View source for Darien Short Line Railroad

{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}
The '''Darien Short Line Railroad''' was intended to transport timber from [[Tattnall County, Georgia|Tattnall]] and [[Liberty County, Georgia|Liberty]] counties in the state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] to Sapelo Sound on the coast.<ref name=Sullivan>{{cite book |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Darien_and_McIntosh_County/HGFuXsmq1w8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Darien+Short+Line+Railroad%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT1&printsec=frontcover |title=Darien and McIntosh County |first=Buddy |last=Sullivan |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] |year=2000 |page=73 |accessdate=November 28, 2024}}</ref><ref name=Legare>{{cite book |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Darien_Journal_of_John_Girardeau_Leg/wfVw9nl_hysC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Darien+Short+Line+Railroad%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA126&printsec=frontcover |title=The Darien Journal of John Girardeau Legare, Ricegrower |first=John Girardeau |last=Legare |publisher=University of Georgia Press |date=July 2012 |page=126 |isbn=9780820343709 |accessdate=November 25, 2024}}</ref> The company was incorporated in 1885 and was authorized to transport both passengers and freight.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Acts_and_Resolutions_of_the_General_Asse/Q9NJAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Darien+Short+Line+Railroad%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA202&printsec=frontcover |title=Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly |year=1885 |page=202-204 |accessdate=November 28, 2024}}</ref> Work was began in 1889 by local businessmen using Northern capital.<ref name=Legare/> Track was laid from [[Collins, Georgia|Collins]] in Tattnall County to [[McIntosh County, Georgia|McIntosh County]], with a spur line carrying timber to the [[Sapelo River]],<ref name=Sullivan/> but the company went bankrupt before the line was completed.<ref name=Legare/> It was then purchased by the [[Darien and Western Railroad]] in 1894, which extended it to [[Darien, Georgia]], in 1895.<ref name=Legare/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Darien Short Line Railroad}}
[[Category:Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) railroads]]
[[Category:Railway companies disestablished in 1894]]
[[Category:American companies disestablished in 1894]]
[[Category:1894 disestablishments in Georgia (U.S. state)]]


{{US-rail-transport-stub}}