The Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad (B&B) was a railroad in southeastern

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. It was chartered on December 11, 1900. In 1902–03, it built a line from

Brunswick, Georgia Brunswick () is a city in and the county seat of Glynn County in the U.S. state of Georgia. As the primary urban and economic center of the lower southeast portion of Georgia, it is the second-largest urban area on the Georgia coastline after Sa ...

to Offerman, Georgia and a line from Bushnell, Georgia to

Ocilla, Georgia The city of Ocilla is the county seat of Irwin County, Georgia, United States. Its population was 3,498 at the 2020 census. Ocilla is part of the Fitzgerald Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Ocilla was founded in 1880, incorporated as ...

. The B&B purchased the Offerman and Western Railroad on July 1, 1902, and the

Ocilla and Irwinville Railroad The Ocilla and Irwinville Railroad was incorporated on October 4, 1900, and began operations the same year, operating an 11-mile line between Ocilla, Georgia, and Irwinville, Georgia. It had only one locomotive and the railroad was purchased on Fe ...

on February 19, 1903. The railroad ran into financial troubles and was purchased by the

Atlantic and Birmingham Railway The Waycross Air Line Railroad, chartered in 1887, was an air-line railroad in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It began operations between Waycross, Georgia, Waycross and Sessoms, Georgia, Sessoms in 1890. In 1901, the railroad had extended as ...

in April 1904. The segment of the line built between

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and

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was abandoned by the

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was a United States Class I railroad formed in 1900, though predecessor railroads had used the ACL brand since 1871. In 1967 it merged with long-time rival Seaboard Air Line Railroad to form the Seaboard Coast L ...

in 1953. The remainder of the line survived the 1967 merger of the ACL and SAL to form the

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad was a Class I railroad company operating in the Southeastern United States beginning in 1967. Its passenger operations were taken over by Amtrak in 1971. Eventually, the railroad was merged with its affiliate lin ...

, and the acquisition of the

Family Lines The Seaboard System Railroad, Inc. was a US Class I railroad that operated from 1982 to 1986. Since the late 1960s, Seaboard Coast Line Industries had operated the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, Seaboard Coast Line and its sister railroads—notab ...

( CRR, L&N, GA, AWP) into the

Seaboard System Railroad The Seaboard System Railroad, Inc. was a US Class I railroad that operated from 1982 to 1986. Since the late 1960s, Seaboard Coast Line Industries had operated the Seaboard Coast Line and its sister railroads—notably the Louisville & Nashv ...

in 1982. After being purchased by

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, the line between

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and Alma was abandoned in 1986.Brunswick to Nichols (Abandoned Rails)
/ref> The railroad's headquarters are today the Ritz Theatre in the

Brunswick Old Town Historic District Brunswick Old Town Historic District is a historic district in Brunswick, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 26, 1979 and includes an area bounded by 1st Street, Bay Street, New Bay Street, H Street, an ...

References

External links

Brunswick & Birmingham Railroad
Steve Storey, Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage
Brunswick & Birmingham Railroad Office
Steve Storey, Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) railroads Railway companies established in 1900 Railway companies disestablished in 1904 Predecessors of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad {{GeorgiaUS-transport-stub