and Augusta Railway
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|-
|Port Royal and Augusta Railway
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|ACL
|1878
|1896
|Charleston and Western Carolina Railway
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|-
|Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway
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|ACL
|1887
|1896
|Charleston and Western Carolina Railway
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|-
|Raleigh and Gaston Railroad
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|SAL
|1889<!--leased the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway-->
|1900
|Seaboard Air Line Railway
|
|-
|Register and Glenville Railroad<!--or Railway?-->
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|1916
|East Georgia Railway
|
|-
|Reidsville and Southeastern Railroad
|
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|1905
|1906
|Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad
|
|-
|Richmond and Danville Railroad
|
|SOU
|1879<!--leased the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway-->
|1894
|Southern Railway
|
|-
|Rogers and Summit Railroad
|
|G&F
|1889
|1889
|Millen and Southern Railway
|
|-
|Rome Railroad
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|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
|
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|1923<!--?-->
|1924
|N/A
|
|-
|Roswell Railroad
|
|SOU
|1880
|1920
|Roswell Branch Railroad
|
|-
|Roswell Branch Railroad
|
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|1920
|1921
|N/A
|
|-
|St. Mary's and Kingsland Railroad
|
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|1906
|1911
|Atlantic, Waycross and Northern Railroad
|