Georgia and Florida Railway (2005)

Georgia & Florida Railroad

GFRR system map, showing nearby railroads
Reporting mark	GFRR
Locale	Florida Georgia
Dates of operation	1995–
Predecessor	CSX Transportation Norfolk Southern Railway
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length	297 miles (478 kilometres)
Headquarters	Albany, Georgia
Website	omnitrax.com/rail_gfrr.aspx

The Georgia and Florida Railway (reporting mark GFRR) is a short line railroad operating in Georgia and Florida, and is a subsidiary of OmniTRAX. The railroad spans 297 miles (478 km) over numerous different rail lines, most of which radiate out of Albany, Georgia.

Primary commodities include corn, scrap metal, chemicals, ethanol, cement, paper, cottonseed, clay wood pulp, peanuts, fertilizer, beer, aggregates and others, generating 21,000 annual carloads.

Upon its start on April 14, 1995 the railroad was named the Georgia and Florida Railroad and was a Gulf & Ohio subsidiary operating over two lines: Albany to Sparks, and Valdosta to Nashville over former Norfolk Southern (NS) trackage.

Initially the railroad consisted of approximately 130 miles (210 km) of track over two separate branches, including trackage rights over NS to link the disconnected lines. The railroad initially hauled grain, peanuts, fertilizer, woodchips, and beer, totaling around 10,000 carloads.

The Albany-Sparks route consists of two different routes meeting at Moultrie. The Albany-Moultrie portion was completed by the Georgia Northern Railway in 1905. In 1966, the Southern acquired the Georgia Northern and it was merged with the Albany & Northern Railway subsidiary.

The second section from (Moultrie-Sparks) was originally constructed by the Sparks Western Railway, however, the railroad was acquired by the Georgia & Florida Railway (G&F) in 1910, with the line being completed in 1911. The G&F became a subsidiary of the Southern in 1963. Both sections officially became part of NS in 1990 and were leased to G&F in 1995.