Hi, I’m looking for information on the railroad that operated in my local area, the Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway, which was absorbed into the Seaboard Air Line in 1928. According to Richard E. Prince’s book on SAL steam, the GF&A had its shops, roundhouse, and offices in Bainbridge, Georgia. Also according to Prince, the roundhouse had 9 stalls and a 65-foot turntable. Does anyone here have any other knowledge of the GF&A or photos they’d like to share?
Many thanks
Did you try looking this road up on Wikipedia? There are several entries there.
I’m afraid the only entry I’ve found on the GF&A is one on a Supreme Court case involving a dispute between the railway and a flour milling company.
If you using Google to search for the Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway, click on the “image” link under the box where you input the thing you are searching for, there should be quite a lot of results. hope this help!
Example:
Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway
1904 map and timetable
Here is a ton of stuff from Mike… Gophers, Frogs and Alligators that’s a good one!
Excellent information
http://www.taplines.net/gfa/gfa.html info and map
http://www.calhouncountyga.com/images/Arlington%20RR+Depot%20History.pdf GF&A = Gophers, Frogs & Alligators.
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053271/1909-02-05/ed-1/seq-1 1909 possible Seaboard interest
Try this: railga.com/gfa.html
Update from Mike: Today I realize the Taplines article http://www.taplines.net/gfa/gfa.html got the founder’s first name wrong, it wasn’t John it was Jesse.
Thanks guys, this is a huge help!
There was a two-parter article on the GF&A in the 2nd and 3rd quarter 2011 issues of Lines South, the magazine of the ACL and SAL Historical Society. I just recently got my copies in the mail, and they’re turning out to be a great help.
