Chattahoochee and Gulf Railroad
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The Chattahoochee and Gulf Railroad (reporting mark CHAT) was a short line railroad operating from 2003 to 2006 between Columbus, Georgia, and Dothan, Alabama, on former Central of Georgia and Norfolk Southern tracks. Initially the railroad was a subsidiary of Gulf & Ohio Railways. In 2006, the railroad was acquired by Genesee & Wyoming and combined with the adjacent H and S Railroad out of Dothan to form the Chattahoochee Bay Railroad.[1]
Commodities include chemicals, forest products, food products, and feed, which generate approximately 5,500 annual carloads.[1]
History
In 1900 the Chattahoochee and Gulf Railroad completed the construction of a line from Columbia to Lockhart, Alabama. The railroad was leased and operated by the Central of Georgia Railway (CofG) until the line was abandoned from Lockhart to Hartford in 1940.[2] The CofG became a subsidiary of the Southern Railway, which merged into the Norfolk Southern in 1982.[3]
On March 7, 2003 Norfolk Southern sold the line between Hilton and Dothan to the Chattahoochee and Gulf railroad, a Gulf & Ohio subsidiary.[4][5] The railroad connected to another G&O subsidiary, the H and S Railroad, at Dothan.
Another railroad group, Genesee & Wyoming, expanded into the region in 2003 and 2005 with acquisition of the Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad and Bay Line Railroad, respectively. As the Chattahoochee & Gulf connected with both subsidiaries, G&W sought to fill the gap and purchased the C&G as well as the H&S in 2006. Both railroads were then merged into a single operation, named the Chattahoochee Bay Railroad.[6][7] This gave Genesee & Wyoming a contiguous route from the paper mill at Cedar Springs, Georgia to the port of Panama City, Florida, allowing for more efficient operation under the unified carrier.[1]
The Chattahoochee Bay railroad totals Script error: No such module "convert". and interchanges with CSX and the Bay Line Railroad at Dothan, as well as Norfolk Southern and the Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad at Hilton.
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