Abbeville and Waycross Railroad
The Abbeville and Waycross Railroad was a railroad company in Georgia ( United States ). They operated the 50 kilometer Abbeville – Ocilla railway .
history
The railway company was founded in 1889 and received the concession for a railway line from Abbeville to the south. In 1890 the first section from Abbeville to Bowens Mill (approx. 20 km) was opened. In the following year the line was extended to Lulaville and was now 30 kilometers in length. In 1892 the railway company had to file for bankruptcy, but was able to continue operations. Back then, there were two daily passenger trains in each direction on the route. Lulaville train station was a few kilometers east of the town and was later renamed Queensland.
In January 1896, John Skelton Williams acquired the railway company, which was building an extension to the south. He also owned the Georgia and Alabama Railroad . In February of that year the route to Fitzgerald was extended and in the same year the end point Ocilla was reached and the route now had a length of 50 kilometers. On August 15, 1896, the rail company finally merged with Georgia & Alabama.
Today the route is no longer used. The last section between Fitzgerald and Ocilla was taken out of service in 1990 after the majority of the line from Abbeville to Fitzgerald had already been closed in 1971.
Sources and further reading
- Individual proof
- ↑ Timetable of February 9, 1893, printed in Travelers' Official Guide of the Railway and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States and Canada, August 1895 edition, page 699.
- literature
- Poor's Manual of the Railroads, year 1896.
- Web link