Savannah & Northwestern

Company History: The Savannah and Northwestern Railway was a railroad in the U.S. state of Georgia. From 1906 to 1914, it was named the Brinson Railway after its owner, George M. Brinson, a businessman who had earlier built the Stillmore Air Line Railway. The line was originally planned to run from Savannah to Sylvania and had completed from Savannah to Newington by 1909. Around this time the Brinson took over the Savannah Valley Railroad and merged its lines into the Brinson. The company's property was sold to the Savannah and Atlanta Railway on July 16, 1917.

Successor/Parent History: The 142-mile Savannah & Atlanta Railway ran from a junction with the Georgia Railroad at Camak, Georgia, southeast to the port city of Savannah. The deep south pike was incorporated by the Imbrie Company on December 8, 1915 to build a rail connection between the Georgia and the Savannah & Northwestern Railway. Larger regional Central of Georgia bought the line in 1951, which later all became a part of the Southern Railway system, but by 1962 the central section of the mainline had been abandoned. Remaining portions, especially on the kaolin-rich western end, are today operated by the Norfolk Southern and others.

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