Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railway
Encyclopedia
Organized in 1870, the Atlanta and Richmond Air–Line Railway combined the Georgia Air Line Railroad
and the Air Line Railroad in South Carolina
under president Algernon S. Buford
. The line was complete by 1873 but went broke the next year when it was re-organized into the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway.
It later became part of the Southern Railway
.
Georgia Air Line Railroad
The Georgia Air Line Railroad was chartered as a railroad company designed to serve the Southeastern United States, beginning in the mid-19th century....
and the Air Line Railroad in South Carolina
Air Line Railroad in South Carolina
The Air Line Railroad Company of South Carolina was chartered as a South Carolina railroad that was to have served the Southeastern United States, beginning in the mid-19th century....
under president Algernon S. Buford
Algernon S. Buford
Algernon Sidney Buford of Chatham, Virginia is best known for his presidency of the Richmond and Danville Railroad during its massive post civil war expansion into the Southern Railway system ....
. The line was complete by 1873 but went broke the next year when it was re-organized into the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway.
It later became part of 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...
.