Georgia Railroad and Banking Company

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The Georgia Railroad (AAR reporting marks GA) was originally chartered in 1833 starting in Augusta, Georgia it was completed into Atlanta by Chief Engineer J. Edgar Thomson in 1845 and Richard Peters was its first superintendent. At that time the rates were as follows:

• 5¢ per mile for passengers
• 50¢ per 100 miles for freight

In 1867, here were the stops available to riders:

[edit] Distances of Depots from Atlanta

#	Name	Miles	Notes
1	Decatur, Georgia	6
2	Stone Mountain, Georgia	16
3	Lithonia, Georgia	24
4	Conyers, Georgia	31
5	Covington, Georgia	41
6	Social Circle, Georgia	52
7	Rutledge, Georgia	59
8	Madison, Georgia	68
9	Buckhead, Georgia	76
10	Greensboro, Georgia	88
11	Union Point, Georgia	95
12	Crawfordville, Georgia	107
13	Barrett, Georgia	114	Near U.S. Highway 278 and I-20
14	Camack, Georgia	125	Old spelling
15	Thomson, Georgia	134
16	Dearing, Georgia	142
17	Saw Dust, Georgia	146	Now called Harlem
18	Berzelia, Georgia	152	Near Berzelia Pond
19	Belair, Georgia	162	Now called Grovetown
20	Augusta, Georgia	171

Trains departed from Atlanta at 8:55AM and 7:15PM and arrived there at 10:05AM and 6:00PM.

[edit] Today

The Georgia Railroad fell under common management with the Atlanta and West Point Railroad and the Western Railway of Alabama. These were later merged with the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the Clinchfield Railroad to form the Family Lines System. This later was renamed Seaboard System Railroad, and in 1986 merged with Chessie System to form CSX Transportation.

Current (operating) Class I railroads of North America
United States: AMTK, BNSF, CSXT, GTW, KCS, NS, SOO, UP - Canada: CN, CP, VIA - Mexico: FXE, TFM, KCSM See also: List of USA/Canada/Mexico Class I Railroads, List of USA/Canadian Class II Railroads, Class III railroad, Class 2 Railroads in Canada, Short-line railroad, List of United States railroads, List of Canadian railroads, list of Mexican railroads