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Macon and Western Railroad

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Distances of Depots from Atlanta
References

The Macon & Western Railroad was originally chartered as the Monroe Railroad and Banking Company in December, 1833. It was not until 1838 that it opened for business with a {{Track gauge|5ft|lk=on}}^[1] gauge line from Macon, Georgia to Forsyth. It was extended to Griffin in 1842. An economic depression halted building, but when the railroad started building again, it managed only another {{convert|11.25|mi}} towards Atlanta for a total of {{convert|81|mi}} before falling into bankruptcy.^[2]

It was bought in foreclosure and the name was changed to the Macon and Western Railroad in 1845.^[3] This new railroad completed the line into Atlanta in 1846 by adding 21 more miles ({{convert|21|mi|disp=output only}}) for a grand total of {{convert|102|mi}}.^[4] This railroad was purchased by the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia in 1872.

The stops available to riders in 1867 were:

Distances of Depots from Atlanta

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#	Name	Miles	Kilometers	Notes
1	East Point, Georgia	7	{{convert\|7\|mi\|disp=number}}
2	Rough and Ready, Georgia	13	{{convert\|13\|mi\|disp=number}}	Now called Mountain View, Georgia
3	Forest Park, Georgia	15	{{convert\|15\|mi\|disp=number}}
4	Morrow's Station, Georgia	19	{{convert\|19\|mi\|disp=number}}	Old Name Morrow, Georgia
5	Jonesborough, Georgia	23	23\|mi\|disp=number}}	Shortened to Jonesboro
6	Lovejoy Station, Georgia	29	{{convert\|29\|mi\|disp=number}}	Old Name. Now just Lovejoy, Georgia
7	Bear Creek, Georgia	34	{{convert\|34\|mi\|disp=number}}	Now called Hampton, Georgia
8	Fayette, Georgia	38	{{convert\|38\|mi\|disp=number}}	Now called Sunny Side
9	Griffin, Georgia	44	{{convert\|44\|mi\|disp=number}}
10	Thornton, Georgia	50	{{convert\|50\|mi\|disp=number}}	Now called Orchard Hill
11	Milner, Georgia	56	{{convert\|56\|mi\|disp=number}}
12	Barnesville, Georgia	62	{{convert\|62\|mi\|disp=number}}
13	Goggins, Georgia	67	{{convert\|67\|mi\|disp=number}}
14	Collins, Georgia	72	{{convert\|72\|mi\|disp=number}}
15	Forsyth, Georgia	78	{{convert\|78\|mi\|disp=number}}
16	Smarr, Georgia	83	{{convert\|83\|mi\|disp=number}}
17	Bolingbroke, Georgia	89	{{convert\|89\|mi\|disp=number}}
18	Lorane, Georgia	94	{{convert\|94\|mi\|disp=number}}
19	Macon, Georgia	102	{{convert\|102\|mi\|disp=number}}

Trains departed from Atlanta at 7:15AM and 8:15PM and arrived there at 2:00PM and 4:35PM.

References

1. ^Confederate Railroads - Macon & Western
2. ^Georgia's Railroad History and Heritage
3. ^Georgia's Railroad History and Heritage
4. ^Preliminary report on the Eighth Census 1860 by United States Census Bureau (Washington DC: 1862), page 222

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