Atlantic, Waycross and Northern Railroad

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Atlantic, Waycross and Northern Railroad
Overview
Headquarters St. Mary's, Georgia [1]
Reporting mark AW&N
Locale Georgia, USA
Dates of operation1911 (1911)–1924 (1924)
Predecessor St. Mary's and Kingsland Railroad
Successor St. Mary's Railroad
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) [1]
Length10.75 mi (17.30 km) [1]

The Atlantic, Waycross and Northern Railroad( reporting mark AW&N) [2] was formed on March 6, 1911, as a successor to the St. Mary's and Kingsland Railroad. [1] Its charter was to build a line connecting St. Mary's to Fort Valley, Georgia. [3] On the reorganization, stockholders approved a measure to issue $4.8 million in bonds and $1.5 million in new stock to equip the new line, pending approval by the Georgia railroad commission. [4] [5] The railroad was permitted to issue stocks and bonds valuing $6.2 million on June 9, 1911. [6] [7]

It owned 10.75 miles (17.30 km) of standard gauge track and leased another mile of track between St. Mary's and Kingsland, Georgia, USA. [1] [8] [9] The AW&N served all wharves of the port of St. Mary's [10] and interchanged with Seaboard Air Line Railway in Kingsland. [11] In 1919 the Georgia House of Representatives directed the state railroad commission to investigate the purchase of the AW&N and other lines as a means to extend the Western and Atlantic Railroad to the Atlantic coast. [12] [13] The railroad had planned several extensions, [14] [15] none of which were completed, [note 1] and the railroad was reorganized into the St. Mary's Railroad in 1924. [17]

Notes

  1. ↑ The line from Kingsland to Folkston was at least partially graded. [15] [16]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Poor's Manual of Railroads (54th annual ed.). New York, NY: Poor's Publishing Company. 1921. pp. 12 and 1861-1862 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Proceedings of the Association of Transportation and Car Accounting Officers. New York, NY: The Railway Equipment and Publication Co. December 1913. p. 3440 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "New Georgia Roads". The Buffalo Commercial. Buffalo, NY. July 10, 1912. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. ↑ "$1,500,000 for Railway". The Union-Banner. Clanton, AL. April 20, 1911. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. ↑ "To Look At Road". The Charlotte News. Charlotte, NC. May 14, 1911. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  6. ↑ "Heavy Bond Issue Authorized". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, KY. June 10, 1911. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  7. ↑ "Georgia Road to Bond for Over Six Million". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, FL. June 10, 1911. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  8. ↑ Interstate Commerce Commission Thirty-Fourth Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1922. p. 426 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ Report of the Comptroller-General of the State of Georgia. Atlanta, GA: Chas. P. Byrd, State Printer. 1921. p. 290 – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ Department of Commerce, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1922). United States Coast Pilot, Atlantic Coast: Section D, Cape Henry to Key West. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. p. 108 – via Google Books. All wharves ... are served by the Atlantic, Waycross & Northern Railway.
  11. ↑ "The Official Railway Equipment Register". Vol. XXXII, no. 8. New York, NY: The Railway Equipment and Publication Company. January 1917. p. 48 – via Google Books.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  12. ↑ "Would Extend Road to Atlantic Coast". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, GA. July 24, 1919. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  13. ↑ "New Roads and Projects: Georgia". Railway Review. Chicago: The Railway Review, Inc. October 28, 1916. p. 608 – via Google Books.
  14. ↑ "Railway Construction". Railway Age Gazette. Vol. 56, no. 8. New York, NY: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Co. February 20, 1914. p. 407 – via Google Books. An officer is quoted as saying the company is planning to build an extension from Kingsland, Ga., west to Folkston, about 20 miles.
  15. 1 2 "Railway News: Atlantic, Waycross & Northern". Railway Review. Chicago: The Railway Review, Inc. July 31, 1915. p. 158 – via Google Books. ... is building an extension from Kingsland to Folkston ... on which considerable grading has been done.
  16. ↑ Moody's Manual of Railroads and Corporation Securities (19th ed.). New York, NY: Moody Manual Company. 1918. p. 63 – via Google Books. Grading on extension from Kingsland to Folkston ... is under way.
  17. ↑ "Strobhar is Head of New Railroad". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, GA. February 3, 1924. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg


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