Atlantic and Gulf Short Line Railroad

The Atlantic and Gulf Short Line Railroad was the later name of a Georgia railroad chartered in 1888 as the Midville, Swainsboro and Red Bluff Railroad. It began operating a line between Midville and Swainsboro, Georgia, sometime before 1890, apparently never reached Red Bluff, and was sometimes recorded on documents as the Midville and Swainsboro Railroad; locally it was informally called Jesse Thompson Road. The company took the Atlantic and Gulf Short Line name in 1900, with the aim of extending its line from Augusta, Georgia, to St. Andrews Bay, Florida. That extension was never completed, the company went into receivership in 1903, and it was eventually sold to the Georgia and Florida Railway in 1907.