Georgia And Florida Railroad (1926–1963)
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The Georgia and Florida Railroad was a
railroad Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
in the Southern U.S. known as the Georgia and Florida Railway from 1906 to 1926 and 1963 to 1971. It had a main line from Madison, Florida to Greenwood, South Carolina. The Southern Railway gained control in 1963, reorganized it as the Georgia and Florida Railway, and merged it into subsidiary
Central of Georgia Railroad The Central of Georgia Railway started as the Central Rail Road and Canal Company in 1833. As a way to better attract investment capital, the railroad changed its name to Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia. This railroad was constr ...
in 1971. At the end of 1960 G&F operated 321 miles of road on 395 miles of track; that year it reported 569 million ton-miles of revenue freight and no passengers.


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Predecessors of the Southern Railway (U.S.) Railway companies established in 1926 Railway companies disestablished in 1963 Defunct Florida railroads Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) railroads Defunct South Carolina railroads Former Class I railroads in the United States American companies established in 1926 American companies disestablished in 1963 {{US-ClassI-rail-transport-stub