Georgia & Florida Railnet

Company History: G&FRN was born in 1999 when the North American RailNet family of shortlines bought a “package” of lines including all of the Georgia & Florida Railroad from the G&O Railways shortline group. They continued to use the GFRR reporting marks that were used under G&O ownership. Three routes radiated south and east from Albany, Georgia. The shortest ran to Sylvester. The second ran to Camilla and Thomasville. The longest ran to Moultrie, Sparks, Adel and on to Greenville, Perry and Foley in the state of Florida. Another parallel line ran from Willacoochee, Georgia south to Valdosta. Total mileage was around 264 (between EJ&E and P&LE in relative length.) The G&FRN’s diesel roster was eclectic to say the least: Six GP40-2LW’s all ex-Canadian National; twelve GP10’s (geeps rebuilt by IC’s Paducah Shops); one GP9; one GP8 ex-Reading that IC rebuilt at Paducah; one GP20 ex-MILW – I believe this was built as a GP9 and upgraded by MILW; and three B23-7’s transferred from Camas Prairie Railnet. North American RailNet sold the G&FRN to the OmniTRAX shortline group in 2005. OmniTRAX changed the name to Georgia & Florida Railway.

Successor/Parent History: OmniTRAX, Inc is one of North America’s largest private railroad and transportation management companies with interests in railroads, terminals, ports and industrial real estate. OmniTRAX operates a network of 21 regional and short line railroads that cover 12 states in the US and 3 provinces in Canada. The company’s railroads have interchanges with BNSF, CN, CSXT, NS & UP, and transport commodities within the Agricultural, Aggregate & Industrial Mineral, Energy, Food, Crude Oil, Chemical, Lumber, Metal, Petroleum and Plastic industries.

Brief History: The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.