Macon and Birmingham Railway
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The Macon and Birmingham Railway (M&B) was a railroad in the southeastern United States that operated from 1891 through 1922.
[edit] History
The M&B was chartered December 26, 1888, connecting Macon, Georgia, and LaGrange. It was completed in January, 1891, about two months before its builder, the Macon Construction Company, entered receivership. The line was owned by the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad, but the accounts were kept separate.
The M&B entered receivership in 1891 and was reorganized in 1895 as the Macon and Birmingham Railway. Never a profitable enterprise, it continued to operate for a quarter-century. It was abandoned in 1922-23.
The railroad had a couple of nicknames, the LaGrange Route and the Pine Mountain Route, the latter for the scenic area it passed through west of Thomaston.
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