Organized in 1870, the Atlanta and Richmond Air–Line Railway combined the

Georgia Air Line Railroad The Georgia Air Line Railroad was chartered as a railroad company designed to serve the Southeastern United States, beginning in the mid-19th century. The Georgia Air Line was chartered in 1856, with the goal of laying a line between Atlanta, Georg ...

and the

Air Line Railroad in South Carolina The Air Line Railroad Company of South Carolina was chartered as a South Carolina railroad that was to have served the Southeastern United States, beginning in the mid-19th century. The Air Line was created by an act of the South Carolina General A ...

under president

Algernon S. Buford Algernon Sidney Buford (January 2, 1826 – May 6, 1911) was a Virginian businessman, politician, and lawyer best known for his 22-year presidency of the Richmond and Danville Railroad, during which he was responsible for growing the line from 1 ...

. The line was complete by 1873 but went broke the next year when it was re-organized into the

Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway The Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway emerged from the 1877 re-organization of the Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Railway. Later, in 1894, it became part of the Southern Railway. It was finally merged into the Norfolk Southern Railway in 1996. ...

. It later became part of the Southern Railway.

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* Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) railroads Railway lines in Atlanta Predecessors of the Southern Railway (U.S.) Railway companies established in 1870 Railway companies disestablished in 1876 Defunct South Carolina railroads Defunct North Carolina railroads American companies disestablished in 1876 American companies established in 1870 {{US-rail-transport-stub