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 Pidcock may refer to: * Pidcock, Georgia, an unincorporated community in the United States People with the name Pidcock * Geoffrey Pidcock (1897–1976), senior officer in Britain's Royal Air Force * James N. Pidcock (1836–1899), American polit ...

who had founded a private logging railroad in the early 1890s that ran north from

Pidcock, Georgia Pidcock is an unincorporated community in Brooks County, Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also ...

. The Pidcocks combined their assets into the Georgia Northern Railway. The railroad was operating between Albany and Boston by 1905. They then began purchasing other railroads. It bought the

Flint River and Northeastern Railroad The Flint River and Northeastern Railroad was incorporated on June 26, 1903, built in 1904 and operated between Pelham and Ticknor, Georgia, USA. Originally operated by the Higgston Lumber Company, the railroad was purchased by the Thomas N. B ...

in 1910, the Georgia, Ashburn, Sylvester and Camilla Railway in 1922, and 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 ...

in 1939. The coterie of roads became known as 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 The Albany and Northern Railway (A&N) 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 (AF&N). The AF&N was leased then ...

and the GAS&C (apparently included in the GN purchase) in 1972, but maintaining the GN name for the subsidiary. It was eventually merged into the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway on December 31, 1993.

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Georgia Northern Railway (RailGA)
Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) railroads Predecessors of the Southern Railway (U.S.) Railway companies established in 1894 Railway companies disestablished in 1993 1894 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) 1993 disestablishments in Georgia (U.S. state) {{US-rail-transport-stub