Macon and Western Railroad
The Macon and Western Railroad was an American
Atlanta for a total of 81 miles (130 km) before falling into bankruptcy.[2]
It was bought in foreclosure and the name was changed to the Macon and Western Railroad in 1845.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 | 11 | |
2 | Rough and Ready, Georgia | 13 | 21 | Now called Mountain View, Georgia |
3 | Forest Park, Georgia | 15 | 24 | |
4 | Morrow's Station, Georgia | 19 | 31 | Old Name Morrow, Georgia |
5 | Jonesborough, Georgia
|
23 | 37 | Shortened to Jonesboro |
6 | Lovejoy Station, Georgia | 29 | 47 | Old Name. Now just Lovejoy, Georgia |
7 | Bear Creek, Georgia | 34 | 55 | Now called Hampton, Georgia |
8 | Fayette, Georgia | 38 | 61 | Now called Sunny Side |
9 | Griffin, Georgia | 44 | 71 | |
10 | Thornton, Georgia | 50 | 80 | Now called Orchard Hill |
11 | Milner, Georgia | 56 | 90 | |
12 | Barnesville, Georgia | 62 | 100 | |
13 | Goggins, Georgia | 67 | 108 | |
14 | Collins, Georgia | 72 | 116 | |
15 | Forsyth, Georgia | 78 | 126 | |
16 | Smarr, Georgia | 83 | 134 | |
17 | Bolingbroke, Georgia | 89 | 143 | |
18 | Lorane, Georgia | 94 | 151 | |
19 | Macon, Georgia | 102 | 164 |
Trains departed from Atlanta at 7:15AM and 8:15PM and arrived there at 2:00PM and 4:35PM.
References
- ^ Confederate Railroads - Macon & Western
- ^ Georgia's Railroad History and Heritage
- ^ Georgia's Railroad History and Heritage
- ^ Preliminary report on the Eighth Census 1860 by United States Census Bureau (Washington DC: 1862), page 222 [1]