The Central of Georgia Railway started as the Central Rail Road and Canal Company in 1833. As a way to better attract investment capital, the railroad changed its name to Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia. This railroad was constructed to join the Macon and Western Railroad at Macon, Georgia, in the United States, and run to Savannah. This created a rail link from Chattanooga, on the Tennessee River, to seaports on the Atlantic Ocean. It took from 1837 to 1843 to build the railroad from Savannah to the eastern bank of the Ocmulgee River at Macon; a bridge into the city was not built until 1851.
The City of Miami in 1964, painted in Illinois Central colors, not CofG's own livery
Image: lossy page 1 'Central of Georgia' sign painted on the underside of arch spanning West Boundary Street. Central of Georgia Railway, 1860 Brick Arch Viaduct, Spanning West Boundary Street and HAER GA,26 SAV,18 9.tif
Central of Georgia Baldwin locomotives, 1907
Postcard depiction of the streamliner Man o' War. It was well known for its four beautiful Budd built streamlined cars.
Macon, officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in Georgia, United States. Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is 85 miles (137 km) southeast of Atlanta and near the state's geographic center—hence its nickname "The Heart of Georgia."
Image: Bibb County Courthouse
Image: Macon (23271576471)
Image: Allman Bros Museum