Atlantic, Valdosta and Western Railway
Encyclopedia
Chartered in 1897, the Atlantic, Valdosta and Western Railway operated from Valdosta, Georgia
, to Jacksonville, Florida
, and was nicknamed the Jacksonville Short Line. In 1902, it was purchased by the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
.
Valdosta, Georgia
Valdosta is the county seat of Lowndes County, Georgia, United States. It is the principal city of the Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total population of 54,518. The Valdosta metropolitan area, according to the 2010 estimate, has a population of 139,588...
, to Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...
, and was nicknamed the Jacksonville Short Line. In 1902, it was purchased by the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
Also known as the Suwanee River Route from its crossing of the Suwanee River, the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway was founded in 1885 as the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad and began operations between Macon, GA and Valdosta, GA in 1889, extending to Palatka, FL in 1890...
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