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Atlanta & La Grange RR/ Atlanta & West Point

Goal: to connect the Georgia RR/South Carolina RR to the Montgomery & West Point to create a continuous line from Charleston to Montgomery.

Route and dates reached: (Click on city and railroad names for more information)

East Point 1849
Union Point
FAIRBURN
NEWNAN: Coal Tower.
GRANTVILLE: passenger; freight.
Hogansville (depot)
La Grange
West Point 1854 (built non-standard gauge);


Montgomery & West Point

Goal: to bring manufactured goods in the area and to move local cotton and other agriculture goods East; eventually move goods to the West.

Route and dates reached:

Montgomery 1837
West Point 1851 (built standard gauge)