Macon and Western Railroad

The Macon and Western Railroad was an American railway company that operated in Georgia in the middle of the 19th century. Originally chartered as the Monroe Railroad and Banking Company in December 1833, it was not until 1838 that it opened for business with a gauge line from Macon, Georgia Northwest to Forsyth. It was extended to Griffin in 1842. An economic depression halted building, but when the railroad started building again, it managed only another towards Atlanta for a total of before falling into bankruptcy.

It was bought in foreclosure and the name was changed to the Macon and Western Railroad in 1845. This new railroad completed the line into Atlanta in 1846 by adding 21 more miles () for a grand total of . Portions of this railroad were destroyed during Sherman's March to the Sea. After the Civil War, this railroad was purchased by the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia in 1872.

The stops available to riders in 1867 were:

Distances of depots from Atlanta

#	Name	Miles	Kilometers	Notes
1	East Point, Georgia	7
2	Rough and Ready, Georgia	13		Now called Mountain View, Georgia
3	Forest Park, Georgia	15
4	Morrow's Station, Georgia	19		Old Name Morrow, Georgia
5	Jonesborough, Georgia	23		Shortened to Jonesboro
6	Lovejoy Station, Georgia	29		Old Name. Now just Lovejoy, Georgia
7	Bear Creek, Georgia	34		Now called Hampton, Georgia
8	Fayette, Georgia	38		Now called Sunny Side
9	Griffin, Georgia	44
10	Thornton, Georgia	50		Now called Orchard Hill
11	Milner, Georgia	56
12	Barnesville, Georgia	62
13	Goggins, Georgia	67
14	Collins, Georgia	72
15	Forsyth, Georgia	78
16	Smarr, Georgia	83
17	Bolingbroke, Georgia	89
18	Lorane, Georgia	94
19	Macon, Georgia	102

Trains departed from Atlanta at 7:15AM and 8:15PM and arrived there at 2:00PM and 4:35PM.