Atlantic, Waycross and Northern Railroad

Atlantic, Waycross and Northern Railroad

Overview
Headquarters	St. Mary's, Georgia[1]
Reporting mark	AW&N
Locale	Georgia, USA
Dates of operation	1911 (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]
Length	10.75 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]

References

1. 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.
4. "$1,500,000 for Railway". The Union-Banner. Clanton, AL. April 20, 1911. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "To Look At Road". The Charlotte News. Charlotte, NC. May 14, 1911. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Heavy Bond Issue Authorized". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, KY. June 10, 1911. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Georgia Road to Bond for Over Six Million". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, FL. June 10, 1911. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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.
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. "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.