I looked at the Otto Perry Denver Public Library digital page and there is a photo of Atlantic Coast Line 4-6-2s in Atlanta, Georgia in the 1920s onward, Did they ran via Georgia Railroad which was owned by Atlantic Coast Line at the time.
They may have arrived by way of the Atlanta, Birminghman & Coast, which was controlled and later absorbed by ACL.
While the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company was controlled by the L&N from the early 1900’s onward (the L&N was controlled by the ACL), it actually operated in concert with the Atlanta & West Point as well as the Western Railway of Alabama.
The working agreements between the GARR, A&WP and WRA created a continuous route from Augusta, GA through Atlanta and on to Montgomery, AL. Motive power was mostly identified as being GARR or A&WP.
The referenced photos of ACL 4-6-2s were taken in Augusta, not Atlanta. The ACL had trackage rights over the C&WC from Robbins SC to Augusta GA. ACL 4-6-2s operated into Atlanta following the 1946 merger of the AB&C into the ACL. Most of the ACL 4-6-2s operating on the former AB&C line into Atlanta were steam locomotives bumped from ACL mainlines by diesels.
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Yes, steam locomotives from all three railroads , Georgia, A&WP. and WoA ran systemwide on the West Point Route without interchanging locomotives.