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Cordele was founded in 1888 by J.E.D. Shipp of Americus. The town was located at the junction of two major railroads – the Savannah, Americus & Montgomery line, and the Georgia Southern & Florida. As the railroads brought more people and business to the newly settled territory, Cordele experienced phenomenal growth.
The Waycross Air Line Railroad, chartered in 1887, was an air-line railroad in Georgia.It began operations between Waycross and Sessoms in 1890. In 1901, the railroad had extended as far as Fitzgerald, Georgia, at which time its charter was amended for an extension to Birmingham, Alabama, and it was renamed the Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad.
As of 2023, The Heart of Georgia Railroad interchanges at many different locations. It interchanges with CSX in Cordele, Georgia, with Georgia Central Railway in Vidalia, Georgia, with both Southwestern Railroad and Norfolk Southern in Americus, Georgia, and the Georgia Southern Railway in Midville, Georgia. It can hold up to 263,000 pounds of ...
Cordele: Heart of Georgia Railroad: I-75. US 280 SR 30. Redoak Creek. ANB 672.8. Rebecca: ... This is a route-map template for the Fitzgerald Subdivision, ...
Athens District- a former Central of Georgia rail line. [4] Oconee District- a former Central of Georgia rail line. [4] Americus District- a former Central of Georgia rail line. [5] Andalusia District- a former Central of Georgia rail line. [5] Birmingham District- a former Central of Georgia rail line. [5]
The Georgia and Alabama Railway would also acquire the Abbeville and Waycross Railroad. [4] The Georgia and Alabama Railway ran a daily passenger train from Savannah to Montgomery, and the line was nicknamed the "Savannah Short Line" since it has the shortest route between the two cities compared to its competitors. [2]
The Georgia Southwestern and Gulf Railroad was incorporated in 1906 and began operations in 1910 [1] on about 35 miles (56 km) of track leased from the Albany and Northern Railway between Cordele and Albany, Georgia, USA. The GS&G was purchased by the Georgia Northern Railway in 1939, and in 1942 operations were returned to the Albany and ...
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway listed in Sholes' Directory, 1893. The Georgia Southern and Florida Railway (reporting mark GSF), also known as the Suwanee River Route from its crossing of the Suwanee River, was founded in 1885 as the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad and began operations between Macon, GA and Valdosta, GA in 1889, extending to Palatka, FL in 1890.