Georgia Northern Railway (GNRR)

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The Boston and Albany Railroad (the one in south Georgia!) traces its roots back to 1891 and the quest to build a rail line from Boston (Georgia) to Albany, Georgia. After two years and little progress the railroad was bought by the Pidcock Family who combined their assets into what became the Georgia Northern Railway and was operating it between the two towns by 1905.

The Pidcock Family bought other railroads such as the Flint River and Northeastern Railroad in 1910, the Georgia, Ashburn, Sylvester and Camilla Railway in 1922, and the Georgia Southwestern and Gulf Railroad in 1939 and called the group the Pidcock Kingdom shortlines in Sowega.

The Southern Railway took over the Georgia Northern in 1966, fully merging it with the Albany and Northern Railway and the GAS&C (which was apparently included in the GN purchase) in 1972, and maintained the GN name for the subsidiary. The whole kit and kaboodle was eventually merged into the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway on December 31, 1993 which, to this day, is a part of the Norfolk Southern Railway system.

 

Georgia Northern Railway (GNRR)