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The Bainbridge Northeastern Railway was a railway company in southern Georgia that ran 18 miles (29 km) between Swindell Landing and Mount Royal, USA, starting in 1908. It lasted only two years before it was abandoned.

History

The railroad company was chartered on September 7, 1907, and incorporated on September 14, 1907, in Atlanta with a capital stock of $200,000 to build a 70-mile long (110 km) line from Bainbridge, Georgia, across the Florida panhandle to the Gulf of Mexico. One of the main incorporators, E. Swindell, also owned a logging railroad called the Georgia Eastern Railway, that was intended to be purchased by Bainbridge Northeastern.

The Bainbridge Northeastern entered receivership in May 1908 because the company was, as its receiver put it, "... so intimately connected with the affairs of E. Swindell & Co." although the ownership of the railroad's infrastructure was still unclear. The appointed receiver was J.M. Wilkinson, who was third vice president of the Georgia and Florida Railway.

The line was built out to about 15 miles (24 km) by 1910.

References

  1. ^ "Financial & Corporate: Bainbridge Northeastern". The Railway Age. Vol. XLV, no. 14. April 3, 1908. p. 515 – via Google Books.
  2. "Charter Granted New Road Which Will Cross Florida". Pensacola News Journal. September 18, 1907. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. "New railroad is chartered". The Atlanta Constitution. September 8, 1907. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. "New Georgia Railroad". The Times. Shreveport, LA. September 9, 1907. p. 8 – via Newspaper.com. Open access icon
  5. "New Roads and Projects". The Railway and Engineering Review. Chicago: The Railway Review, Inc. September 21, 1907. p. 836 – via Google Books.
  6. "Financial and Corporate: Bainbridge Northeastern". The Railway Age. Vol. XLV, no. 20. May 15, 1908. p. 713 – via Google Books.
  7. "Bainbridge Northeastern". Manufacturer's Record. Vol. LII, no. 18. Baltimore, MD: Manufacturers' Record Publishing Co. May 14, 1908. p. 50 – via Google Books.
  8. Division of Statistics, United States Interstate Commerce Commission (1912). Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. p. 242 – via Google Books.
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