The Albany and Northern Railway (A&N) began life in about 1895 on a stretch of railway from

Cordele Cordele is a city in and the county seat of Crisp County, Georgia, Crisp County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. The population was 11,147 at the 2010 census. Cordele calls itself the Watermelon Capital of the World. History Cord ...

to Albany, Georgia. The line had originally been built around 1890 by the Albany, Florida and Northern Railway (AF&N). The AF&N was leased then to the

Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway The Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway (SA&M) was a historic railroad located in the U.S. states of Georgia and Alabama. SA&M was built in the 1880s running between Montgomery, Alabama and Lyons, Georgia. It would be completed to Savannah, ...

(SA&M) in 1892. In 1895, the SA&M went bankrupt and the AF&N was then reorganized into the Albany and Northern Railway. In 1910, the

Georgia, Southwestern and Gulf Railroad The Georgia Southwestern and Gulf Railroad was incorporated in 1906 and began operations in 1910 on about of track leased from the Albany and Northern Railway between Cordele and Albany, Georgia, USA. The GS&G was purchased by the Georgia Northe ...

(GS&G) leased the A&N with the goal of opening a line from Cordele to the Gulf Coast. The GS&G ran into financial trouble and was dissolved in 1942 at which time the A&N ran independently again. The Southern Railway acquired the A&N and

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 pr ...

in 1966, and merged the former into the latter on December 31, 1971.

External links

HawkinsRails.net Albany & Northern page
Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) railroads Predecessors of the Southern Railway (U.S.) Railway companies established in 1895 Railway companies disestablished in 1971 1895 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) {{GeorgiaUS-transport-stub