Georgia & Florida (2005)

Company History: This Georgia & Florida Railway was born in 2005 when the OmniTRAX shortline group bought the Georgia & Florida RailNet from the North American RailNet shortline group. The route structure remains the same with the exception of the Willacoochee to Valdosta route which is no longer served by the G&F Rwy. Traffic includes aggregates, agricultural commodities, beer, ethanol, limestone and wood pulp. Like their predecessor, they continue to use GFRR as their official reporting marks. As of this writing, only one unit #500 wears the official GFRR paint scheme of black and gray with white stripes. The rest of the fleet is variously patched.

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.