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 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 ...

, and

Irwinville, Georgia Irwinville is an unincorporated community in Irwin County, Georgia, United States. Irwinville was founded as "Irwinsville" in 1831 as the seat for the newly formed Irwin County. The community was named for Georgia governor Jared Irwin. It was ...

. It had only one locomotive and the railroad was purchased on February 19, 1903, by the

Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad The Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad (B&B) was a railroad in southeastern United States. It was chartered on December 11, 1900. In 1902–03, it built a line from Brunswick, Georgia to Offerman, Georgia and a line from Bushnell, Georgia t ...

. By 1916, the line was abandoned.

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Ocilla and Irwinville Railroad (RailGA)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ocilla Irwinville Railroad Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) railroads Predecessors of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Railway companies established in 1900 Railway companies disestablished in 1903 American companies disestablished in 1903