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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 22. Chapters: Alabama & Tennessee River Railway, Alabama Railroad, Appalachian and Ohio Railroad, Buckingham Branch Railroad, Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad, Carolina Piedmont Railroad, Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad, Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad, Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad, Eastern Alabama Railway, Elk River Railroad, Evansville Western Railway, First Coast Railroad, Florida Central Railroad (current), Florida Midland Railroad (current), Florida Northern Railroad (current), Florida West Coast Railroad, Fulton County Railway, Georges Creek Railway, Georgia Central Railway, Georgia Northeastern Railroad, Georgia Southwestern Railroad, Greenville and Western Railway, Huntsville and Madison County Railroad Authority, Indiana Eastern Railroad, Mid-Michigan Railroad, North Carolina and Virginia Railroad, Riceboro Southern Railway, Rochester and Southern Railroad, Seminole Gulf Railway, Sequatchie Valley Railroad, South Carolina Central Railroad, Tennessee Southern Railroad, Vermilion Valley Railroad, Walking Horse and Eastern Railroad, Warren and Trumbull Railroad, Wiregrass Central Railroad. Excerpt: The Georgia Southwestern Railroad (reporting mark GSWR) is a Class III short line railroad company that operates over 234 miles (377 km) of track in southwestern Georgia and southeastern Alabama. Beginning in 1989 as a division of the South Carolina Central Railroad on a pair of former CSX Transportation lines, the railroad has since undergone a number of transformations through abandonments and acquisitions before arriving at its current form. The railroad was formerly a RailAmerica property before going independent, and in 2008 it was acquired by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Traffic includes chemicals, clay, grain, peanuts, plastics, stone, and wood, generating around 13,000 annual carloads. Upon its creation in 1989 as a division of the South Carolina Central Railroad the Georgia Southwestern railroad operated over two lines making junction at Richland. The first ran 130.7 miles (210.3 km) from Rhine west through Richland and Omaha, Georgia before crossing over the Chattahoochee River and terminating at Mahrt, Alabama. A second line originated at Columbus and traveled south through Cusseta and Richland before ending at Bainbridge, Georgia, 127.9 miles (205.8 km). Both routes were sold by CSX on July 5, 1989. The original network consisted of only two lines (described below) containing 258.6 miles (416.2 km) of track. Commodities included forest products, aggregates, chemicals, fertilizer, peanuts, and paper, generating about 9,000 annual carloads. The railroad maintained its headquarters at Americus. The east-west route from Rhine to Mahrt was built in different segments over a period of several years. The Americus, Preston & Lumpkin was started in 1884 and connected its namesake cities by 1887. Also in 1887 further extension brought the terminus of the railroad further east to Abbeville, and in 1888 the railroad became the Savannah, Americus & Montgomery. The railroad continued to grow in 1890, reaching Lyons in the east, as well as the Chattahoochee River and eventua
