The Augusta Southern Railroad was established in 1893 through a reorganization of the Augusta, Gibson and Sandersville Railroad

Augusta, Gibson and Sandersville Railroad

The Augusta, Gibson and Sandersville Railroad was incorporated in 1884 and began operating from Augusta to Stapleton, Georgia, USA, in 1885. In 1893, it went bankrupt and was reorganized as the Augusta Southern Railroad. The line ran as a narrow gauge railway until 1895....

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The railroad acquired the Sandersville and Tennille Railroad in 1894 and then in 1897 was leased by the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad. The lease ended in 1901 at which time the Southern Railway

Southern Railway (US)

The Southern Railway is a former United States railroad. It was the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined beginning in the 1830s, formally becoming the Southern Railway in 1894...

 took control.

The Georgia and Florida Railway acquired control of the Augusta Southern in about 1918, and purchased the property directly on October 31, 1919. Part of the line was abandoned in 1934, but it is still operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway

Norfolk Southern Railway

The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation. With headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, the company operates 21,500 route miles in 22 eastern states, the District of Columbia and the province of Ontario, Canada...

 north of Hephzibah

Hephzibah, Georgia

Hephzibah is a city in south Richmond County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of the Augusta – Richmond County Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,880 at the 2000 census....

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