Georgia, Southwestern and Gulf Railroad
Encyclopedia
The Georgia Southwestern and Gulf Railroad was incorporated in 1906 and began operations in 1910 on about 35 miles (56.3 km) of track leased from the Albany and Northern Railway
between Cordele
and Albany, Georgia
, USA
. The GS&G was purchased by the Georgia Northern Railway
in 1939, and in 1942 operations were returned to the Albany and Northern.
Albany and Northern Railway
The Albany and Northern Railway began life in about 1895 on a stretch of railway from Cordele to Albany, Georgia. The line had originally been built around 1890 by the Albany, Florida and Northern Railway . The AF&N was leased then to the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway in 1892...
between Cordele
Cordele, Georgia
Cordele, also known as The Watermelon Capital of the World, is a city in Crisp County, Georgia, United States. The population was 11,608 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Crisp County...
and Albany, Georgia
Albany, Georgia
Albany is a city in and the county seat of Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. It is the principal city of the Albany, Georgia metropolitan area and the southwest part of the state. The population was 77,434 at the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The GS&G was purchased by the Georgia Northern Railway
Georgia Northern Railway
The Boston and Albany Railroad was chartered in 1891 to build a rail line from Boston to Albany, Georgia, United States. After two years, very little progress had been made and the railroad was purchased by the Pidcock Family who had founded a private logging railroad in the early 1890s that ran...
in 1939, and in 1942 operations were returned to the Albany and Northern.