Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway

[ncandstl576]

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

[Deggesty]

Did you try looking this road up on Wikipedia? There are several entries there.

[ncandstl576]

Deggesty

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.

[Jones1945]

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!

https://www.google.com/search?q=Georgia,+Florida+%26+Alabama+Railway&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiuxYn12c7fAhXLA4gKHbBIDg0Q_AUIDigB&biw=1536&bih=750#imgrc=B9M07CjLmz-ByM:

Example:

Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway 

 

1904 map and timetable

Source: https://railga.com/gfa04ttmap.html

 

[Miningman]

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

 

https://www.floridamemory.com/solr-search/results/?q=%28%22Georgia%2C%20Florida%20%20%20Alabama%20Railway%20Company%20%22%20OR%20tt%3A%22Georgia%2C%20Florida%20%20%20Alabama%20Railway%20Company%20%22%5E10%29&query=%22Georgia%2C%20Florida%20%26%20Alabama%20Railway%20Company%20%22  Florida photos

[Deggesty]

Try this: railga.com/gfa.html

 

[Miningman]

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.

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=FMIBAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA592&dq=%22williams+jesse+parker+%22&hl=en&newbks=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwil5pDN_8_fAhWtd98KHWaGAEEQ6AEwA3oECAkQAg#v=onepage&q=%22williams%20jesse%20parker%20%22&f=false

 

http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/JCF/id/82

http://www.jpwf.org/about/history.php

[ncandstl576]

Thanks guys, this is a huge help!

[ncandstl576]

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.