Darien Short Line
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The Darien Short Line was founded in the early 1890s to build track North out of Darien, Georgia
, USA
. The railroad built some track but never connected anywhere before going bankrupt. It was then purchased by the Darien and Western Railroad
in 1894.
Darien, Georgia
Darien is a city in McIntosh County, Georgia, United States. It lies on Georgia's coast at the mouth of the Altamaha River about 50 miles south of Savannah, and is part of the Brunswick, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of Darien was 1,719 at the 2000 census. The city is the...
, USA
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. The railroad built some track but never connected anywhere before going bankrupt. It was then purchased by the Darien and Western Railroad
Darien and Western Railroad
In 1894 the Darien and Western Railroad was established to take over operations of the Darien Short Line which had gone bankrupt. The D&W operated a line between Darien and Middleton, Georgia, US, beginning in 1895 and then as far as Ludowici, Georgia, in 1904. It became part of a multi-railroad...
in 1894.