Georgia and Florida

Company History: In 1906, a former president of the Seaboard Air Line began stitching together a series of shortlines with an eye toward linking Columbia, South Carolina with the Gulf of Mexico. This became the original Georgia & Florida Railway running from Augusta, Georgia south to Moultrie and Madison, Florida. Although the line was later extended north to Greenwood, South Carolina, they never did reach Columbia or the Gulf. At its maximum, the G&F had 502 miles of line, making it a touch longer than Bangor & Aroostook. In 1962, Southern Railway bought the G&F and distributed the stock to three of their existing subsidiaries. At this point, G&F adopted Southern’s tuxedo paint scheme but with G&F lettering. At the time Southern took control, the G&F diesel fleet included three SW-1’s, an SW, an NW-1, ten GP7’s, and an FTA. In 1971, the G&F was merged into another Southern subsidiary, Central Of Georgia.

Successor/Parent History: The Southern Railway (reporting mark SOU) (also known as Southern Railway Company) was a US class 1 railroad that was based in the Southern United States. It was the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined beginning in the 1830s, formally becoming the Southern Railway in 1894.

At the end of 1970 Southern operated 6,026 miles (9,698 km) of railroad, not including its Class I subsidiaries AGS (528 miles or 850 km) CofG (1729 miles) S&A (167 miles) CNOTP (415 miles) GS&F (454 miles) and twelve Class II subsidiaries. That year Southern itself reported 26111 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 110 million passenger-miles; AGS reported 3854 and 11, CofG 3595 and 17, S&A 140 and 0, CNO&TP 4906 and 0.3, and GS&F 1431 and 0.3

The railroad joined forces with the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) in 1982 to form the Norfolk Southern Corporation. The Norfolk Southern Corporation was created in response to the creation of the CSX Corporation (its rail system was later transformed to CSX Transportation in 1986). The Southern Railway was renamed Norfolk Southern Railway in 1990 and continued under that name ever since. Seven years later in 1997 the railroad absorbed the Norfolk and Western Railway, ending the Norfolk and Western's existence as an independent railroad.

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.